The main menus are where you'll find many of the other facilities included in µTorrent, such as the Preferences, or the RSS Downloader.
File
- Add Torrent... Ctrl+O prompts you for the location of the .torrent file that you are trying to open on disk. If you set a default download location, the torrent job will automatically be added to the torrent jobs list and started (if you did not set µTorrent to start torrent jobs in stopped mode). If you did not set a default download location, you will be prompted where you would like to save the torrent contents, with the Add New Torrent dialog being shown by default.
- Add Torrent (no default save)... Ctrl+D does the same thing as Add Torrent, but will always ask you where you'd like to save the torrent contents, regardless of whether you have a default download location set or not.
- Add Torrent from URL... Ctrl+U allows you to open a .torrent file directly from URL without having saved the it to your hard disk. Depending on the method used by the website for authenticating users (if any), the URL may have to be entered in a specific format. Magnet URIs may be used here, and µTorrent will attempt to download the info dictionary from the corresponding .torrent file from any other client that also supports the URI scheme.
- Add RSS Feed... opens up the Add RSS Feed dialog, where you can add RSS feeds for µTorrent to monitor.
- Add Device... replaces the main view with a Devices pane, so that you can add a new remote paired-deivce to drag torrents onto it.
- Create New Torrent... Ctrl+N lets you create .torrent files that you can use to share your data with other people.
- Exit does just that -- it exits µTorrent. Note that exiting µTorrent automatically sends a stop signal to trackers, so you do not have to stop all torrent jobs before exiting. Torrent jobs that are not stopped will automatically be started when µTorrent is next opened. Even after exiting, the µTorrent process might continue to run for a while longer. This happens because µTorrent is trying to finish transferring pieces and write remaining pieces to disk from memory. The process should disappear after a few seconds.
Options
- Get µTorrent Plus opens up an info-pane with µTorrent Plus information and related links.
- Preferences Ctrl+P opens up the Preferences dialog, where you can configure most of µTorrent's options.
- RSS Downloader Ctrl+R opens up the RSS Downloader dialog, where you can configure µTorrent's RSS settings.
- Setup Guide Ctrl+G opens up the Setup Guide dialog, where you can tell µTorrent to configure some basic settings that can affect your speeds.
- Show Toolbar F4 toggles the display of the toolbar at the top of the main window.
- Show Detailed Info F5 toggles the display of the information pane near the bottom of the main window.
- Show Status Bar F6 toggles the display of the status bar at the bottom of the main window.
- Show Category List F7 toggles the display of the category list at the left of the main window.
- Show Featured Content F8 toggles the display of the 'Featured Content' category-node at the left side category pane.
- Show Devices toggles the display of the 'Devices' category-node at the left side category pane.
- Show Plus Information toggles the display of the 'µTorrent Plus' offer-link at the bottom of the left side category pane.
- Narrow Toolbar F11 toggles the width of the Toolbar at the top of the main window. This also hides the Add RSS Feed icon when enabled.
- Compact Category List F12 toggles the display of dividers between sections at the left of the main window.
- Icons on Tabs toggles the display of the graphic icons on the tabs at the top of the information pane.
- Auto Shutdown
- Disabled tells µTorrent not to perform any of the following actions. Note that besides this option, all options in this submenu get disabled after they have occurred.
- Quit when Downloads Complete exits µTorrent when all currently downloading torrent jobs reach 100% download completion.
- Quit when Everything Completes exits µTorrent when all currently active torrent jobs are completed.
- Hibernate when Downloads Complete puts the computer into hibernation mode when all currently downloading torrent jobs reach 100% download completion.
- Hibernate when Everything Completes puts the computer into hibernation mode when all currently active torrent jobs are completed.
- Standby when Downloads Complete puts the computer into standby mode when all currently downloading torrent jobs reach 100% download completion.
- Standby when Everything Completes puts the computer into standby mode when all currently active torrent jobs are completed.
- Reboot when Downloads Complete restarts the computer when all currently downloading torrent jobs reach 100% download completion.
- Reboot when Everything Completes restarts the computer when all currently active torrent jobs are completed.
- Shutdown when Downloads Complete shuts the computer down when all currently downloading torrent jobs reach 100% download completion.
- Shutdown when Everything Completes shuts the computer down when all currently active torrent jobs are completed.
Help
- Learn more about µTorrent Plus opens an info page in the main view with µTorrent Plus related information.
- µTorrent Help F1 opens the user manual.
- µTorrent FAQ opens the FAQ.
- µTorrent Webpage opens the µTorrent webpage in your default web browser.
- µTorrent Forums opens the µTorrent forums in your default web browser.
- Send Beta Feedback opens an email for sending user comments and issues relelated to the current beta release being developed.
- Check for Updates manually tells µTorrent to check for a newer stable build from the µTorrent servers. µTorrent will continue to check for newer versions once every 24 hours after this is selected if you have enabled the option to check for updates automatically.
- Download Translation tells µTorrent to download the latest translation file and place it in the settings directory.
- Show Statistics opens a dialog displaying basic statistics that µTorrent has collected.
- About µTorrent opens the About dialog, which displays the credits, version, and build number, among other things...