I have not tried to open any magnet links from my FF or IE browser. I am using Windows Vista, uTorrent 1.8.5 (dont need to upgrade the newer versions), and Google Chrome. I dont know why my uTorrent will not work with magnet links or why the trackers wont load, but I do know that my BitComet works fine with magnet links after installing the extension I mentioned above.

They load up, but the trackers time out, or I get an Invalid Tracker error message.īUT, using my BitComet, these same torrents load up and download at an amazing speed. Using uTorrent, I cannot get any magnet links to work. When you add the torrent file to utorrent to download, it opens up as the proper name of the torrent that you clicked on. torrent file (usually a long line of numbers). Install that extension and when you click on the magnet link, it is turned into a. In the chrome web store there is an extension called 'magnet2torrent converter for Pirate Bay 0.3'. Muahahaha technology doth not thwart me!!!. took 2min to install, <1min to get magnet into uTorrent = happy camper!!! :cool: Open a chrome browser, install an app from Chromestore (magentme or magnet2torrent etc) it basically shortens/converts the magnet file to a torrent file. BOOYAH!!! SUCCESS!!! 2-3hrs of mucking around, I now am successfully 12% of the way through a magnet file in my uTorrent.

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