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bitcomet_client_issues_and_possible_solutions [2011/05/25 17:55]
greywizard [When BitComet is running my router/modem switches itself off or freezes. Why is this happening and what can I do to fix this?] |
bitcomet_client_issues_and_possible_solutions [2012/03/07 12:23]
greywizard Added new topic : How can I transfer my tasks to another computer? |
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| Do not add or delete any tasks. Doing that WILL make method #2 below, useless (for reasons we trust are obvious), and it will interfere with the others;\\ | Do not add or delete any tasks. Doing that WILL make method #2 below, useless (for reasons we trust are obvious), and it will interfere with the others;\\ |
| - If your version is v.1.18 or above (or in case you upgraded, if your previous version was v.1.18 or above), then recovering your tasklist is just a matter of renaming one of the .bak files (you can start with the most recent one) to //downloads.xml// (they should be present in the same folder as //downloads.xml//). | - If your version is v.1.18 or above (or in case you upgraded, if your previous version was v.1.18 or above), then recovering your tasklist is just a matter of deleting the current //downloads.xml// file and renaming one of the .bak files (you can start with the most recent one) to //downloads.xml// (they should be present in the same folder as //downloads.xml//). |
| - If your version is v.1.07 or above but below v.1.18 (or in case you upgraded, if your previous version was v.1.07 or above), try the backup file: see if there is a //downloads.xml.bak// file in the program directory described in the above sections. Delete the //downloads.xml// file and rename //downloads.xml.bak// to //downloads.xml//. Now start Bitcomet and see if the task list is correct or more nearly correct. | - If your version is v.1.07 or above but below v.1.18 (or in case you upgraded, if your previous version was v.1.07 or above), try the backup file: see if there is a //downloads.xml.bak// file in the program directory described in the above sections. Delete the //downloads.xml// file and rename //downloads.xml.bak// to //downloads.xml//. Now start Bitcomet and see if the task list is correct or more nearly correct. |
| - Check the [[torrent_history|Torrent History]] (or [[torrent_share_and_torrent_archive#torrent_archive|Torrent Archive]] in BitComet v.1.16 or the older). The Torrent History may have all of your previously downloaded torrents, unless you disabled this feature or deleted that torrent from the history list... Select the torrents that existed as tasks before your BitComet shutdown, one by one (starting with v.1.23 you can select multiple torrents and add them with one single command from the right-click context menu: //Add to TaskList...//). Double-click the selected torrent and a popup dialog will warn: "The task you want to view is removed, do you want to download again? " Click "Yes" and choose the same destination for the download as the one where the files for that torrent reside, and click "Download now" to continue. BitComet will do a hash-check automatically then and after the hash-check is finished, it will start downloading those unfinished tasks or seeding if they were finished. | - Check the [[torrent_history|Torrent History]] (or [[torrent_share_and_torrent_archive#torrent_archive|Torrent Archive]] in BitComet v.1.16 or the older). The Torrent History may have all of your previously downloaded torrents, unless you disabled this feature or deleted that torrent from the history list... Select the torrents that existed as tasks before your BitComet shutdown, one by one (starting with v.1.23 you can select multiple torrents and add them with one single command from the right-click context menu: //Add to TaskList...//). Double-click the selected torrent and a popup dialog will warn: "The task you want to view is removed, do you want to download again? " Click "Yes" and choose the same destination for the download as the one where the files for that torrent reside, and click "Download now" to continue. BitComet will do a hash-check automatically then and after the hash-check is finished, it will start downloading those unfinished tasks or seeding if they were finished. |
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| If it's not then recheck the %appdata% permissions -- often you need to check all the permissions for the entire tree and every node in it. The account you usually run BitComet under - normally your own - should own the directory and files, and have full control of both. | If it's not then recheck the %appdata% permissions -- often you need to check all the permissions for the entire tree and every node in it. The account you usually run BitComet under - normally your own - should own the directory and files, and have full control of both. |
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| | ==== How can I transfer all my tasks to another computer? ==== |
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| | If you wish to move all your tasks (active and/or stopped) to a new computer and hence to a new installation of BitComet you will have to follow a few easy steps: |
| | - Copy the current BitComet download folder (the folder which holds the files for each task) onto the new computer and make sure that it resides in a partition which has the same letter as the previous one (i.e. if your current download folder is //D:\BitComet Downloads// then make sure you move BitComet Downloads on the D:\ partition of the new computer.\\ If you don't have a partition with the same letter on the new computer then you'll have to move all the tasks from within BitComet (select the tasks, right-click and choose //File Move To//) into a folder on the current computer whose path **can** be replicated on the new one and you'll have to do this **prior** to moving the files to the new computer or exporting the tasklist. (E.g. if your download folder on the current computer is //D:\BC_Downloads// but you'll only have a //C:\// partition on the new computer (bad idea by the way) then you'll have to move all your tasks into //C:\BC_Downloads// on the **current** computer **prior** to moving the folder on the new computer. This ensures that each task points toward the right path, not towards an inexistent one, on the new PC. |
| | - Go to the //File// menu and choose //Import and Export Download List...//. In the lower section named "Export" click on the ellipsis button and choose a filename and location for the backup file. Make sure that the "Export all tasks" radio button is selected before hitting the //Export// button. This will create a backup copy of the tasklist and BitComet settings into a backup file. |
| | - Select all the tasks in the Task List of BitComet and then right click and choose //Save Torrent As// and save all the .torrent files into a location of your choice. |
| | - Make sure that in your new installation of BitComet the variable //system.use_app_data// is set to TRUE into //Options-->Advanced//. |
| | - Open a new Explorer window and type in the address bar //%appdata%\BitComet\torrents// then hit Enter. You should find yourself into the //\torrents// folder of the new BitComet installation. Copy in here all the .torrent files that you saved in Step 3. |
| | - Go into the //File-->Import and Export Download List...// and into the upper section called Import choose the backup file which you saved in Step 2. After BitComet finishes importing the list, you should be done and have an identical completely functional list of tasks as on the old computer. |
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