Preferences: General
µTorrent User Manual
- The Language
dropdown menu allows you to select the language for the entire µTorrent
interface. In order for this to work, you must have installed the
language pack (utorrent.lng) into µTorrent's settings directory, or in the same directory as the µTorrent executable itself.
- The More... button opens the download page in your web browser, where you'll find the language pack available for download.
- The Associate with torrent files button tells Windows to open .torrent files, .btsearch files and magnet URIs in µTorrent. If maindoc.ico
is present in µTorrent's settings directory, it will be used as the
icon for .torrent files instead of making Windows attempt to generate
an icon automatically.
- The Install IPv6/Teredo
button makes µTorrent install IPv6/Teredo support on the computer. Note
that this option works only on operating systems released after Windows
XP with at least Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed.
- Check association on startup
will tell µTorrent to check associations with anything it is associated
with each time it is run. If the association no longer belongs to
µTorrent at start, the user will be prompted for further action.
- Start µTorrent when Windows starts will make µTorrent start when Windows starts up.
- The Start minimized will make µTorrent start minimized when Windows starts.
- Automatically install updates will automatically install new versions of µTorrent when they become available. The check for new versions is done on startup and periodically thereafter, waiting 24 hours between each update check (automatic or manual). If unchecked, you will need to update µTorrent manually.
- Update to beta versions
will update µTorrent to beta versions if checked. If unchecked, µTorrent will only upgrade to stable release builds.
- Notify me before installing updates
will ask the user to confirm updates to µTorrent if checked. If unchecked, µTorrent will automatically update.
- Send detailed info when checking for updates (always anonymous)
allows µTorrent to send a randomly generated ID and the µTorrent
version and build numbers to the update server during update checks in
order to count the number of people there are using µTorrent. Whether
or not this option is enabled, all communication with the µTorrent
servers are always anonymous.
- The Use Boss-Key password
field allows you to select a keyboard combination that, when pressed,
will toggle the visibility of all traces µTorrent on the immediate
desktop. The main window and any open dialogs, the taskbar entry, and
the system tray icon all disappear when hidden, and appear again when
unhidden (by pressing the keyboard combination a second time). To set
this field, you must press the keyboard combination you wish to set the
boss-key to. To do so, press your choice of modifier keys (any
combination of Ctrl, Alt, and Shift)
and the key (letters, numbers, function keys, and so on). Make sure the
key combination you select is not used by another application, as that
can lead to conflicts.
- The Clear Private Data button clears previously used paths in various locations, such as the Add New Torrent dialog and the Create New Torrent dialog.
- Append .!ut to incomplete files tells µTorrent to append the .!ut
extension to any file in the torrent contents that still hasn't
finished downloading. Once a file is completed, the extension gets
removed from it. Note that the state of this option takes effect
immediately after the preferences are saved, regardless of whether
torrent jobs are started, stopped, paused, or queued.
- Pre-allocate all files
tells µTorrent to create and fully allocate every file you select to
download immediately after starting the torrent job. Note that this
option does not have an impact on hard drive fragmentation
(advantageous or otherwise), as µTorrent already allocates each file
upon writing to disk even without this option.
- Prevent standby if there are active torrents
is self-explanatory; if there are active torrent jobs, µTorrent will
attempt to keep the computer out of automatic standby mode.