Magnet links refuse to associate [necro'd with gear up.]

Specific support for Drench on Microsoft Windows OS

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Magnet links decline to acquaintance [necro'd with fix.]

Hi! long time Deluge user here.
Running windows ten.

it's been bothering me for a while now (read several months).
during one of the big updates, I think the Fall Creators update, magnet links got dis-associated from Drench. clicking them in chrome or Border does nothing. checking in Regedit the keys are empty, even if I try to reinstall Deluge, or use Settings to endeavour and associate them. I besides tried to manually fill in the command to Drench's install location but that disappeared besides after I reopened regedit!

I'm not sure what's going on, anyone have whatever clues?

Concluding edited by Gizmo on Wed November xiii, 2022 5:34 pm, edited 1 fourth dimension in total.

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Re: Magnet links refuse to acquaintance

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Curtesy of young man forum-fellow member Piney:

undrline wrote:

Piney wrote:I recently had the same issue after installing u_torrent. I need ii torrent programs because of private trackers that do not permit DHT.
U_torrent associated itself with magnet links which I didn't want information technology to do and the button in the deluge settings doesn't really do anything.
I scoured the internet for about an hour trying to discover a solution because the link in this post is dead.

To resolve this outcome in 64bit windows open notepad and copy the post-obit text:

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                          Windows Registry Editor Version five.00  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet] @="URL:MAGNET URI" "URL Protocol"=""  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Plan Files (x86)\\Deluge\\drench.exe"  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\shell]  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\beat\open up]  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\shell\open\command] @="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Deluge\\drench.exe \"%1\""

Relieve as, choose desktop as the location and "all files" as file type then phone call it something similar mag.reg
once you run the reg file hey presto magnets now working with drench again.

If you have 32bit windows use the following

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                          Windows Registry Editor Version v.00  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet] @="URL:MAGNET URI" "URL Protocol"=""  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Plan Files\\Deluge\\drench.exe"  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\beat]  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\shell\open]  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\magnet\shell\open up\command] @="C:\\Plan Files\\Drench\\deluge.exe \"%one\""

Works on Windows 10 Pro 64bit every bit well.

Source: viewtopic.php?t=39917#p195749

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Re: Magnet links refuse to associate

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mhertz wrote:Curtesy of fellow forum-member Piney:

Hi, cheers for trying to help. I've gotten the registry keys to stick. I've compared them letter past letter to my laptop where it nevertheless works. it's identical to this reg file. I did save it down and added the keys to my registry (they are identical to what was already in there!) and it's withal not working!

the registry for magnet links looks exactly the aforementioned!
on Desktop = not working
on laptop = working.

both running latest Win10 updates and chrome with deluge 1.3.15.

I am going crazy :(

shot a video to help illustrate my problem. alibi the hurried voice it'due south late. and inb4 "lol animenerd" :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/lookout?v=-dqJnCO-no4 (unlisted)

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Re: Magnet links pass up to associate

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There are several dissimilar "fixes" I institute from googling this, and found a single page which lists all the fixes i've read about in one page, then check information technology out and besides the comments every bit they come with a few suggestions too which helped others out where the main article steps didn't.

https://world wide web.metserve.com/web log/magnet-li ... ith-chrome

Good luck! :)

(Also, rerun the drench-installer to re-fix the assoc's).

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Re: Magnet links decline to associate

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mhertz wrote:There are several different "fixes" I institute from googling this, and found a single page which lists all the fixes i've read about in ane folio, and so check it out and as well the comments as they come with a few suggestions too which helped others out where the master commodity steps didn't.

https://www.metserve.com/weblog/magnet-li ... ith-chrome

Good luck! :)

(Also, rerun the deluge-installer to re-set the assoc'southward).

aye it's the same stuff I've already tried.

I have rerun the installer like ten times, btw associations on the pc for .torrent files was never an event, always worked.
it's only magnetlinks that won't work even though the registry is correct and from the looks of information technology chrome IS trying to open the link.

either completely blind missing something obvious in the registry or windows is somehow blocking information technology.

simply then over again it works simply fine on my laptop :'(

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Re: Magnet links reject to associate

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Sorry, that's a bummer.

Try ctrl+shift+del and unselect all items and on advanced tab select just 'content settings', to reset chrome content settings back to default.

If not working, personally I would install qbittorrent or other free app and select associate magnets and see if that works to rule out a deluge upshot and if that works uninstall qbittorrent and reinstall deluge.

Pitiful, otherwise out of ideas - if merely you where on linux i'd know exactly how magnets are controlled from chromium(xdg-open/desktop-files) :(

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Re: Magnet links refuse to associate

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Seems to be a Windows x update changing how URL associations are handled. Chrome Privacy settings and Content Handlers led me on a wild goose chase till I figured out Chrome lets Windows associations handle this now.

On Windows 10 itself, Deluge's "Associate Magnet links with Drench" button handles almost of the piece of work. Even so, Win10 Fall Creator'due south seems to accept a new requirement now, a URL protocol needs to have a fundamental called "URL Protocol":

1. Open Regedit
2. Get to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet
3. Create a new String called "URL Protocol". Doesn't demand to be a value, merely needs to be there.

The event should look like this:

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Only figured this out through a random approximate while looking at other URL Protocol Handlers that work, but it works for me.

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Re: Magnet links refuse to associate

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mhertz wrote:There are several unlike "fixes" I found from googling this, and found a single page which lists all the fixes i've read nigh in 1 page, so check it out and also the comments every bit they come with a few suggestions likewise which helped others out where the primary article steps didn't.

https://www.metserve.com/blog/magnet-li ... th-chrome/vidmate

Good luck! :)

(Also, rerun the drench-installer to re-set the assoc's).

I have rerun the installer like 10 times, btw associations on the pc for .torrent files was never an issue, always worked.
it's only magnet links that won't piece of work even though the registry is right and from the looks of it chrome IS trying to open up the link.

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Re: Magnet links refuse to associate

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Revisiting this problem, still the same on my desktop...
I found a fix.

I used Edge browser, tried opening a magnet link.
The windows file association window popped upwardly "what programme practice yous want to utilise to handle this filetype"
Select deluge. win. it works. EUREKA!

Works in chrome now as well.
windows is weird.