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I downloaded the official install application. i double click it, and a few seconds later i get a message saying it has installed, and internet explorer opens a donation page for it. but i dont see bittorent anywhere in my start menu. where is it?

From:

I've installed BitTorrent, now what? There's no program to run!
"BitTorrent is not like other peer-to-peer applications (such as Winmx, Kazaa, Gnutella, etc.) in that it does not have its own "universe." Put another way, BT lives on top of the Web, which means that all of the searching/listing of available files is done on the web. When you find a file you want to download, you click on it and the BitTorrent client program will run and ask you where to put it, and then start downloading."

brad

Just in case that little bit of brads explanation missed you, you basically surf for bittorrent links on the web. Click a link on a webpage for a torrent, and it will download with the client program automatically

when i click on the link, i get this message:

Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You man not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

Then i tried "save target as", so the torrent file downloaded. when i went to open it though, i got a message saying:

blah blah blah blah.torrent is not a valid win32 application.

any help?

Did you use IE to download the bittorrent client or was it another browser?

im using IE 5

ok theres a better bit torrent client that ive now found, its called bit tornado, i also hope your pc works with them now, downloads can take a very long time tho!
ive got adsl and i only get uploads of like 10 on big files, cos peopel r stingy and wont share
Venney

allways leave your torrent open until you have a plus or 0 share rate!!!!