Can't open magnet URL with Google Chrome anymore
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.