BT 7.7 - Options/Preferences/Directories

[me-n-u]

BT 7.7 - 32 bit

Win 7 64 bit machine

1. Options/Preferences/Directories

2. check the "Put new downloads in:"

3. browse and select a directory ... "C:/Downloads"

4. select OK

5. exit BT

6. Close BT (icon RMB exit)

7. goto piratebay

8. find a file to download

9. select the magnet

10. BT 7.7 opens and the torrent is enqued

11. wait for the torrent to begin downloading

12. right mouse on the torrent

13. select "open folder containing"

Expected Result:

explorer is open and the download is shown in the c:\Downloads directory

Current Result:

exporer is open and the download is shown in the C:\ directory

Repeated scenario using C:\Downloads\Torrents

Current Result:

explorer is open and the download is shown in the c:\Downloads directory

[Therrito]

Did you open the Downloads folder or just highlight it to select?

[Woody69]

I am having the same problem -- but its only with magnet links from Pirates Bay. The are downloaded to my C:\Users folder. Other links from Kick Ass Torrents (for example) go to the correct folder that I have specified in the options menu.

[steve]

I'm getting the same problem - just since I updated to version 7.7

[rawedm]

I was having similar problem with downloads going to my root directory of whatever drive I selected. One way I have found to fix the problem is under UI Settings - under When Adding Torrents - select Show a window that displays the files ..... When you do this, the program will display the download directory for you to OK before starting the download. I especially tried it with Piratebay and it worked fine. It is a pain though adding the additional step in the process, but at least you have control where the downloads go. Hopefully they will fix this bug on next update.

[echalone]

I have the same Problem with BitTorrent 7.7 32 bit on a Win 7 64 bit machine.

[Nic542]

im having the exact same problem after the update to Bittorrent 7.7

[Snabelfantasten]

The simple solution is to create the folder you want to use for example c:\bittorrent\incoming, and inside the folder you place another folder which could be named for instance !notused, and you point the program to the folder c:\bittorrent\incoming\!notused. The program will put yout incoming files in c:\bittorrent\incoming.

SNF