I received error messages in uTorrent after switching from Windows XP to Windows 7. All uTorrent downloads were showing Error: Access is denied after a few seconds. The temporary solution was to run uTorrent in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. Several users commented in the thread stating that they did not experience this error messages in Windows 7.
Further observation revealed that only old torrents were showing that error message. All new torrents were downloading just fine even if the compatibility mode was disabled. The solution to the problem was therefor an access problem of the new Windows 7 user account. More precisely a write access problem.
It was thankfully very easy to fix. A right-click on a temporary file or folder in the uTorrent cache folder and the selection of Properties opened a window with configuration possibilities. The Security tab at the top of the window lead to the access permissions for the selected file or folder. It displayed the access rights for various system users including the system administrator, the content owner (that’s the Windows XP user in this case) and the currently logged in user.
This can be easily changed by clicking on the Edit link to edit permissions for specific users of the computer system. All it takes is to select the current user in that new window and add write access permissions for that user. Once that is done the torrents will download just fine without errors.
The same write problem exists for other files that have been created in the previous operating system. If you are encountering write problems you simply need to add the write permission for the logged in user to be able to save the file.
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What problems?
I’m using Windows 7 since first beta release, I use uTorrent all the day and no errors for me.
As you said previously is a permissions problems, is like trying to write out of you home directory into a Unix based SO, it’s normal, you can’t, you’re not superuser.
Just change the download folder to somewhere inside your “home” folder into W7 and I’m sure that there’s no more problems.
That’s not a problem…
In W7, the hosts file can’t be edited by a normal user. You can “fix it” following the same steps but… is this really a problem too? I think it isn’t
The problem only appears for torrents that are already on the system before switching to Windows 7 as explained in the article. New torrents download fine. And yes, it is a access rights problem because the new Windows 7 user is not the creator of the old torrent file and the temporarily cached files. And as I said, if you change the write permissions you are free to continue downloading those old torrents.
Ma che belle ste notizie fresche fresche!!!! Mi sa che non avete mai testato uTorrent o EMule su Vista… i problemi erano gli stessi. Permission configurate ad hoc e tutto funzionava correttamente, così come su W7…. ma siente proprio a corto di notizie??? Eppur ci sono tantissimi siti da cui copiare…. Rispondi | Quota
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@ Malakiah: per fortuna non tutti (io per primo) hanno avuto problemi di permessi con utorrent su Vista. Ergo, se questi si verificassero dopo l’aggiornamento da Vista a Seven, molti utenti non saprebbero dove mettere le mani. A loro questa guida potrebbe tornare utile.
Se tu sai già come fare, buon per te, ma non è detto che lo sappiano anche le altre persone che si accingono ad installare Windows 7.
ciao!Rispondi | Quota
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Naqern hai fatto una cosa utile considerando che molti passeranno da Xp direttamente a Seven Rispondi | Quota
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qual’è la cartella?? o.ORispondi | Quota
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@ alexander:
risolto, grazie per la segnalazione Rispondi | Quota
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rapido e tempestivo, grazie Shor Rispondi | Quota
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Non so voi, ma con la versione 1.6 di uTorrent mai avuto problemi di scrittura.Rispondi | Quota
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Non so voi, ma con la versione 1.6 di uTorrent mai avuto problemi di scrittura.Rispondi | Quota