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Is this a bug?
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The folder ending in a period is probably the root of it. Windows (Explorer and most apps) can't handle names that end in "." even though the file system allows them. That's why Explorer says it's moved or deleted, and qBittorrent may not be able to read the files in it properly either. You can rename it from a command prompt with the Then in qBittorrent, use Set location (or rename the folder in the Content tab) so it matches, and force a recheck. The completed amounts in the list and the Content pane should line up again after that. |
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Thanks for the quick reply.
When I try to rename the folder as you suggest, I get the following
message:
"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
I copied the path directly from Explorer's address bar and pasted it
into the command which I had copied directly from your email.
This is the command (copied from the Command Prompt, which I was running
as Admin):
ren "\\?\P:\Torrents\1 DLing\2
Live\The.Uprising.2026.BDREMUX.2160p.seleZen." "P:\Torrents\1 DLing\2
Live\The.Uprising"
Is it important that I was unable to CD into the drive itself or one of
its folders?
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Subject Re: [qbittorrent/qBittorrent] Is this a bug? (Discussion #25223)
The folder ending in a period is probably the root of it. Windows
(Explorer and most apps) can't handle names that end in "." even though
the file system allows them. That's why Explorer says it's moved or
deleted, and qBittorrent may not be able to read the files in it
properly either.
You can rename it from a command prompt with the \\?\ prefix, which
skips that name check, e.g.:
ren "\\?\E:\Downloads\Some Folder." "Some Folder"
Then in qBittorrent, use Set location (or rename the folder in the
Content tab) so it matches, and force a recheck. The completed amounts
in the list and the Content pane should line up again after that.
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The second part of Then force recheck in qBittorrent. |
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Running that command (pasted into Command Prompt) I get the message:
"The system cannot find the file specified."
Attached a screenshot in case I'm not being clear or accurate about what
I did...
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The second part of ren should be just the new name, not a full path.
Can you try:
ren "\\?\P:\Torrents\1 DLing\2 Live\The.Uprising.2026.BDREMUX.2160p.seleZen." "The.Uprising.2026.BDREMUX.2160p.seleZen"
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OK, so I look away for two minutes and then I notice QBittorrent is now
showing my torrents reporting correctly.
I go to Explorer and guess what I find? The badly named folder has
disappeared...!
I swear I did not do anything else. It just happened by... by magic,
dammit!
Thanks very much for your help, Dang. It is much appreciated.
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The second part of ren should be just the new name, not a full path.
Can you try:
ren "\\?\P:\Torrents\1 DLing\2 Live\The.Uprising.2026.BDREMUX.2160p.seleZen." "The.Uprising.2026.BDREMUX.2160p.seleZen"
Then force recheck in qBittorrent.
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Oh wait. Scratch that last email.
The offending folder actually is still there. I just wasn't looking
carefully enough.
But my torrents are reporting correctly, though.
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The second part of ren should be just the new name, not a full path.
Can you try:
ren "\\?\P:\Torrents\1 DLing\2 Live\The.Uprising.2026.BDREMUX.2160p.seleZen." "The.Uprising.2026.BDREMUX.2160p.seleZen"
Then force recheck in qBittorrent.
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Nice, glad it's reporting right now! For the leftover folder, try renaming it from qBittorrent's Content tab (pause first, remove the dot at the end, then force recheck). |
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I can't do that. I had already deleted the torrent + data from
qBittorrent before I raised this issue.
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Nice, glad it's reporting right now! For the leftover folder, try
renaming it from qBittorrent's Content tab (pause first, remove the dot
at the end, then force recheck).
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One day ago, I noticed a discrepancy had appeared between the amount reported complete in the Torrent List pane and the amount reported in that torrent's Content pane.
The attached screen capture shows the problem with one of my torrents, while the others are being rechecked. Prior to setting those torrents to be rechecked, they all also showed discrepancies between the Torrent List pane and the Content pane.
This coincided with some trouble I have incurred in relation to a torrent which had its download folder named with a name ending with a period (.). That folder is unavailable to me in Explorer. Windows says it has been moved or deleted. The folder still shows in Explorer's left pane, but it can't show the folder's contents in the right pane. I have restarted Explorer and also rebooted Windows, but neither has fixed this problem. None of my searches about this problem have yielded a fix for this.
My torrents seem to be downloading all right, all the same.
My system is Windows 10 Pro (Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045) on an AMD FX8320. The torrent download location is on an external USB drive (Western Digital 3TB).
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