I've just verified it with the official latest stable Transmission build and it doesn't happen there.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to transmission in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165832 Title: Download target folder changes without user's consent Status in “transmission” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have Transmission set to download files to my ~/Downloads directory (which makes sense). Now, if any subfolder is created within that directory, Transmission sets the target dir to that. This is absolutely impossible to "fix" manually. I've tried editing the config file, using the Preferences window of Transmission, etcetera, but upon relaunching Transmission, this starts to happen again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: transmission 2.51-0ubuntu1.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-39.62-generic 3.2.39 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-39-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 16d87d9f7c91aa9a8b6f43848442512d CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 Date: Sun Apr 7 22:11:08 2013 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: transmission UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/1165832/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp