access to uTorrent is denied

uTorrent is a BitTorrent client software with more than 150 millions of users worldwide. It is made to allow file sharing between its users, uses the BitTorrent protocol to transfer files from one peer to another. consists of pairs, seeds and leachate. The pairs and seeds are what load the files, while the leachates are the ones that discharge them.

Error: access denied, (WriteToDisk)

Many users on uTorrent forums reported that most post-update versions 3.4.2 they give a vague error when trying to download torrent. The error says that disk access has been denied and the torrent cannot be downloaded. The error could occur while a torrent is in progress.

What causes uTorrent to give an error of “access denied (write to disk)”?

Before trying to find a solution, we must first determine the cause of this problem. These are the most frequent causes.

• uTorrent does not have administrator privileges: Most of the time, the error where the torrent says it can't write to disk is because you don't have admin privileges. To solve this problem, all you would have to do is give uTorrent admin privileges and it will start downloading again.

• Folder without access: in some cases, users reported that the folder in which a torrent is downloaded does not give access to uTorrent, it's somehow set to read-only. To solve these problems, you would have to remove the read-only property for that folder or just create a new folder and download your torrents there.

• An internal error stopping the download: there are some chances that a bug in uTorrent is responsible for this behavior. Some users fixed the problem when they tried to reset the download location through the uTorrent client.

Do not worry, The following methods will help you find and fix the cause of this problem.

Method 1: Grant administrative privileges to uTorrent

For a request to work correctly in Windows, administrative privileges must be granted. The same goes for UTorrent. In most cases, the error of “access denied” it is because uTorrent does not have the necessary privileges. To solve this problem, you can run it as administrator, but then you will have to run it as administrator every time you start it. To run permanently as administrator, before continuing, make sure you have configured your account as administrator.

1. Open the start menu and search for uTorrent. Open the location of the uTorrent file

2. Once it appears in the search, right click on it and open its file location by clicking Open file location. This will take you to the uTorrent shortcuts folder.

3. Right-click the uTorrent shortcut and click Open File Location again.

4. Now, once you are in the root directory of uTorrent, right click on the uTorrent.exe file and click on Properties.

5. Go to the Compatibility tab and check the Run this program as administrator box Check the Run this program as administrator box

6. What's more, click on the »Run this program in compatibility mode for» option and select “Service Pack 3” in the drop-down menu.

7. Click Apply and then OK. Now start the client and see if the error is gone or not.

Method 2: uncheck the read-only property of the download folder

If the first method didn't work for you, then the error could be because the folder you are downloading the torrent into has its read-only property checked. You will have to create a new folder and uncheck its read-only property to get rid of this error.

1. To create a new folder, right click anywhere and then hover over New option then click on Folder. Create a new folder

2. Once the folder is created, rename it according to your needs, right-click and then open its properties by clicking Properties.

3. On the General tab, uncheck the Read-only box (applies only to files in folder). Uncheck the read-only box

4. Now click Apply and then click OK. It may take a few seconds to apply the changes.

5. Now try to download your torrent again and use this folder only as your download folder for uTorrent.

Method 3: to reset downloads folder from torrent settings

However, this method is similar to the previous one, there is an error in uTorrent that does not allow it to recognize the folder in which it has started to download, the folder is there but still gives the write error.

1. Right click on the torrent displaying the error message: Access denied (write to disk).

2. Hover over Advanced. Now select »Set download location». Set download location

3. Later, you will have to reselect the same folder that was used before or select a new folder. Now click ok.

4. Now right click on the torrent again and select Start. See if this fixed the error. Restart the torrent