Problems with Magnet Links

[cbentley]

cbentley last edited by

I'm currently having a problem opening magnet links in my Opera browser. I'm using Opera 18 on Windows 8 64bit, and my magnet links work in every other browser just not Opera. Is there anything I can do to remedy this?

[freddie2014]

freddie2014 last edited by

Hi cbentley

Its really simple just go to
C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\
and open your "Local State" file with e.g. notepad and add: "magnet": false, to the "excluded_schemes" section
Be sure to flag: false

Like this:
"protocol_handler": {
"excluded_schemes": {
"afp": true,
"magnet": false,
"data": true,
"disk": true,
"disks": true,

tested and wrking on opera 18 and 19
Hope it works for ya

[lukasmilan]

lukasmilan last edited by

Thanks Freddie...

Suprisingly I´ve managed it myself by your manual. And it works!!!
Windows 8.1 (64bit), Opera 19.0.

Finally I can rid of Mozilla...

[kaidrazer]

kaidrazer last edited by

Hi there,

I have the same problem like akagi211 and i have modified the local state file as you described but now when i click on the magnet link nothing happens. There is no response at all.

What should i do?

[kaidrazer]

kaidrazer last edited by

I'm using Opera 64bit v.28.0.1750.51

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I'm using Opera 64bit v.28.0.1750.51

There's no Opera 64 bits.

I don't think there is a way to fix it atm. Associating magnet links with a program may help.

[kaidrazer]

kaidrazer last edited by

When I try to associate the magnet links with a program I get a blank window with no options.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

When I try to associate the magnet links with a program I get a blank window with no options.

So you don't have any program that can handle those links?

If you have, can you do the association from inside the program?

[kaidrazer]

kaidrazer last edited by

I did the association from BitTorrent and it works now. Thank you!

[einherjar101]

einherjar101 last edited by

Ok I have the same issue but am unable to find the "Local State" file. In C:\Users"username"\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\ I have only 2 folders:Cache and Media Cache.
I have hidden files enabled and have Opera 29.0.1795.60 installed.
Any advice would be welcome.

[lando242]

lando242 last edited by

Then your install has issues. You should have close to 2 dozen folders and twice that many files in that directory.

[einherjar101]

einherjar101 last edited by

So basically I should do a reinstall of opera?