All files aborted

Submitted by freddycat123 on Fri, 06/26/2015 - 11:03
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Soulseek General Discussion

Hi folks,
As I say on title, all my files get aborted. I can't download any file. I checked the ports and the test results are correct.
I'm using Windows 7 and the last version of Soulseekqt.
Any idea about what's going wrong?

Submitted by microwave on Mon, 06/29/2015 - 15:57.

If 'Check Ports' in the Options > Login menu shows both ports are open, some other things to check:
Incoming folder invalid or not writable by the current user?
Files with the same name in the folder already?
Drive full?
Trying to get files with any of these characters in the path/file name? < > : " / \ | ? *
Host you're trying to download from has closed ports or other network issues?

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Submitted by LargePukkas on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 09:57.

I have the same problem, is getting files with '< > : " / \ | ? *' in the name an issue? Nearly all of my downloads have a slash in them somewhere, but theyve only just started aborting today, not quite sure what to do

Submitted by microwave on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 22:31.

A slash in the path, acting as a separator between the folder names, is normal and not a problem. It's when the slash is actually part of the file name, like when there are two songs in one, a Linux user might make the file name be "Artist - Song1 / Song2.mp3" ... your Windows client can request this file for download, but it can't actually make Windows save it with that name, and SoulseekQt does not currently allow the file to be renamed to something valid on Windows.

When transfers that used to work suddenly are all aborting, it's usually an issue with closed ports.