As the title says I'm not able to make Chrome open magnet URL in uTorrent anymore. I'm on Windows 10 and using the latest uTorrent and Chrome version. The problem started when I first visited and accidentally click on "Accept" when it asked if I wanted to let him manage magnet.
What I already tried after searching for fixes:
- all solutions on this page:
- all solutions on these pages:
- all solutions on these pages:
- following one suggestion, I tried to change the app for "Magnet" protocol in Windows settings ("Choose default apps by protocol") but I can't find magnet protocol in the list (any way to force-add it?)
- uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome and uTorrent
- install qBitorrent so that uTorrent asked me if I wanted to associate torrent files with it after setting qBit to be the default one
without success. I downloaded Firefox and it asked me to choose an application when I clicked on a magnet, selected uTorrent and it works. So I'm sure it's a Chrome problem.
EDIT:
NOTE1: the magnet doesn't open in instant.io website, it doesn't open at all, nothing happens when I click it
NOTE2: James Carlyle-Clarke's solution (last superuser link provided) makes the browser open a new window when I click on the magnet, but nothing happens anyway
13 Answers
This question had the same issue except with qbittorrent caused by trying to associate magnet links with a remote client in Chrome. Chrome has set itself as the only program capable of opening magnet links. You can see this by opening Windows 10 Settings > Apps > Default Apps > "Choose default apps by protocol". There is an entry for magnet links, that only has Chrome as an option.
Instead of associating with magnet links via HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/magnet entry Chrome uses the newer URLAssociations. I don't know about µtorrent, but qbittorrent does not have a URLAssociations entry. Windows seems to prioritize applications with a valid URLAssociations entry over the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT entry for said protocol.
tl;dr:
To fix it, open regedit, navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Google Chrome\Capabilities\URLAssociations and delete the "magnet" entry.
Your Chrome user profile is corrupted. You can validate this by either
a) Creating a new Windows user and using Chrome to launch a new torrent with a magnet link when logged in as that user, or
b) installing Chromium for your existing user using any other numerous methods described in that link; do not import anything from Chrome when Chromium offers.
Now that we've confirmed where the problem lies, you can continue using Chromium for torrent magnet links, or delete your Chrome user profile. Backup your bookmarks first, though, and save your list of passwords, before you do that.
1i fix that right now.
Just click with right button on magnet icon, choose open link with
:D
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