How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?
Recently I installed BitComet. Now when I click a torrent magnet link from chrome it opens with BitComet though I changed the settings of BitComet to not to be the default program to open magnet links. I couldn't find default magnet link settings in μTorrent. I want my default program to open magnet links to be μTorrent. I'm using Windows 8.1 and my browser is Chrome, I want to make the default program to open magnet links to be μTorrent.
Solution 1:
Open μTorrent. Go to preferences from options menu. Select general. Click the button Associate with torrent files. Your problem is over.
Solution 2:
- Press Win + R, type
regedit
and press OK. -
Browse to the following location:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\shell\open\command
-
Double-click the default location and change the data section to:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" "%L"