User preferences

You may access your preferences by clicking Options->Edit preferences.

General

These settings may only be modified when Patchy is running with elevated permissions:

Use Patchy as default for:

• .torrent files: If checked, Patchy will handle .torrent files on your system
• Magnet links: If checked, Patchy will handle magnet links on your system

Start Up

• Start when Windows starts: If checked, Patchy will run when you log in
• Start minimized: If the above is checked and this is checked, Patchy will be minimized when started on log in

These settings do not depend on elevated permissions:

Privacy

• Clear torrent cache: Clears your current session next time you exit Patchy
• Save session: If checked, your session will be saved when you exit Patchy
• Check for updates automatically: If checked, you will be prompted when updates become available

General

• Prompt on magnet links/torrent files: When checked, the Add Torrent window is shown when .torrent files are opened and magnet links clicked
• Delete .torrents after adding them: When checked, Patchy will delete .torrent files when opened
• Seed torrents only when idle: When checked, Patchy will not seed any torrents if you are actively using your computer

Downloads

• Default download location: This the default location for quick add, and in the add torrent window, and several other places.
• Move completed to: If not empty, completed torrents will be moved to this directory
• Automatically add torrents from: This section allows you to set directories where .torrent files will be watched, and added automatically

Connections

Listener Settings

• Incoming port: The incoming port for TCP connections
• Randomize on startup: Randomizes the incoming port when Patchy starts up
• Map with UPnP: Maps the incoming port using UPnP when possible

Bandwidth Settings

• Max Upload Speed: The maximum total upload speed across all torrents
• Max Download Speed: The maximum total download speed across all torrents
• Global Max Connections: The total number of peers all torrents can connect to
• Max Connections per Torrent: The maximum connections any one torrent can use
• Upload Slots per Torrent: The number of upload slots allocated to each torrent

BitTorrent

General BitTorrent Settings

• Enable DHT: When checked, Patchy will use DHT for faster torrenting

Encryption

• Controls encryption between peers. "Forced" is suggested.

Seeding

• Stop seeding after (hours): After this many hours of seeding have passed, torrents will automatically stop seeding
• Stop seeding after reaching a certain ratio: When a torrent reaches this U/D ratio, they will automatically stop seeding

Interface

Tray Options

• Show tray icon: Controls the presence of the Patchy taskbar icon
• Close to system tray: When checked, closing the Patchy window will hide it in the tray instead
• Minimize to system tray: When checked, minimizing the Patchy window will hide it in the tray instead
• Show notification on torrent completion: When checked, Patchy will display a notice from the taskbar when torrents complete

Confirmations

• Confirm exit if there are active torrents: When checked, exiting Patchy will show a warning if there are any seeding or downloading torrents active
• Confirm torrent removal: When checked, removal of torrents will prompt for confirmation
• Start torrents immediately when added: When checked, new torrents will begin downloading/seeding immediately
• Warn before opening potentially dangerous files: When checked, a warning is shown before certain harmful types of files are opened
• Show warning when running Patchy as administrator: When checked, a warning is shown whenever Patchy is run as administraotr

Double Click

• Seeding torrents: Changes the action when a seeding torrent is double clicked in the torrent list
• Downloading torrents: Changes the action when a downloading torrent is double clicked in the torrent list

Completion

This pane allows you to run a shell command when a torrent finishes downloading.

RSS

This pane allows you to configure RSS feeds.

About

This pane displays version and license information.