i just installed new x64 ver in program files x86 just cuz all my settings and torrents are there and i don’t want to perform clean install to x64 program files and loose everything
is there wiil be any problem ?
You unfortunately have been scammed. There is no 64bit version of BitComet!, nor is there any reason to make one.
Hi highly recommend you only get bitcomet from bitcomet.com, or one of the authorized distributors listed on bitcomet.com. Becareful for scams posted in advertisements that offer you products such as this.
It’s likely that you have downloaded the regular bitcomet version, but you could also have downloaded a Trojan that installs some sort of malware or virus, so I’d remove it as soon as possible and scan your pc with a good virus and spyware scanner.
ps. can you please let us know where you downloaded this so we can attempt to have the website shut down?
TUUS, I’ve made your post unapproved temporarily, because I wanted to consult you on this. I believe that he is referring to the last beta, on the download page, where indeed there is a version for 64bits.
I didn’t know if you were aware of it or not, when you wrote the reply, so I’ll leave it up to you to make your initial reply visible again or to edit it, if you want.
Can you confirm if your referring the the Beta version of bitcomet x64?
When I did a google search, I found several scams trying to sell a bitcomet x64, but this version has never been officially released, and is only in Beta Testing.
Scam sites
http://www.x64bitdownload.com/downloads/t-64-bit-bitcomet-download-ebwfmado.html
This torrent site “might” be legit, but the four links “ads” on top are scams.
http://ns2.limetorrents.com/search/all/BitComet-x64/
ps. I’m going to install the beta today and see if it does install in x86 folder
I believe, he’s saying that he deliberately chose to install the 64bit version in the x86 folder because he didn’t want to loose his tasklist and settings.
I haven’t installed the 64bit version (as my OS is 32bit) but presumably it should use the same %appdata% folder as the 32bit one (provided that the appdata setting is set as TRUE), shouldn’t it? TUUS, if you install it, please check this and let us know. I’m curious about this too, now.
Anyway, if it proves to be so, we’ll be able to tell this user and anybody else that they don’t need to use the x86 folder except if they had had set the appdata setting to FALSE prior to installing the x64 version.
I just installed the x64 beta version and it kept all my settings and tasks.
don’t try to force it to install in x86 folder, that will only complicate things. You want only 32bit apps installed there.
BitComet will find your existing config files where ever they were in the prior version. If your beta testing an experimental release and find there is a problem with this, then please let us know and the development team will resolve it.
I’m doing dual-boot now, which is much fun since I’m trying to keep both versions of everything pointed to the same place.
For Mozilla and Thunderbird this is actually much easier than I originally made it, by using profilemanager and experimenting a little.
For BitComet though, I end up having to use the program directory, since %appdata% is necessarily different between Win7 and XP. Doing that, I can shut down XP and boot into 7, and have bitcomet pick up right where it left off.
Having more flexibility about the data file location – like being able to specify the full path – would be a big step forward in many situations.
If I did install the 64-bit version, sharing like this wouldn’t be possible anymore, a huge negative for me.
In your case kluelos, the easiest solution (making use of what’s already available) will be to install BitComet outside the Program Folder, in a folder of your choice.
That way, all the settings files of BitComet will be always in the same folder as the program files and you will skip all the headache, even if you ran 3 OS-es in parallel.
how come there isn’t 1.27 x64 version?
how come there isn’t 1.27 x64 version?
There is.
When installing on a system with 64bit windows version, your prompted with the option to install x64 bitcomet version. When selected, it installs both and you will have two start menu items so you can run either x86 (32bit) or x64 version.
Here is a recent press release about BitComet making history, being first stable x64 bittorrent client.
http://torrentfreak.com/bitcomet-goes-64-bit-with-new-release-110424/