Torrent Window Wont Expand. Help!
 

So when my torrent download file pops up in limewire so i can select which files to download i cant expand it, so i am unable to see the full title of the files and pick which ones to download. It was not doing this before so i am not sure what happened..the minimize and maximize buttons do not show up on the window..any help would be appreciated!!

If you are unable to scroll down that window, even by attempting to grab it then ... Most effective way might be to delete your LW preferences whilst LW is closed, however you will need to backup your Downloads.dat file first; Deleting LW Preferences folder in OSX. LW must be closed when you return the downloads.dat file to the prefs folder. ;) It may be annoying redoing all the settings again, so make a note of the most important ones.

i can scroll down the window, i just cant make it any bigger so i cant see all the info i need to see to select my files..

I don't normally use LW for torrents so I haven't tested this out. I have seen similar issues in earlier version of LW with other option windows though. It may well be a LW bug, will see if there's been other reports of this. I may also try same thing to see if it happens to me.

It worked beforehand..just all of sudden one day the buttons werent there haha. ive tried using vuze for torrents but it seems to download random parts of files i dont pick when i download the torrent.

I just tried LW 5.5.9 & the window shows up fine for me in order to choose selective parts of a torrent. This tends to suggest a slight corruption in your LW preferences. Did you upgrade? There's also the LW beta 5.6.x to consider also. Oh .. seems they have a different link, but there is LW 5.5.10 beta http://www.limewire.com/download/releases/latest_beta. Changes in versions can be seen here http://wiki.limewire.org/index.php?title=Changelog

For torrents, Transmission will automatically give you a popup window when adding a torrent that has multiple parts.

For Vuse, control-click the file & choose Show Details, click on Files tab. Then control-click on the files you wish to change priority to. I'm not sure of an easier way to do this in Vuse, someone else might know. I usually choose delete for the parts I don't wish so in that way it deletes the space from the HDD also. :)

Those "random" parts downloaded, aren't that random. it has to do with piece size. The client will download whole pieces. Let's say piece size on the torrent is 1MB. The file you want from that torrent is 41.1MB. If this is the first file then 42MB will be downloaded, where 0.9MB will be from the second file. I.e you will get a 0.9MB partial file.

I don't know of any client, which downloads and seeds a partial piece.

BTW both Vuze and uTorrent have the option of accessing and prioritizing/weeding out specific files from the file list after the torrent has been added, as well as upon adding the torrent. So why you even bother using a joke torrent client goes beyond me.