Something keeps deleting my downloaded files

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I have been using uTorrent for years now and recently I was surprised that I had 24GB free. I thought that was because I deleted some unused apps, but after awhile, I noticed my Torrents folder was gone (I put finished torrents in my Downloads/Torrents folder).

I thought I accidentally deleted it (I use rm -r to delete huge files) so I shrugged and tried to download those 24GB back (after banging my head for the sheer stupidity).

This morning, I noticed that again, my Torrent folder was gone! This made me think that something MUST be deleting my torrent files. I am not sure but my hunch is uTorrent (so I just upgraded it) or something else entirely. This is getting frustrating, so I hope someone can help me on this.

My only guess is when I do CMD + W (I'm on a Mac, OSX Lion), it closes the window and somehow deletes the torrents? I am downloading files again now and will try to document what I do the tomorrow so I can add more input here.

corroded

Posted 2012-02-02T15:46:34.030

Reputation: 291

1If I remember correctly, if you select the default "Remove" action in µTorrent to remove a (possibly finished) torrent from the list, it deletes the associated data as well. The paramter gui.default_del_action controls this behavior. – Der Hochstapler – 2012-02-02T15:52:53.523

where do i set that parameter? – corroded – 2012-02-02T16:02:34.057

also i didnt "remove" any torrent. i tend to keep all my torrents to seed them. i discovered they were gone when i turned on utorrent and all of my torrents had red exclamation marks beside them, meaning the files were gone – corroded – 2012-02-02T16:03:25.567

This is where you can set the parameter, but given your update, I doubt it'll have any impact on your issue. – Der Hochstapler – 2012-02-02T16:06:05.500

oh sorry, i am on OSX lion...looks like this is a windows screen. it doesn't show any of those in my preferences window – corroded – 2012-02-03T00:45:38.360

Which part of the given answer solved this? – Simon Sheehan – 2012-12-14T04:53:57.177

i might have inadvertently modified the remove setting or i may have accidentally cmd + deleted the torrents instead of just doing delete(delete takes it out of the torrent list hile cmd + delete deletes the torrent along with the downloaded file) – corroded – 2012-12-16T02:11:27.770

Answers

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There are two likely explanations:

  • You have inadvertently modified the remove setting as Oliver said. Right-click the Remove button in the toolbar and set it to just Remove:

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  • You have inadvertently modified the completed-torrent directory (maybe you set it to the temp folder or another drive):

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Synetech

Posted 2012-02-02T15:46:34.030

Reputation: 63 242

OMG this bugged the hell out of me. I've never touched it and yet it had been changed to on somehow... On Windows – Warpzit – 2016-08-14T10:11:35.000

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You may want to check your antivirus software - it may be quietly deleting any downloads that it detects as malware and placing them in quarantine.

pyrachi

Posted 2012-02-02T15:46:34.030

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