uTorrent Makes Advertisement Unremovable in Latest Release

[Spud17]

So could I run Tixati and uTorrent side by side at the same time on the same torrents to see which is best for me? Also people keep saying that 2.2.1 is the best, how could I go back to 2.2.1?

That's not a good idea as your speed will drop due to sharing your bandwidth with both. To see if you like Tixati, just downlaod and install it to see how it goes, you can always get rid of it if it's not to your liking. Or you could get utorrent 2.2.1. from here:

https://www.oldapps.com/utorrent.php?old_utorrent=38

[NIK]

As Spud says: you could run them side by side but that wouldn't be the best idea.

The speeds of all torrent clients are identical so you don't need to worry about that.

The key differences are usability, which is largely subjective. We all have a natural bias towards finding "what we're familiar with" being "easiest to use". So to get a valid assessment you need to use a client exclusively for a week or two to learn how to use it's features and get used to it's qwerks. That's what I'll be doing.

[Certainly you can install them side by side. ie. you don't need to uninstall uTorrent to test Tixati. The only thing you will need to do is let Tixati take over as the default torrent handler--which it will ask you about when you start for the first time. If you find you can't stand it and want to go back to uTorrent, just start uTorrent and it will ask to take over as the default torrent handler--say yes and you're back in business.]

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To give uTorrent 2.0.4 (which is the version I recommend) a whirl without interfering with your current version [or to test new versions before upgrading (since new bugs and unpleasantness are seemingly standard now with every new uTorrent release)]:

1. Right-click on an empty space on your desktop and select New > Folder. Name the folder uTorrent

2. Download into the new folder the version of uTorrent you want from:

https://utorrent.com [ for the latest version ]

[ or, for older versions such as 2.0.4.22867 or 2.2.1.25302 ]
https://www.oldversion.com/windows/utorrent/
https://www.oldapps.com/utorrent.php
or https://www.filehippo.com/download_utorrent/history

3. Start Notepad
Select File > Save.
Navigate to the new folder, change the File name: value to "settings.dat" [Be sure to include the double-quotes], and click Save
Select File > Exit

4. Double-click on the downloaded file in the new folder
Click Yes to make uTorrent the default torrent application
If you get a Windows Security Alert, click Allow access to allow uTorrent to communicate on Private networks, such as home or work network.
If it tells you a new stable version of uTorrent is available, click No

5. Select Options > Preferences
Under General, untick Check for updates automatically
Click OK

Et Voila.



To revert to your previous installation, simply delete the folder and restart your old uTorrent. If it asks if it can take over as the default torrent client, click yes. If it doesn't ask, selection Options > Preferences > General and tick Click association on startup. Click OK. Exit uTorrent and restart and it should ask.

[SteRipper]

I'm still gonna use the next version. I've never really been bothered by the ads anyway, and it really doesn't hurt performance on my PC.

So....meh.

[DavidTenn]

I'm still using 2.2.1 uTorrent and even though Tixati looks interesting, I am not certain that I want to have to move hundreds of seeding torrents over to a different client. That just doesn't seem like a fun way to spend the evening. So, us lazy pirates have to be really frustrated or pissed to change I guess.

[Kingfish]

I'm still using 2.2.1 uTorrent and even though Tixati looks interesting, I am not certain that I want to have to move hundreds of seeding torrents over to a different client. That just doesn't seem like a fun way to spend the evening. So, us lazy pirates have to be really frustrated or pissed to change I guess.

It would take two minutes, get the torrents from the appdata folder and open them with the new client.

[bob5695]

It would take two minutes, get the torrents from the appdata folder and open them with the new client.

it's not adding the torrents that takes time, it's the re-checking... especially if they're torrents for big files...

[NIK]

You don't have to move all of your torrents over to give a different client a try.

And if you discover that the new client is significantly better than the old it's a one off exercise to transfer the torrents.

[DavidTenn]

I'm still using 2.2.1 uTorrent and even though Tixati looks interesting, I am not certain that I want to have to move hundreds of seeding torrents over to a different client. That just doesn't seem like a fun way to spend the evening. So, us lazy pirates have to be really frustrated or pissed to change I guess.

It would take two minutes, get the torrents from the appdata folder and open them with the new client.

I guess my issue would be that the appdata folder contains the torrent files for everything I have ever downloaded (I know, they will probably start a new reality show called Torrent Hoarders!!!) and not just the couple of hundred that I regularly seed. So I would have to make a list of what I keep active and then only activate them from the new client.

I probably should do like NIK suggested and download Tixati and give it a try on a few downloads. Then, if it works much better, worry about culling the torrent files.

Good info folks! Thanks!

Of course, I just checked one of the private trackers that I use for books and it is banned for improper stat reporting... Oh, well...

[NIK]

I wouldn't believe the justifications private trackers give for banning clients but that is beside the point. Obviously if a given tracker only allows certain clients then you would be wise to abide by that, and there is a lot to be said for keeping it simple.

But different private trackers can (and do) have conflicting policies though, so the suggestion I gave above--on running a "portable" version of uTorrent--can be used to run one (or more) versions of uTorrent simultaneously with one or more other clients.

Back in the days when uTorrent was my client-of-choice I ran such a setup. A portable install of an old version of uTorrent (which was all one of the sites I was a member of allowed) alongside my "main" installed version which was a bit more up-to-date, which I used for everything else.




Incidentally. If you wanted to migrate:
- select Options > Preferences > Directories
- fill in the "Move .torrents for finished jobs to:" entry
- select all the torrents and Force Recheck (do it just before you go to bed).

When you come out in the morning you should have all the torrent files for your currently seeding torrents (and only those torrents) in the new folder.

[snilloc]

OK so I have now got Tixati and uTorrent 2.2.1 downloaded and stored.

I have followed the instructions above (thanks) and I'm going to give Tixati a exclusive trial on my PC for at least a fortnight to see if there are any benefits to me.

It will be an interesting experiment as I haven't used any other method for down/up loading before.