"Set location..." strange behavior #3392

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opened 2026-02-21 16:44:43 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 16:44:43 -05:00

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Originally created by @Username0x on GitHub (Nov 29, 2015).

Most BitTorrent clients support 2 variations to change the location target folder for torrent. The first variant is to MOVE files to new target folder, and the second way is just to set a new target folder WITHOUT MOVING files. These clients ask a user, which one of these two methods he/she wants. Unfortunately, latest qBittorrent (v3.2.5) only MOVES files without asking. This is very bad.

Why? I have 2 torrents having 1 big shared file between them. In order not to take double space, i decided to make a symlink to that file for the second torrent. I created symlinks in a folder, thinking that qBittorrent will see them and understand that. When i set the location, the files dis-appeared from previous location but were not created at new target location. I think it was done because of the symlinks. So, the problem #2 (but not vey urgent) is to fix symlinks recognision.

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Originally created by @Username0x on GitHub (Nov 29, 2015). 1. Most BitTorrent clients support 2 variations to change the location target folder for torrent. The first variant is to MOVE files to new target folder, and the second way is just to set a new target folder WITHOUT MOVING files. These clients ask a user, which one of these two methods he/she wants. Unfortunately, latest qBittorrent (v3.2.5) only MOVES files without asking. This is very bad. Why? I have 2 torrents having 1 big shared file between them. In order not to take double space, i decided to make a symlink to that file for the second torrent. I created symlinks in a folder, thinking that qBittorrent will see them and understand that. When i set the location, the files dis-appeared from previous location but were not created at new target location. I think it was done because of the symlinks. So, the problem #2 (but not vey urgent) is to fix symlinks recognision. Thank you!

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 16:44:47 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 16:44:49 -05:00

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@ngosang commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2018):

We are closing all issues related to old qBittorrent versions (qBittorrent < 4.1.0).
Please, update to last release and, if the bug/error/crash is still present, open another issue.
Thank you.

@ngosang commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2018): We are closing all issues related to old qBittorrent versions (qBittorrent < 4.1.0). Please, update to last release and, if the bug/error/crash is still present, open another issue. Thank you.