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bcr123:
It's come up before and I just ran across how to do it so I figured I'd post for anyone who might like to know.

Yes, you can have multiple instances of uTorrent running on a single computer, here's how.

Step 1: make a separate folder for each copy you want to run
Step 2: copy utorrent.exe and all of the files from %appdata%\utorrent into each of the folders
Step 3: create shortcuts to each of the utorrent.exe files with /RECOVER on the command like this: "E:\uTorrent\boxtorrents\uTorrent.exe /RECOVER"

Now open the first one, change the listening port
Open the second one, you can leave the port alone.

Make sure both ports are forwarded on your router to the machine and you're done.


You may ask, "Why would I want to do that?"
I can't answer for you but for me I like to segregate my torrents that are on a private closed tracker from my general use, and dedicate a different amount of bandwidth and default seed percentage to them.

You may respond "I can do that with X client without having to run multiple instances"
 my reply is that utorrent has the smallest resource usage of all the gui clients so I can run multiple copies in less system resources than "X" does with just one instance.

Duki3003:
Not bad, it never occured to me.....
Thoe I just used the labeling system and the bandwith allocation and priority for each torrent in uTorrent itself....
I'll try your little more complex way - maybe it will even work out better.

Thanx for the info :D

EDIT: I just remembered than you have to use the Add torrent feature in that case - open with (by default) would choose the last opened program I guess, right?

bcr123:
In my case I have each instance looking at a different folder to "auto load" from.  I don't normally browse the web on the machine I seed from so I generally right-click to download the .torrent and save it to the appropriate autostart location (via a network share).

In my case right now I have:
instance 1: general use, seed to 1:1, limited to 35K upload I use this for public trackers where my ratio is not particularly important but I still want to be a "good netizen"
instance 2: boxtorrents, seed to 10:1, limited to 35k upload,
instance 3: what.cd, seed indefinitely, limited to 100k upload (it's incredibly hard to get leechers there so I take as much advantage as I can when I get one).

The advantage of this over setting upload speed limits on individual torrents is that you can apply the limit to a group of torrents collectively instead of just individual torrents.  So I can dedicate XXkb/sec to this "group" regardless of which ones are active.

For instance:
I have dozens of torrents for both boxtorrents and what.cd, boxtorrents always has leechers so if I run in one instance all of my upload slots are taken up by boxtorrents so when a what.cd leecher comes along I'm already choked and can't seed to them thus losing out on the opportunity to get seeding credit there.

But by running an instance dedicated to what.cd and another for box the box instance can be choked 24/7 but have no influence over my seeding to the what.cd user that comes along once in a blue moon.

The "By default" seems to stick to the last one that you clicked "yes" when it prompts you for "make utorrent the default...". On the ones you don't want to be default untick the "check when loading" box and they won't try to become default after that.

Duki3003:
It worked, I added a /NOINSTALL too just as a precotion....
Will check it out to see how it works - thoe I noticed a slight problem - the other instance reported no incoming connections (but the test says that the port is forwarded properetly....

Don't know maybe it's 'couse of my ISP or their fight - in any case it works I'm probably just not visible for other incoming connections in one instance - will try to prod a bit.

bcr123:

--- Quote from: duki3003 on February 20, 2009, 08:16:21 PM ---It worked, I added a /NOINSTALL too just as a precotion....
Will check it out to see how it works - thoe I noticed a slight problem - the other instance reported no incoming connections (but the test says that the port is forwarded properetly....

Don't know maybe it's 'couse of my ISP or their fight - in any case it works I'm probably just not visible for other incoming connections in one instance - will try to prod a bit.

--- End quote ---

All three instances I have running are either "green check" or no message where you'd see the "no incoming connections" warning.

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