torrent files downloaded by limewire not downloading
 

Hi Everyone and I hope someone can help...I have downloaded or trying to download from demonoid and bit comet and the torrents have been downloaded thru limewire but sadly I keep getting...DOWNLOADING FROM 10 HOSTS.....0KBS and nothing is happening and on another one it is at 68% with DOWNLOADING FROM 1 TO 120 HOSTS....0KBS.....Can anyone explain or help me please....much appreciated and thanks Micky !!

I would strongly suggest using another program for downloading torrents, limewire is to unreliable...

Try utorrent it is very user friendly and easy to understand...;)

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Thanks very much for getting back to me but i have utorrent but dont understand how they work as when i try and download from demonoid or bit comet they automatically try downloading using limewire...additionally i dont know how to actually search on utorrent...i am new and completely trial and error and would appreciate your help and a few guidelines please...and thanks again for getting back to me Micky !!

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Hi Wondering why and thaks for getting back to me...I have utorrent but dont know how to search or use it properaly and when i try and download from demonoid or utorrent or bit comet they take the download straight to limewire...sorry if i sould stupid but am new to this and am going by trial and error and would really appreciate your help and a few guidelines and again thanks very much for your help Micky !

Hi Micky. Here is a Beginners Guide for Torrents that is Very Informative and will give you a good idea how Torrents work.

Beginners Guide

To keep LW from initiating the Torrent Download, go to Tools > Options > BitTorrent. UnCheck "Start Automatically" Apply > OK.

Real quick here...uTorrent is a Torrent Client. Demonoid is a Tracker.
You'll perform your Search in Demonoid. When you find a file you want on the tracker, Click D/L this Torrent and uTorrent Should open and start the D/L.
Hope this Helps. :)

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Hi Remoc, Thanks you very much as what you have said makes a lot of sense to what i have been trying to do and really appreciate your help and thanks a million .....Micky !!

I have unticked the start automatically box and it still wont let me download with utorrent and my downloads are also stuck on limewire please help thanks

Hi Frannic93 and :welcomeani: to the Gnutella Forums. :)

Try this. This will basically make uTorrent the Default Torrent Client. Hope it works for you. I'm sure there are other ways to do this but this works for me. :idea:

If using XP... Start > Control Panel > Tools > Folder Options > File Types.

Now Arrow Down until you see Torrent File. Left click on said File Type to Highlite. Click Change. Now Left Click on uTorrent. Place check...Always use the selected program to Open..... then Click OK. :D

thanks very much i am on vista which is a pain but i will try it out and if not hope someone else can help but thanks you have been great

HaHa, Sorry you're stuck with Vista. :p

After a quick search I found this link that may be of some help.

Control Panel - Programs

As you know I don't use Vista but the above link looks like it may be where the File Types and Default Program Settings may hide.
Hope this Helps. :D

still not letting me do do it but thanks very very much

All I can think of is a workaround. Uninstall both Limewire and uTorrent. Then install only uTorrent and make it default for torrents. Then download a torrent using it, before you install Limewire again, this time making sure it has nothing at all to do with the torrents.

I'm sure there are other better ways though.

I am also having problems getting connected to the torrents (only 2nd time in 6 months) I have downloaded but this problem as well as connecting at LW opening seem to go away on thier own. I have tried using Utorrent and other torrent clients and thier download speeds are atrocious. LW might be unreliable but on the DSL line I currently have I get almost the max upload speed of 350 kpbs compared to Utorrents or bit torrents 3 to 10 kbps on a good day.
Simplest way to make whatever torrent client your default is to open that client and download and open torrents from there. This doesn't really make it your default client but if you download torrents using LW it becomes a Limewire torrent ( check a torrent you've downloaded with LW and it reads LimeWire Torrent) and that is why the torrent opens LW automatically.:gimmimore: