You will need to open and edit the Registry to rectify this error. Sometimes the message associated with your error will say, “this file does not have an app associated with it.” This means that your Chrome browser cannot detect the correct application to download the magnet link.

Your Chrome browser should now be able to download your magnet link.

Ensure that this setting’s toggle is in the ON position.

Find the “Handlers” option that says “allow sites to ask to become default handlers for protocols.” Click on it.

Click on the “Content Settings” button.

Scroll to the bottom and click on the “Advanced” button.

Open a Chrome tab and click on the Menu icon.

Check Your Content SettingsĮnsure that your browser’s content settings are correct. There are several steps you can take to try and rectify the problem. Xunlei is included in the comparison tables.Sometimes, when you open a magnet link in Chrome, the browser returns an error message.

In 2013 Thunder Networking Technologies publicly revealed that some of their employees surreptitiously distributed a Trojan horse with certain releases of Xunlei, the company's BitTorrent-ready download manager. Opera 12, a web browser, can also transfer files via BitTorrent. Some download managers, such as FlashGet and GetRight, are BitTorrent-ready. Many BitTorrent programs are open-source software others are freeware, adware or shareware. īram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, made the first BitTorrent client, which he also called BitTorrent, and published it in July 2001. Because BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer communications protocol that does not need a server, the BitTorrent definition of client differs from the conventional meaning expressed in the client–server model.

A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms. The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm. The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. For the software application by Bram Cohen, see BitTorrent (software).

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