Nothing happens clicking on magnet link

[Chkdsk]

Chkdsk last edited by

Hi

As i understand i can download torrents whit just opera, no extra program ?
i can't find any settings for magnets links and clicking, copying it to adressbar does nothing.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Chkdsk last edited by

@chkdsk Opera isn't a torrent client nor include one, so you can't download files through torrent using just Opera.

[mardiyah]

mardiyah @Chkdsk last edited by

@chkdsk try FDM free DL Manager

Menu > Preference -> Advanced > make FDM default Torrent client

[Chkdsk]

Chkdsk @mardiyah last edited by

@leocg "magnet links" should work
https://ccm.net/faq/15293-download-your-torrents-with-opera

@mardiyah Yes FDM is a extension its not something built in

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Chkdsk last edited by

@chkdsk That article is outdated. Opera Presto used to have a very basic torrent client but it was about a decade ago.

[mardiyah]

mardiyah @Chkdsk last edited by

@chkdsk
did try to get FDM &
find it work to do DL magnet directly ?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

You can use http(s) links to download .torrent files. You can then open those .torrent files in the program you want.

Now, as for magnet links, Opera doesn't support them. It just passes them on to the program on your system that's set to handle them.

Open up a command prompt and run:

start "Magnet Test" "magnet://test"

Whatever program opens up from that command is the program that Opera should open up when navigating to a magnet link. If no program opens up, you need to associate the magnet protocol with the program you want in the Windows Default Apps settings. If the program you want to handle magnet links isn't available for association with the magnet protocol, you can look in the program's settings to see if it has an option to do so. Some programs only have the option in their installer. In those cases, you might have to run the program's installer again.