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dudekd83:
Also, I am running Windows Vista. Thank you again in advance.

chip!:
ok, well if its not there, then Bit Che be having trouble creating this folder. maybe UAC in Vista is preventing this from happening. lets try making sure that Bit Che is running in Administrator mode..

1. right click on one of Bit Che's shortcut icons (either on your Desktop or your Quick Launch area).
2. click 'properties'
3. verify that you are on the 'Shortcut' tab
4. click the 'Advanced..' button
5. check the box that says 'Run as administrator'
6. click 'OK' twice, closing out the dialog boxes
7. now click on the icon shortcut that you just modified, and repeat the steps from the earlier post.




EDIT:  after further research, it does appear that Vista and the new UAC prevents an application from creating folders/files in their own directory unless its run as Administrator. hopefully the above steps will help, otherwise i'm sure there is another way to force a program to run with Administrator privileges.


EDIT 2:  can you see if you have the "tempXXXX.torrent" files located here:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore   where <UserName> is your Windows User Name

dudekd83:
Chip,

Wow. you have been both persistent and helpful, and--most importantly--your latest suggestions have helped some. I set Bit Che in administrator mode as you suggested. Then, I found the torrent files in that "virtual store" folder (through the Program Files/Bit Che/temp connection there). Moreover, I was able to download one file of interest through uTorrent in this way (perhaps notably, though, the file downloaded very slowly).

Now, my next (and likely obvious) question is this: What do I need to do to bypass these inconvenient steps (going through "virtual store", etc.) in the future? Are there any settings or preferences that I can change?

Again, thank you so much. I hate to sound like a sap, but your help on this forum has been far more useful than that which I gathered from a half dozen friends and other online sources. I am very appreciative. O0

EDIT: Sorry to be a pain, but I have an additional question: the first file i downloaded was a song, with supposed password protection (to something called "speedytorrent.net"). What exactly is that all about, and is there any way for me to predict which torrents will be that way--so as to avoid them? Thank you.

TheHalf™:
Since your client is µTorrent you need to visit the FAQ from their website, the link I'll post right away:

http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php

TheHalf™

dudekd83:
I am not sure if it makes sense that this worked, but I added uTorrent to my windows firewall, and now everything works perfectly (there are no longer invalid "path" errors, and downloading files bit che finds is now simple and intuitive).

Thank you for all of your help. This is a fantastic board.

Best wishes.

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