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Thread ID: 123871	2012-03-21 21:52:00	Firefox won't open magnet torrent links	robo (205)	Press F1

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1266269	2012-03-21 21:52:00	I want to download some physibles from tpb for my 3d printer, and all of a sudden it seems Firefox can't handle them any more. When I click on magnet links I get this sort of message: Firefox can't find the file at magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d529ff996af06f99722bac7e7ced0c 59e503d106&dn=3D+Printer+Design.stp&tr=udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80&tr=udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80&tr=udp://tracker.ccc.de:80. I have searched the web and found some supposed registry change that will do it like this: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnet] @="URL:magnet Protocol" "URL Protocol"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnetshell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnetshellopen] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTfooshellopencommand] @=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Vuze\Azureus.exe"" But that makes no difference. The weird thing is that Chrome works with them fine, so it isn't the end of the world, but I do prefer Firefox (please, no flame war on that debate). On that basis, I disabled my adblocker, in Firefox, to see if that made any difference. It didn't. Does anyone know what the story is?	robo (205)
1266270	2012-03-21 23:24:00	Try upgrading your bittorrent client or reinstalling it?	Agent_24 (57)
1266271	2012-03-21 23:46:00	I want to download some physibles from tpb for my 3d printer, and all of a sudden it seems Firefox can't handle them any more. When I click on magnet links I get this sort of message: Firefox can't find the file at magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d529ff996af06f99722bac7e7ced0c 59e503d106&dn=3D+Printer+Design.stp&tr=udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80&tr=udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80&tr=udp://tracker.ccc.de:80. I have searched the web and found some supposed registry change that will do it like this: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnet] @="URL:magnet Protocol" "URL Protocol"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnetshell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnetshellopen] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTfooshellopencommand] @=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Vuze\Azureus.exe"" But that makes no difference. The weird thing is that Chrome works with them fine, so it isn't the end of the world, but I do prefer Firefox (please, no flame war on that debate). On that basis, I disabled my adblocker, in Firefox, to see if that made any difference. It didn't. Does anyone know what the story is? What 3D printer do you have as I'm quite heavily involved in the RepRap community	gary67 (56)
1266272	2012-03-21 23:50:00	Gary I know, I got mine from you. LOL	robo (205)
1266273	2012-03-21 23:55:00	And don't think it is Vuze, it works fine with magnet links from Chrome, and it is the latest version.	robo (205)
1266274	2012-03-22 00:00:00	Can you post the link to the actually site your trying to download from.. How is the printer going, I'm currently making another one	gary67 (56)
1266275	2012-03-22 02:04:00	Haven't actually printed anything, want to try a small test shape but haven't been brave enough. Still a little nervous about how X axis goes opposite way to the arrows in the control software, but not sure if that is just my point of view. Test print should answer that. The links are a problem everywhere, but particularly here: thepiratebay.se As I say though, it works on Google Chrome, all magnet links, but none do from Firefox. Same with magnet links on eztv.it also.	robo (205)
1266276	2012-03-22 02:27:00	I would try a small test cube first there are some on thingiverse 10mmx10mmx10mm such as this one here (www.thingiverse.com). They are what I started with as they don't use much plastic and are quick to make. If the motor is going the wrong way it's usually just a case of swapping a couple of the wires over they can be removed from the plugs by pushing a pin into the slot on the back of the plug, or I think it can be done in the firmware too	gary67 (56)
1266277	2012-03-22 03:06:00	I have searched the web and found some supposed registry change that will do it like this: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnet] @="URL:magnet Protocol" "URL Protocol"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnetshell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmagnetshellopen] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTfooshellopencommand] @=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Vuze\Azureus.exe"" But that makes no difference. Hmm. Just in case your registry data is just not displaying properly, mine is below (FF install that loaded the magnets from that Pirate Bay link just fine): REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet] @="Magnet URI" "URL Protocol"="" "Content Type"="application/x-magnet" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\DefaultIcon] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\uTorrent\\uTorrent.exe\",0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\shell] @="open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\shell\open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\uTorrent\\uTorrent.exe\" \"%1\"" ... obviously I use uTorrent, but the same should apply if you just replace the uTorrent bit with your Azureus path.	MushHead (10626)
1266278	2012-03-23 01:08:00	Well, I did that. Ran regedit, found the entries manually, they look okay. Still same response. I wonder if it is some weird security setting in Firefox maybe? If Chrome works okay on same PC, then the associations should be okay regardless, so that seems unlikely to be the problem. Am I wrong to dislike Chrome so much? My son loves it, but he's 19, what does he know?	robo (205)
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