wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Dec 2, 2010 11:46pm
I have downloaded a ton of torrents and for some odd reason now....when I try to download them, vlc media player is my default downloader(which it can not do). How do I set bitlord or utorrent to open and download these files? It is probably something really simple that I am overlooking
*I am using Chrome
*Demonoid
so strange that my computer is being quirky about this after I just downloaded movies yesterday.
*I am using Chrome
*Demonoid
so strange that my computer is being quirky about this after I just downloaded movies yesterday.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Dec 2, 2010 11:47pm
Maybe some sort of STD?
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Dec 2, 2010 11:49pm
doesn't a dialog box open that asks what you want to open the torrents with?
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Dec 2, 2010 11:49pm
probably so...I tried to fit my unit in one of the computers orifices...I should have mentioned that earlier.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Dec 2, 2010 11:50pm
karen lotz;585951 wrote:doesn't a dialog box open that asks what you want to open the torrents with?
no, when I click on the download box...a bar appears along the bottom of the screen(this is normal) and when I click, the vlc player opens. Also, I cannot right click on it to get a dialog box.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Dec 2, 2010 11:50pm
Torrents are streams right??
I know if I had a torrent stream, I'd be going to the doctor ASAP.
I know if I had a torrent stream, I'd be going to the doctor ASAP.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Dec 2, 2010 11:51pm
karen lotz;585951 wrote:doesn't a dialog box open that asks what you want to open the torrents with?
no, when I click on the download box...a bar appears along the bottom of the screen(this is normal) and when I click, the vlc player opens. Also, I cannot right click on it to get a dialog box.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Dec 2, 2010 11:52pm
try it in firefox, mine always opens a dialog box.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Dec 2, 2010 11:52pm
karen lotz;585958 wrote:try it in firefox, mine always opens a dialog box.
I might have to download firefox to see what happens...i have explorer, but I get pissed everytime I use it.
Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Dec 3, 2010 2:32am
Just go into your download folder and find the torrent files. From there you can right click one of them and change the default program you use to open them. Its nothing wrong with Chrome because thats what I use and I have never had that issue with any torrent files.
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Fred Flintstone
Posts: 366
Dec 3, 2010 9:35am
Right click on the downloaded file and choose "open with" and then you can choose which program you would like to use to open it. In this case you can choose bitlord or utorrent.
namod65
Posts: 508
Dec 3, 2010 1:24pm
^^^
What they all said. Especially the part about right clicking.
What they all said. Especially the part about right clicking.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Dec 3, 2010 2:19pm
Mooney...that works...it is a bit of a hassle, but it will do.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Dec 3, 2010 2:23pm
wes_mantooth;586414 wrote:Mooney...that works...it is a bit of a hassle, but it will do.
There should be an option to set that program as the default program so you only have to do it once. After that the future torrent files will open with whatever you set it to.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Dec 3, 2010 2:35pm
karen lotz;586418 wrote:There should be an option to set that program as the default program so you only have to do it once. After that the future torrent files will open with whatever you set it to.
Yeah, I can't find it, but I have a feeling that it will ask me after I uninstall and reinstall bitlord.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Dec 3, 2010 2:38pm
right click on the file, hover over "Open with..." and then select "set default program" from the menu that you get. There will be a radio button or check box towards the bottom that says something along the lines of use this program each time with this type of file.