Underneath it, you will find Content Settings. Click on it and make sure that the option is toggled on. If it is, you will see it in blue and if it is not then it will be greyed out. This setting essentially tells Google to make a call and handle the necessary protocols, magnet links in our case, and associate it with the correct program automatically, BitTorrent in my case. You might be using another torrent client like Vuze which is cool.
If the setting was off, you need to toggle it on and visit a torrent hosting site which offers the magnet link option. Click on one of the magnet links to see if Chrome opens it with BitTorrent automatically. If Chrome is not working as intended or the setting was toggled on by default but Chrome is still not playing nicely with magnet links, you will have to dig deeper into Windows' registry settings.
Why is it happening if you have a torrent client already installed? This is happening because Chrome or Windows is unable to detect the right application for the job. It fails to associate the magnet link with the torrent client. Here you can enter a number of commands to help you manage your PC.
We will enter 'regedit' in the box. This will open the Registry Editor in a new window. Now you must navigate to the following file location.
Check the screenshot below to better understand the folder structure. You may have to scroll a lot here. In the right pane, you will see the Data column which will show the complete directory path of the BiTtorrent client. Your job here is to make sure that the BitTorrent client resides in the same directory that you see here.
In my case, it must be here:. Notice the. That means it is linking to an executable file which should launch when need be. Because the torrent file is very small the window will just flash on the screen. It does mean however that when you download other files from other sites on t'internet you need to go and open the download folder to retrieve it but I'll suck it and see. I'm so excited I could crush a grape!!! All Activity Home uTorrent for Windows General How to make a torrent auto open to download How to make a torrent auto open to download.
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