Hide & Lock µTorrent (BitTorrent) From Other Users Introduction This guide will show how to hide and lock µTorrent (or BitTorrent) from other users. BitTorrent and µTorrent are identical so this guide may be used for either.

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I will refer only to µTorrent in the guide, but everything applies to BitTorrent. For this guide I am using screenshots from BitTorrent.

While these tips will hide and lock µTorrent from other users, the µTorrent process will always be visible in Task Manager.and may be stopped there. If you do not want µTorrent to appear in the Task Manager, there is a workaround. Rename the µTorrent.exe file to something else. I used sorting.exe and instead of µTorrent in the task manager, sorting is showing. Dvd player for the mac. You may have to redo firewall settings if you already had set them for µTorrent program and not the port. If µTorrent (or BitTorrent) is running and someone tries to add a torrent or magnet, then they will get a message that µTorrent (or BitTorrent) is already running.

(This is true even if you change the name of the exe as above). There are four parts to the guide: - using the Boss Key option within µTorrent - using the Password option associated with the Boss Key option above - from system startup or program startup - in case you forgot the Boss Key or Password For a listing of the other µTorrent (or BitTorrent) help pages here at Gizmo's Freeware, please see • For a listing of all the bittorrent help pages here at Gizmo's Freeware, please see • Hiding µTorrent µTorrent has a Boss-Key feature that can be used to make µTorrent invisible on the desktop and in the taskbar. This setting is at Options>Preferences>General To set a Boss-Key, a combination of modifier key (Ctrl, Shift or Alt) and the key (numbers, letters or function keys) is used. Adobe flash player for mac won't update. At default Alt is used. So if you tick in the Boss-Key box and press Q, then Alt-Q will be the Boss-Key.

If you wish to use Shift or Ctrl, then that key and the number/letter must be pressed at the same time after you tick the Boss-Key box. Press OK when through. The only warning I would give is to avoid using a, such as Ctrl+C. The Boss Key will take over this combination.

Be sure to remember your Boss-Key combination. Locking µTorrent If you also want to lock other users out of µTorrent, just below the BossKey option is an option to set a BossKey password (see image above).

If enabled and password set, when µTorrent is in BossKey, it will also be locked to those without password. This will require a password to open µTorrent, if it is hidden. This will not require a password to use µTorrent if it is not hidden, so it will not lock users out unless µTorrent is hidden. So, I am not sure how much security this adds. Hiding µTorrent On Startup There are two parts to this guide.