frostWire.com — The last of the 4.17.x FrostWire series is finally out. The following is a list of the most important updates made for this release, which irons out most of the complains received from the community in regards to 4.17.0.

The new FrostWire will allow us to distribute twice the number of installers using the same bandwidth employed by 4.17.0, The new FrostWire installer has been reduced in sized more than 50% by using the latest in compression technology.
# Half sized installers
# It will attempt to add the default Library folder of 4.13.5 so users won’t feel like they lost their old library
# FrostWire now can be auto-started when Windows starts. This setting is available from the ‘Option’ menu (’Windows boot’) and from the initial setup.
# File Association issues fixed. FrostWire will open automatically on Windows and MacOSX upon clicking on .torrents (files and links), and magnet links.
# Fixes compatibility issues with iTunes 8
# Heavy work on all translations. Translation files now work with launchpad.net for more open collaboration of worldwide translator volunteers
# Default Community Chat chatroom auto join update (in your own language) makes chatting friendlier to non-english speaking users. Users that speak the following languages will auto join to rooms of their own language: Dutch, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Filipino, Japanese, Finnish and Hungarian. No more unexplained kicks to international users!
# Updated “FrostWire” font logo on the Logo Pane
# Icons updated
# Volume toolbar graphic replaced
# Fixed playback Issue when continuous playback was selected
# Valid Chatroom links will now open on the user’s default browser

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this version should help w connecting issues

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Attempt? What does 'attempt' mean in this case? Does it mean it might be successful for 1% of users or 99% or ?

I'm not sure how far back FW was, but LW changed the save location in version 4.15/16 for windows users.

lol idk i just cut paste info

ares did it too
i just put it where i wanted
2 should fix it

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New FrostWire 4.17.2 for Windows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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Earlier this week the FrostWire community reported an issue with our latest fixes dealing with .bittorrent file associations in FrostWire 4.17.1 for windows. Thanks to user “Trel” we have now resolved this issue and launched a hot fix release that resolves the problem, also pushing forward a fix that will enable FrostWire to save considerable bandwidth when communicating over the Mojito DHT network, thus making the P2P network healthier as more users upgrade to 4.17.2.

Hat tip to the LimeWire Team for sharing the Mojito DHT findings.

CHANGELOG:

Version 4.17.2 (November 2008)
# Fixes a newly introduced bug in Windows which would make FrostWire(tm) take over the .bittorrent file association without asking the user.
# Reduces DHT network load. The LimeWire team found out that the Mojito “store forwarding” feature would not provide extra data availability, so it’s been turned off from the DHT on all new FrostWires.
# FrostWire.ico has been updated. Now when FrostWire(tm) is associated to .bittorrent files, .bittorrent files will use the FrostWire(tm) icon.

Note: Version 4.17.2 exists only for Windows users. Mac and Linux users don’t need to worry about this hotfix release.

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What about the people that want to use real clients for torrentfiles? Are they as easy to disassociate from FrostWire, as associating them is?

idk i dont use tors these question need go on forum or support
i think frost like ares its just a simple stripped dl integrated for tors

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Exactly. They are also very bad for the torrent community. Both FrostWire and LimeWire are banned clients almost everywhere that has to do with torrents.

I think the only reason LW and FW have BitTorrent support, is to download files through BitTorrent and share them on Gnutella. Thus robbing a network of data to share elsewhere.

Don't get me wrong here. It's good that they work on keeping Gnutella up, but they really should keep their hands out of the cookie jar i.e. stick to Gnutella.

i use it for mp3 and you tube

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