Download µTorrent 1.6 RC1 build 467

The first release candidate of version 1.6 of the popular BitTorrent client µTorrent has just been released. This program stands out for its small download and minimal memory and processor load. Furthermore, it contains useful features such as multiple simultaneous downloads, being able to set bandwidth usage and support for protocol extensions and UPnP. Sit back and relax, because this release’s changhelog is long:

New features:

• Ability to filter files in torrent creator
• Add a move to top/down button or key
• Add a way to make µt startup in bosskey mode
• Add a way to set the upload/download cap through system tray
• Add an option to reset bans
• Add remaining HD space in the BC-style dialog
• Added “Completed On” column
• Added a way to delete the internal peerlist
• Added bandwidth priority and tracker status column
• Added button to reset disk stats
• Added graphical progress bar in main list
• Added option to allow multiple connections from same IP.
• Added option to bypass the Nanotorrent search redirect.
• Added option to open download bar when doubleclicking a torrent
• Allow torrents in list to be renamed
• Better graph controls
• Change label from the torrent properties dialog
• Delete torrents to trash
• Disk statistics
• Draggable download bars separate from the main window
• Enable scheduler from tray
• Make shift + delete key remove torrent + data
• New disk cache settings
• Open containing folder selects the item
• Open the folder if you click on the tray popup when a download is finished
• pause in tetris
• Proxy for peer connections
• RSS update interval
• Remember waste/hashfails across sessions
• Removing torrent will remove partfile
• Set default action for delete button (right click on it and hold shift)
• Setup outgoing port to bind to
• Show a warning if no disk space when moving a complete torrent
• Show a warning in the add dialog if the torrent doesn’t fit on the drive
• Show speed in title bar
• Show speed limits in status bar
• Shutdown/hibernate when downloads complete
• Standby when torrents complete
• Torrent create dialog remembers the previous settings
• add proxy authorization for http proxys

Changed:

• ‘min interval’ was misspelled.
• Added buttons to select all / deselect in the add dialog
• Added option not to connect to port 25 or 110
• Auto Shutdown Windows available from a menu
• Better uPnP support with certain routers
• Change so it always shows 3 digits in sizes.
• Changed connections for the 384k speed
• Delay firewall opening a little to help problem where utorrent starts faster than the firewall.
• Don’t delete torrents from list if the torrentfile wasn’t found
• Don’t resolve peer ips by default
• Don’t switch between green/yellow icon too often
• Don’t use router.bittorrent.com
• Edit button in RSS feeds window
• Enlarged dl bar a little
• Fixed problem with piece counts sometimes getting wrong.
• Fixed various language strings to be more consistent
• Graphic progress bars enabled by default
• If the file cannot be opened, delay a little while and try again.
• Increased length of editbox for new labels
• Modified algorithm for giving extra upload slots
• More dialogs are non modal
• Never request more than 50 chunks from a bitcomet peer
• New UPnP code (works on all OSes)
• Redesigned settings dialog (I still need icons for the categories)
• Remember the last speed tab view mode
• Resolve IPs is on by default, but only if the Peers tab is active.
• Separate the tracker from the webui + webui settings
• Show a message in the logger if the autoload is set to the same as the storage folder.
• Show a warning dialog when auto shutting down
• Show better error message when adding a torrent through URL and it can’t be loaded
• Show decimal in download bar
• Speed ​​in title bar is shown a little differently
• Swapped UL/DL into download bar
• Trim spaces from tracker url in create torrent dialog
• Tweaked piece selection algorithm a little
• num_wsa_events to control how many WSA EVENTS to allocate
• peer.lazy_bitfield enabled by default.

Fixed:

• Auto shutdown on Win98 wasn’t working
• Beta 453 would sometimes not delete files properly
• Bug in add dialog diskspace computation when selecting an item from the list
• Couldn’t use Unicode characters with search box
• Don’t allow blank filenames for single-file torrents (uses default name instead)
• Don’t crash if popup menu is active while the active torrent is deselected
• Don’t hang when deleting a torrent
• ESC doesn’t minimize when editing a torrent label
• Fixed Win95 problems.
• Fixed a bunch of crash bugs.
• Fixed a few crash bugs
• Generals tab should flicker less
• Make the after crash re-check not re-check torrents that already finished in that session
• Never create torrents with more than 64k pieces.
• RSS Favorites list bug
• Resize some labels to make more space
• Setting upload/download limit uses the currently active limit
• Shift+Click now works properly in scheduler.
• Super seeding should work better
• The label entry box in the BC-style dialog is too short
• Wrap comments field

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