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Firefox doesn't recognize Magnet links?

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Ivoryhands
Ivoryhands

I can't get Firefox to recognize Magnet links. How do I fix this? Thanks.

I can't get Firefox to recognize Magnet links. How do I fix this? Thanks.

Chosen solution

Do you have a program installed on Windows that has registered this protocol?

Try to rename (or delete) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.

You can also check the network.protocol-handler prefs about:config page to see if there are any that show as user set (bold).

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Ivoryhands
Ivoryhands Question owner

I receive the error:

Firefox can't find the file at magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a005a480e829bd9bb0cf797f1aef1dba4b4e9ca0&dn=MOVIES&tr=udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce&tr=udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com/&tr=udp://tracker.ccc.de/&tr=http://tracker.torrentbay.to:6969/announce&tr=udp://tracker.istole.it/&tr=http://www.h33t.com:3310/announce&tr=http://cpleft.com:2710/announce&tr=http://puto.me:6969/announce&tr=http://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce.

Diego Victor
Diego Victor

Could you post the link of the page?

Ivoryhands
Ivoryhands Question owner

Firefox can't find the file at magnet:?xt=urn:btih:BB1C58005B395C826DD281A76CEC287749BCF135&dn=national+geographic+usa+march+2014&tr=udp://tracker.istole.it:80/announce&tr=udp://open.demonii.com:1337.

Diego Victor
Diego Victor

Did you install some torrent manager? Go to Tools >> Options >> Applications >> look for torrent and try change the action to it option

Ivoryhands
Ivoryhands Question owner

No, no torrent manager inside of Firefox.

cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Do you have a program installed on Windows that has registered this protocol?

Try to rename (or delete) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.

You can also check the network.protocol-handler prefs about:config page to see if there are any that show as user set (bold).

Ivoryhands
Ivoryhands Question owner

That solved the problem, needed to use the second key and the renaming of the mimetypes file. Now it works. Thank you!