Download µTorrent 2.2.1 build 25031 RC2

The development of version 2.2.1 of the BitTorrent client µTorrent is approaching its end, because after a long series of beta releases, the first release candidates have now become available. The main changes in version 2.2.1 over version 2.2 include the ability to use the program under Wine and the program can better handle less common connections, such as VPNs that use Path MTU Discovery. Furthermore, the dht security has been improved and the problems with socks proxies have been fixed. Below is what has changed since build 24217:

Changes in version 2.2.1 RC2 (build 25031)

• Fix: fixed sidebar counter refresh when deleting torrents

Changes in version 2.2.1 RC1 (build 24908)

• Fix: fixed some cases where the sidebar wouldn’t be updated
• Change: Always show tray icon is always enabled to work around disappearing systray icon

Changes in version 2.2.1 beta (build 24796)

• Change: enable incoming IPv6 on Windows 7 SP1 (SP1 fixes an IPv6-related hang bug introduced in Windows 7)
• add torrent crash fix

Changes in version 2.2.1 beta (build 24763)

• Change: CPU usage optimization for the GUI thread
• Fix: create more space for strings in UI for translations

Changes in version 2.2.1 beta (build 24649)

• Change: use 11 asterixes instead of 6 for hashed passwords in settings dialog (in the hope to reduce confusion)
• Fix: systray icon not showing up when starting up minimized, and systray icon is not always on
• Fix: don’t delete files when ‘download to’ and ‘move to’ directories are the same
• Feature: Support apps bundled with torrent file and install when source column clicked

Changes in version 2.2.1 beta (build 24567)

• Fix: balloon notifications didn’t display
• Fix: tray tooltip showed 0 for everything
• Fix: fixed issue causing uTP to break
• Fix: fixed bug causing .!ut extensions to break and any operation that moved files
• Fix: uTP fast resend bug

Changes in version 2.2.1 beta (build 24512)

• Change: improve logging for pex flood events and average over more messages
• Feature: enable disk congestion logic when disk cache is turned off
• Fix: socks5 proxy error handling would sometimes cause a freeze and infinite loop
• Fix: don’t fall back on browser to download RSS torrents when proxy is used and non proxied connections are disabled
• Fix: episode numbers are no longer limited to 2 digits in torrent list
• Fix: fix copy bug in list views (would sometimes fail to copy certain fields)
• Fix: crash when deleting a torrent file that was added via magnet link
• Change: don’t update RSS feeds just by opening the edit window
• Fix: UDP tracker fix for tracker returning incorrect scrape responses

Changes in version 2.2.1 beta (build 24266)

• Fix: frequent crash when opening the containing folder of a torrent
• Change: Run apps in standard mode (not IE7 compatibility mode)
• Fix: Remove erroneous scam MessageBox