Author Topic: links dont open when i click  (Read 357 times)

Offline geraldw321

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links dont open when i click
« on: October 28, 2012, 04:33:50 PM »
hi there  im a semi expreienced newbie at linux . i can do quite a bit , but  im trying too open some torrent links , the first one worked , opened ktorrent  just  fine .  but  now  nothing happens ???   i went too the link clicked properties associated file with ktorrent . seemed ok , but still when i click a link  nothing happens , oh  im using the firefox browser .   any ideas ?  ive been searching for an answer for days  but no luck.


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Offline ternor

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Re: links dont open when i click
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2012, 12:14:43 AM »
Failing a Firefox solution, you can copy the link and paste it in ktorrent.

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Re: links dont open when i click
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2012, 01:46:07 AM »
This is strange.  KTorrent always opens for me with torrent links.

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Re: links dont open when i click
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2012, 04:45:59 AM »
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SOLVED: Re: links dont open when i click
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2012, 07:17:04 PM »
hello there   ok  i had too go to firefox options and associate both the torrent and magnet links to my torrent program , i chose ktorrent  and now i can click a link and ktorrent opens and downloads the files .    way cool 



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Re: SOLVED: Re: links dont open when i click
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2012, 05:25:41 PM »
hello there   ok  i had too go to firefox options and associate both the torrent and magnet links to my torrent program , i chose ktorrent  and now i can click a link and ktorrent opens and downloads the files .    way cool 




Glad to hear  :)

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Re: SOLVED: Re: links dont open when i click
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2012, 02:37:06 AM »
hello there   ok  i had too go to firefox options and associate both the torrent and magnet links to my torrent program , i chose ktorrent  and now i can click a link and ktorrent opens and downloads the files .    way cool 




Glad you are sorted ......  and I see you have marked your post as SOLVED ........  would you please do the same for the first post in the thread so it shows up for others while searching  ;)
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