Cannot Download Torrent Link Using Chrome

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Magnet Links not opening for you in Chrome!

Have you ever come across a .torrent file and noticed that Chrome can’t open magnet links? It can be rather annoying, especially if you are using those files quite frequently.

Below are some instructions on how to download a magnet links file with uTorrent, plus guidance on how to fix this problem for future so that Chrome automatically sends the file to uTorrent for opening.

AdHoc Guidance
1) Find the magnet torrent file.
2) Right click the little magnet icon in Chrome, then copy the URL.
3) Launch uTorrent / Torrent software of your choice.
4) Click “Add Torrent from URL”
5) Paste magnet link into field, press enter.
6) Download Starts.

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6 steps, not bad if you just wanted to download a file or two. Way too annoying for anything more than that. See below for a detailed guide on how to apply a fix.

This was done using the (current) latest version of Chrome (33.0.1750.117 m) and uTorrent (2.2.1) on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, although newer versions of Chrome and uTorrent should still work!

Permanent Fix Guidance
1) Hit the Windows key (not literally)
2) Type in “regedit” without the quotes, then press enter.
3) Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTMagnetshellopencommand on Windows 8 this is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSoftwareClassesMagnet
This is what you’ll see (below)

Where that arrow is pointing – you’ll want to make sure that is where your uTorrent is located. You may have a custom location, so be mindful of that.

4) Next, navigate to the following folder. C:Users[your_user_name]AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data
5) Close Chrome completely before moving on to the next step. (Otherwise your change will not get saved)
6) Edit the “Local State” file using an editor of your choice (Notepad / Wordpad is fine)
7) Hit Ctrl+F and look for “magnet” – if you do not have this entry, then simply create it in the same place as shown in the screenshot below. This needs to be set to false

8) Save and close the file. All done!

As a side note, you may notice that when you click on a magnet links file, uTorrent may show the file as empty at first, but don’t worry … once you have click OK / Next, the files will start to download.

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Previously we have talked about how to access blocked torrent sites legally. In this article, we will discuss about how to get direct .torrent download links instead of magnet links. Magnet links have been around the web for some time. As Bittorent users might know, magnet links are alternative mirror links to actual torrent files. Recently, if you have followed the Pirate Bay closely, you might have noticed that the link to the original torrent files are misssing and have been replaced by magnet links.

The reason why The Pirate Bay has replaced its torrent file links is because of the legal issue mainly. Hosting a torrent directly from the server makes it vulnerable to lawsuits. This may be effective to the point of even the website being confiscated. Using magnet links on the other hand removes the legal threat as there is no direct link to the torrent file. Using magnet links also does not require trackers and the resource does not need to be stored in the server and operates through contents belonging to the peers.