Transmission

Version 2.03 is available on the usual list: https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7612&p=37848#p37848

Changes in this version:
The installer adds or modifies .torrent and magnet association. Just like deeznutz asked, this enables a single instance of the application to open ...

I think we have a winner now.

Transmission 2.01 (10898) works great on Windows 7 Ultimate.

Just batch added the torrents I had loaded from uTorrent, located all the data and it's working like a charm. No bogging down, no overheating.

One bug, which I think is one, I did come across was that when ...

Diablofan :

We are at version 2.01 now, and a new revision of that one will follow shortly (I received a bug report about file names and paths with non-ASCII characters not working).

Also you mention a "fresh install"... that reminded me of likely problems one finds in Windows: the Windows ...

Diablofan :

Two points, first like the notes say, "it doesn't work as stand-alone server" so the test you did with "a torrent file with files that already existed" will not work. I'm still tracking down that problem which only happens with my port to Windows.

Second, I've used it as front end for ...

Let's see if this works...

http://ifile.it/u3r9v6i/QTransmission-1.93-Setup.exe
Note: No improvement on the stand-alone server side.

http://ifile.it/oqgm9t4/QTransmission-2.00beta1-2-Setup.exe
Note 1: This is a second build, I fixed a long standing mistake I made that showed as QTr not saving ...