Google Chrome – How to Make uTorrent Open Magnet Links

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Nothing happens when I click on a magnet:// link on Google Chrome. How to make that when I click on a magnet:// link on Chrome, uTorrent opens it?

Best Answer

Go to:

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data**,  (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data)

You need to close google chrome, and open file Local State, you will need Notepad++ or something similar. And find magnet key, for example link javascript is enabled here. If there is torrent (or magnet) you just make it true, if not, try to add it in same fashion.

   "protocol_handler": {
      "excluded_schemes": {
         "afp": true,
         "data": true,
         "disk": true,
         "disks": true,
         "file": true,
         "hcp": true,
         "javascript": true,

If that dont work, try to delete them, and then chrome should allegedly ask you again what to do. Maybe you should look in registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Magnet values. If I have figure it out, shell value (this value you will also found in protocol handler) is for external application to run in Chrome, but maybe I am very wrong!

I know it is not the smartest solution, but does something prevent you from resetting browser settings, or reinstalling Chrome (and uTorrent)?

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