Windows 10: Magnet

Today Magnet handlers no longer work I tried with two different torrent clients made no difference. Tried in three different browsers same result. Disconnected my anti-virus program, no difference. Looked up the issue on the IE didn't help First instruction said said to open Control Panel and click on Settings on left side. There is no Settings on the left side. Did a restart, no difference. The only way a torrent download works is to right-click on the torrent site magnet, click copy link address and then paste that into the client's address box.Can anybody help me with this issue? Thank yo

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Win10: magnet uri protocol missing

In "Choose default apps by Protocol", there is no "Magnet" protocol, and no action is taken when "magnet:" URI is entered or linked in the browser.

Description:

qBittorrent had been the default application for Magnet URIs however due to the Torch browser's poor install implementation, it asserts itself as the default for the magnet protocol even though told not to.

Due to the insane method that Windows10 uses to set defaults, qBittorrent isn't a valid "app" selection for changing from Torch to something else -- this is a serious, serious functionality flaw in Windows10, imho -- I had no choice but to uninstall the
Torch browser, under the assumption that once it was out of the way, Windows would a) default back to qBittorrent or b) default back to an unselected handling method and I could assign qBittorrent through the popup dialog as I had done previously.

However, this was not the case.

• In the configuration section "Choose default apps by Protocol", the Magnet protocol is missing.
• In a browser, using the "magnet:" protocol or clicking on a magnetic link produces
  no reaction. No choice dialog or other behavior.

I surmise that the browser is handing this information off to the OS but the OS has forgotten what to do about it, so nothing happens. It feels like a registry entry is a bit confused and need to be reset/restored/reconstructed.

Really need a way to repair this; handling magnet uris by hand is surprisingly frustrating in very, very short order.

 

What is Magnet Engine?

Hey I have set limits on my son's acct. and we monitor his time. Anyone know what Magnet Engine is? He had about 10 hours of this listed in his usage for his PC? What is this? He isn't sure. Thanks for the help!

 

What is Magnet Engine?

Thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you.

I tried to search online for anything related to an application called Magnet Engine but found none.

What I am thinking here is that this may be Magnet Links. Kindly check the articles below.

https://www.techopedia.com/definition/28464/mag...

https://lifehacker.com/what-are-magnet-links-an...

If you read through the article, these magnet links are related to file sharing, the same with torrent files. If you feel that your computer is at risk then I suggest performing a complete virus or malware scan of your system.

Aside from Windows Defender, you may also try to download and install the Microsoft Safety Scanner from the link below:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/securi...

Please download also the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool if you haven't yet.

Go to the link below:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/detail...

There is also a free version of Malwarebytes.

Download the free version from this link

Malwarebytes Cybersecurity for Home and Business | Anti-Malware & Antivirus

Once you have the applications installed please make a full scan of your system using the applications mentioned, you may remove this Malwarebytes if you wish once you are done using it.

You may also try to boot into Safe Mode and perform the virus scans there. See the article below for steps on starting in safe mode.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/...

If you find the suggestions to have worked for you, please mark it as helpful. Feedback definitely helps us all. Let's hope for the best. Stay safe!

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