Removal

[sibo]

Please help! My daughter downloaded BitTorrent 7.2 onto our computer.

I do not want it on here. I have tried everything to get rid of it but

it just won't uninstall. Your prompt help would be appreciated. Our computer

is currently not usable because of this!!

[jlee]

Generally, you can uninstall any applications you have by going to "Control Panel" -> "Add/Remove Software" (or if you have a newer version of windows, "Programs and Features").

That said, BitTorrent should not make your computer unusable unless you happened to download a torrent from an unreliable source, infecting your computer with a trojan/virus. In that case, you have bigger issues - like cleaning your computer.

[Guest scott]

Bittorrent 7.2 disappeared from list of programs so I cannot unnistall! Pc acting strange now and its brand new.

[jlee]

I'm not sure I understand -- is Bittorrent still running despite not showing up in the list of installed programs?

It sounds like bittorrent is already uninstalled...?

[Guest Trenidor]

Hmm...

Something fishy going on with my bittorrent...

I cannot uninstall the program; it doesn't show up in my add/remove programs list. Yet when I restart/turn on my computer bittorrent auto launches. I only use bittorrent once every 5 or so months, so I typically install the latest version, use it for a week, let people leech me and then uninstall it.

My computer hasn't been acting strange (yet). The thing that made me catch on to the fact that bit-torrent is still on my computer even though I uninstalled it, was that my router was flashing and I checked to see if it was MY computer bleeding bandwidth.

How do I get rid of bittorrent when it reaches this stage?

[Guest Lindsay]

What happens if its not showing up in the add/remove programs? How do i get rid of it? Or disable it from being the default download proram for torrents?

Help

[Guest mhairi]

Hmm...

Something fishy going on with my bittorrent...

I cannot uninstall the program; it doesn't show up in my add/remove programs list. Yet when I restart/turn on my computer bittorrent auto launches. I only use bittorrent once every 5 or so months, so I typically install the latest version, use it for a week, let people leech me and then uninstall it.

My computer hasn't been acting strange (yet). The thing that made me catch on to the fact that bit-torrent is still on my computer even though I uninstalled it, was that my router was flashing and I checked to see if it was MY computer bleeding bandwidth.

How do I get rid of bittorrent when it reaches this stage?

[Guest mhairi]

this is my problem too..I cannot remove the bar after all other installations...please dont tell me I have to wipe my PC!!! How do I remove this..not cool clingy thing

[Guest Vic]

For those that can't find it in their "add/remove program" under Control panel. Try reinstalling the program then check if it's in the add/remove programs then uninstall it. Might of been a corruption somewhere in program.

If that does not work you can try this IF you know your way around computers:

If you know what you are doing, you can manually remove BitTorrent by deleting the directory C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\ (substituting the actual location of your Program Files dir) AND removing the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.torrent

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-bittorrent

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\bittorrent

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BitTorrent

For those that don't want the program to auto start when windows does do this, while program is open, go to "options" then "preference" then "General" uncheck the box: Start BitTorrent when Windows starts.