# Bit torrent trouble

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-torrent-trouble/208313>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-torrent-trouble/208313 "2003-10-19T04:46:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lear\_s\_fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@Lear\_s\_fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lear_s_fool)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-torrent-trouble/208313/1 "2003-10-19T04:46:19Z")

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Ok i’ve downloaded Bit torrent but every time i click on a torrent file i get" Acces to the specific device, path or file is denied" um anyone know what i have to be able to use bit torrent

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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-torrent-trouble/208313/2 "2003-10-19T09:23:52Z")

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    - You need to have a forum where discussing P2P use is allowed and that you can ask on for help, because this isn’t one of them.  
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**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-torrent-trouble/208313/3 "2003-10-19T11:33:38Z")

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Bittorrent is not filesharing software, it’s a content-distribution system. Users cannot share or search for files using bittorrent.

**Lear’s\_fool** : Methinks the bittorrent executable was moved from where it was installed to, or the system can’t find it for some other reason. Try uninstalling it, then reinstalling to a better location.

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**Author:** ![Slugworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Slugworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slugworth)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-torrent-trouble/208313/4 "2003-10-19T20:52:39Z")

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Simply saving the torrent file to your hd and then running it from there always fixes this problem.

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**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-torrent-trouble/208313/5 "2003-10-20T02:01:02Z")

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Make sure you have the latest version too. I believe their up to ver 3.3 now.