Step-by-Step Method to disable BitTorrent in Opera?

June 24, 2006 20066 5:29 pm | In Tech | 12 Comments

Hi,

Although it's good for Opera 9 to have the bittorrent feature, for users who need more power, I think some of us here would prefer uTorrent/Azureus as the bittorrent application, but how do you disable that in Opera?

Well, here's a step-by-step method of doing it, might not be the best way but it works:

1. Type opera:config in your address bar to reach the preferences page:

You'll need to uncheck the box that says "Enable".

2. Next go to your favourite torrent site, choose the torrent file that you want by clicking on it and Opera will present you with a pop up with more options:

In the line that says Opens with "Opera" line, click the button that says "Change"

3. Another window will appear:

Click on the radio button that says "Open with other application", then find the executable file for the program you want e.g. uTorrent is utorrent.exe.

And now everytime you click on a torrent link, it'll appear right away in your utorrent list.

12 Comments

1. thx a lot men, i realy love opera, but for torrent files, i got bitcomet.

   realy thx

   Comment by Fran — June 30, 2006 #

2. sure, np. I prefer utorrent though =)

   Comment by boringest — June 30, 2006 #

3. Thanks for this. Saved me from a bunch of clicking around.

   Oddly enough the Opera bittorrent client breezed right through most firewalls, so for those who want to do torrents at work Opera may be the answer. (provided it won't get you in trouble that is!)

   Comment by PoliTech — July 3, 2006 #

4. Thanks a lot!

   Comment by klmop — July 4, 2006 #

5. thanks for visiting =)

   Comment by boringest — July 4, 2006 #

6. I wish they wouldn't hide it away like that. The average user (ie: me) wastes a lot of time figuring out how to disable it.

   Comment by Richard — July 6, 2006 #

7. Thanxs a lot for the help… took me forever trying to figure it out for myself.

   Comment by Leo — July 12, 2006 #

8. np!

   Comment by boringest — July 12, 2006 #

9. Aaah Thanks I've been trying to get rid of the built in client for a few months..

   Comment by Kit — August 3, 2006 #

10. Thnkz man, really was pissed when started using opera first and it wanted to override bitorrent, now Azureus all the way!!!

    Comment by kataras — October 4, 2006 #

11. Indeed the opera client is not the best around.

    Comment by afzo — October 27, 2006 #

12. opera is the best
    Thanks for the info

    Comment by Girish — October 31, 2006 #

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