all my torrent downloaders stopped working How to Fix uTorrent Not Responding on Windows 10 [Partition Manager] uTorrent has over 150 million users. With it on Windows 10, we can share and download torrent files with ease. But some users ran into uTorrent not responding . In this post, MiniTool will discuss the issue and offer feasible fixes to it. Quick Navigation : uTorrent Not Responding. uTorrent is very useful when you want to download Torrents on the website. But some users reported that they have come across uTorrent not responding on Windows 10 . The error message is “It seems like uTorrent is already running but not responding. Please close all uTorrent processes and try again”. Why Is uTorrent Not Responding on Windows 10? The following paragraph lists the possible causes. You might not run the client as administrator . uTorrent has been blocked by Windows Firewall . When an app or feature is blocked by the Windows firewall, you cannot log in to this app and receive an error code (like ESO error 200) or this app not responding, like uTorrent not responding. The configuration files of uTorret have been corrupt . When this happens, the client cannot load all the pre-saved data and cause various issues, including uTorrent not responding on Windows 10. The use of proxy servers affects uTorrent’s behavior . Your downloaded file contains viruses. The installation files of the client get corrupt . Fix 1: Run uTorrent Administrator on Windows 10. The uTorrent client requires elevated access so it can download data without any interruptions from Windows Firewall or issues with accessing the hard drive. How to run uTorrent administrator on Windows 10? Refer to the following tutorial. Step 1: Right-click the uTorrent client and then select the Properties option from the menu. Step 2: On the Properties window, navigate to the Compatibility tab and then check the Run this program as an administrator . Click Apply > OK to save this change. Step 3: Restart your Windows 10 PC and then launch uTorrent again to check if the issue persists. Fix 2: Allow uTorrent Through Windows Firewall. uTorrent not responding cab been caused by the fact that the internet traffic of this app has been blocked by Windows Firewall. So, follow the steps below to check if uTorrent has complete access. Step 1: Type Windows Firewall in Cortana’s search bar and then click the result. Step 2: On the Windows Firewall window, click Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall . Step 3: On the new window, find uTorrent from the list of entries. Then check both Public and Private network box for the app. Fix 3: Delete uTorrent’s Data from the Configuration Folder. The user configuration files can get corrupt easily. Once this happens, uTorrent will load data and “uTorrent not responding Windows 10” happens. In this case, you need to remove the uTorrent’s data from the application configuration folder. Step 1: Call out the Run window by pressing Windows + R and then type %AppData%\utorrent in the dialogue box and press the Enter key. Step 2: Delete all the contents of the current folder. After that, restart your computer and launch uTorrent again to see if the issue has been removed. Fix 4: Disable Proxy Server. You may enable proxy servers to enjoy faster internet. But the use of proxy servers can conflict with network applications, including uTorrent. Here is the tutorial on how to disable proxy servers. Step 1: Call out the Run window. Input inetcpl.cpl in the dialogue box and then hit the Enter key. Step 2: On the Internet Properties window, navigate to the Connections tab and then click the LAN settings button. Step 3: Uncheck the Use a proxy server for your LAN box and click the OK button to confirm. After disabling proxy servers, relaunch the application to check if the issue is resolved. Fix 5: Scan Your Computer with Windows Defender or Antivirus. When uTorrent not responding happens, it is possible that your computer has been infected with virus. If that is the case, you need to scan your computer. You can do that with Windows built-in tool that is Windows Defender or third-party antivirus, like Bitdefender. Here I show you how to run Windows Defender to scan your computer. Type Windows Defender in Cortana’s search bar and then click the result. On the new window, click Virus & threat protection > Run a new advanced scan . Then select Full Scan and hit the Scan Now button. If all of the above fixes fail to fix uTorrent not responding, you can completely uninstall this application. Power off your computer and power on it. Then fresh-install the latest version of uTorrent and see if the last resort could be helpful. In this post, I would like to recommend some free tools to help you improve Windows 10 experience. What are they? Read the post now. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Reddit. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Position: Columnist. Vicky is a website editor who has been writing tech articles since she was graduated from university. Most of her articles talk about Windows PC and hard disk issues. Some of her articles also touch on YouTube usage and issues. During her spare time, she likes to spend time reading, watching videos, and sitting on her Yoga mat to relax. Why are none of my torrents downloading? my hard drive is far from full and i don't know what you mean by mounted. check what settings. client settings? router settings? and what logs? McHenryB. Estimable. As uTorrent and BitComet are both Windows clients I deduce that you have posted in the wrong forum. I would try asking the question in one of the Windows forums. Don't even think about trying to use a torrent on a school wireless network; you may end up getting expelled. What is it that you are trying to download? explosiondude369. Estimable. As uTorrent and BitComet are both Windows clients I deduce that you have posted in the wrong forum. I would try asking the question in one of the Windows forums. Don't even think about trying to use a torrent on a school wireless network; you may end up getting expelled. What is it that you are trying to download? Going to school in a couple minutes. Thanks for the heads up. Lol. Can you help me understand what the other guy was saying. McHenryB. Estimable. skittle. Distinguished. Yes I assume you were running Linux. Same sort of requirements apply to windows though: If for some reason the HDD is not mounted (think a removable drive that has been "safely removed") then you cannot write to it. Also if for some reason the torrent clients (or your user) do not have write permission on the drive. Or a myriad of other reasons. Hard to say without looking at the error/log files and knowing how your windows was setup. To expand on blocking torrent traffic, traditionally it is very hard because many traffic are encrypted so packet detection algorithms do not work well. The only reliable method is to block by default all ports other than 43 and 80 for normal web traffic but this still does not stop someone from using torrent over port 43 and 80 and has other undesirable consequences. So I think the problem is unlikely that it is your internet connection. explosiondude369. Estimable. Yes I assume you were running Linux. Same sort of requirements apply to windows though: If for some reason the HDD is not mounted (think a removable drive that has been "safely removed") then you cannot write to it. Also if for some reason the torrent clients (or your user) do not have write permission on the drive. Or a myriad of other reasons. Hard to say without looking at the error/log files and knowing how your windows was setup. To expand on blocking torrent traffic, traditionally it is very hard because many traffic are encrypted so packet detection algorithms do not work well. The only reliable method is to block by default all ports other than 43 and 80 for normal web traffic but this still does not stop someone from using torrent over port 43 and 80 and has other undesirable consequences. So I think the problem is unlikely that it is your internet connection. how might one go about blocking all ports but 43 and 80? Also unfortunately I am using windows so if that is out of your area of expertise that is fine but if not I have uncovered some more info. I read somewhere to try plugging directly into modem. Now in the listening port is no loner blocked. Yay. but downloads still don't work. Boo. Although I was looking through my windows firewall advanced security setting a stumbled upon my inboud and outbound rules. A bunch of these rules said windows peer to peer collaboration (some had tcp at the end and I forgot to check for udp but I assume it is there). Anyways those are disabled. should I enable them. all trackers listed "not working" #8397. Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some help with a problem across all torrent files, they all have public trackers added and every single one shows as not working. This has been happening for the last few weeks but they still manage to connect to DHT, [PeX> and [LSD] Here is a snapshot - I have setup to have approx 50 public trackers auto added by and not a single one shows as working, across the board. Checking the logs here is the listening information: 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - UPnP / NAT-PMP support [ON] 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: UDP/62222 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface :: port: TCP/62222 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/62222 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: UDP/62222 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface :: port: TCP_SSL/4433 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface :: port: TCP/62222 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP_SSL/4433 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/62222 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - Options were saved successfully. 12/02/2018 8:35 PM - GeoIP database loaded. Type: GeoLite2-Country. Build time: Thu Feb 8 06:42:47 2018. 13/02/2018 1:29 AM - DHT support [ON] 13/02/2018 1:29 AM - UPnP / NAT-PMP support [ON] 13/02/2018 1:29 AM - Embedded Tracker [OFF] 13/02/2018 1:29 AM - Encryption support [ON] 13/02/2018 1:29 AM - Anonymous mode [OFF] 13/02/2018 1:29 AM - PeX support [ON] 13/02/2018 1:29 AM - Local Peer Discovery support [ON] I have had a look through other threads here with similar issues and tried the following with none making any difference: changed incoming port recently 62222 from 8999 (used 8999 for a long time with no issues until recently) listening on IPv6 interface, historically this was enabled but tried disabling recently tried adding Proxy Server SOCKS4 0.0.0.0. I run this through ExpressVPN and also run Norton Internet Security, but have recently disabled the firewall and this makes no difference either. I haven't changed anything with the VPN or anything, until the issue became constant and I have tried the changes above. Really not sure where to go from here or if I'm missing something very simple. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: We are unable to convert the task to an issue at this time. Please try again. The issue was successfully created but we are unable to update the comment at this time. Troubleshooting torrent download problems. I've been torrenting on my network setup with no problems for years, but suddenly yesterday stopped being able to download or upload on all active torrents, though I could connect to trackers and see peers. Adding proxies did nothing. Every active port I've tested fails, but it isn't giving a "no incoming connections" error. I installed qBittorrent and tried adding one of my incomplete torrents, but it was not even able to download the metadata. Neither was . I rebooted the PC and power cycled the router, and couldn't get it to work. I installed Flud on my phone and attempted to download torrents, and some torrents that had not been active worked, but when I tried the one that I'd had incomplete, Flud wasn't able to get the metadata either. I manually added a new () torrent to Deluge, and it worked just like normal. Now I'm trying to figure out why on earth all my active torrents stopped working. Most of them are in upload mode and there don't seem to be any downloading peers, but the one that stopped downloading even though I can see a 100% complete peer on the tracker is alarming. Stalled and won't download #947. The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: We are unable to convert the task to an issue at this time. Please try again. The issue was successfully created but we are unable to update the comment at this time. sledgehammer999 commented Sep 30, 2013. Please paste your qbittorrent.ini file (do a search) and the execution log(View->Execution log)? (maybe use pastebin.com) If you want to reset all your settings, delete qbittorrent.ini. sledgehammer999 commented Oct 1, 2013. You should try my latest alpha build: http://qbforums.shiki.hu/index.php/topic,1747.msg8034.html#msg8034 It makes the log a little bit more verbose and it might help me. Copy paste it's contents. MrGoUp commented Oct 1, 2013. Hi. I have a similar problem with some stalled torrents. My Execution log is showing this error: 01/10/2013 09:36:24 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/31181. Reason: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted Any ideas what is wrong? sledgehammer999 commented Oct 1, 2013. Please copy paste all of your log (you can remove the torrent entries though)(and you can use pastebin.com if you want) dcrowline commented Oct 1, 2013. No, but I don't have as much a problem on utorrent, so I downloaded it. I like qtorrent better, but you do what you have to do. From: MrGoUp [email protected] To: qbittorrent/qBittorrent [email protected] Cc: dcrowline [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 2:43 AM Subject: Re: [qBittorrent] Stalled and won't download (#947) Hi. I have a similar problem with some stalled torrents. My Execution log is showing this error: 01/10/2013 09:36:24 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/31181. Reason: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted Any ideas what is wrong? — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub. sledgehammer999 commented Oct 1, 2013. @dcrowline If you like qbittorrent and you want to help, you should provide the info I requested. MrGoUp commented Oct 1, 2013. Hi. This is my entire log with some censorship :). 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/31181. Reason: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface :: port: TCP/31181 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/31181 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - 'C:\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.torrent' resumed. (fast resume) 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - 'C:\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.torrent' resumed. (fast resume) 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - 'C:\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.torrent' resumed. (fast resume) 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' added to download list. 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' added to download list. 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - Options were saved successfully. 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - Embedded Tracker [OFF] 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - Encryption support [ON] 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - Local Peer Discovery support [ON] 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - PeX support [ON] 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - DHT support [ON], port: UDP/31181 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - Anonymous mode [OFF] 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - HTTP user agent is qBittorrent v3.1.0alpha 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - UPnP / NAT-PMP support [ON] 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - qBittorrent is trying to listen on any interface port: TCP/31181 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - Peer ID: -XXXXXX- Any idea what is wrong? sledgehammer999 commented Oct 1, 2013. 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - qBittorrent is trying to listen on any interface port: TCP/31181 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/31181 01/10/2013 16:52:31 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/31181. Reason: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. Try specifying a network interface in Tools->Options. ->Advanced->Network Interface. If it doesn't work copy the log again here. MrGoUp commented Oct 1, 2013. I tried various interfaces and I always restarted the program after the change, but the results are always the same. Log if I select "Local Area Connection" : 01/10/2013 18:13:29 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface fe80::1e1:8d0f:XXXX:XXXX%11 port: TCP/31181. Reason: The file handle supplied is not valid 01/10/2013 18:13:29 - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface fe80::1e1:8d0f:XXXX:XXXX%11 port: TCP/31181. Log if I select "isatap. " : 01/10/2013 18:17:04 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%12 port: TCP/31181. Reason: The file handle supplied is not valid 01/10/2013 18:17:04 - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%12 port: TCP/31181. Log if I select "Teredo Tunneling. " : 01/10/2013 18:18:31 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface 2001:0:5ef5:79fb:34e4:XXX:XXXX:2506 port: TCP/31181. Reason: The file handle supplied is not valid 01/10/2013 18:18:31 - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 2001:0:5ef5:79fb:34e4:XXX:XXXX:2506 port: TCP/31181. sledgehammer999 commented Oct 1, 2013. I suppose there is also an entry that looks like this: 01/10/2013 16:52:30 - qBittorrent is trying to listen on interface fe80::1e1:8d0f:XXXX:XXXX%11 port: TCP/31181. This is most probably a bug with and I have to report it upstream. Just to be more helpful upstream: Do you have multiple network cards or just multiple interfaces? Are all of them ? sledgehammer999 commented Oct 1, 2013. MrGoUp commented Oct 1, 2013. Os is Windows 7 SP1 and I have only one network card (Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller). "isatap" and "Teredo" are just Windows 7 tunnel adapters which are by default on in Win7. Can I try some other things? P.S.: Yes, there is also the line . qBittorrent is trying to listen on interface . sledgehammer999 commented Oct 1, 2013. sauronblue commented Jan 19, 2014. Was this ever solved? I have what sounds like the same issue. I've used qBittorrent for the past (months/years?) with no real issues. I can dl a 1.5g file in 5-45min consistently because I know to look for high seed counts. For the past 2 weeks, all my torrents show stalled, even when I choose torrents with over 50,000 seeds and less than 10,000 leeches. I checked my log, and I have the same "19/01/2014 15:23:05 - qBittorrent is trying to listen on interface" error message. I tried to dl the same files from my work pc, and had no problem whatsoever. I just upgraded from the previous version to 3.1.5, and still have the same problem. Every single torrent is stalled forever. I tried choosing an interface, but to no end, I still get the same error. Please help. sledgehammer999 commented Jan 19, 2014. sauronblue commented Jan 21, 2014. @Sledge: I don't think so because I have no problem closing the application, or using it/navigating windows. The only issue is that it will not dl anything. everything comes up as stalled forever. It's been a couple weeks now, and Iv'e had to resort to dling at work. I tried utorrent, with the same result as with qbittorrent. I have exceptions in my firewall for both u and qb, cannot figure the issue. Andres75 commented Mar 18, 2014. Had the same problem, fixed it by disabling anonymous mode. Don't ask me why. ppatpat commented May 19, 2014. me too. solved disabling anonymous mode. netverse commented Aug 25, 2014. Hey there people thought I put my FINDINGs here.. My Portable qBittorrent 3.1.9.2 worked when I first ran it. Thought it was my Antivirus, disable it, yet that did nothing for me. So, I came back the next day. QBittorrent wanted to be the DEFAULT-PROGRAM—so I let it. The only thing I did change was what I did from the start like I do with Utorrent—toggled the WEB UI interface with the system—that seemed to make it work. sledgehammer999 commented Aug 25, 2014. I am closing this because qbt has made numerous changes for connections (plus libtorrent). Hopefully these have solved your problems. You either wait for 3.1.10 to get released or try my latest alpha: http://qbforums.shiki.hu/index.php/topic,2344.msg12403.html#msg12403. Common problems with stalled downloads are: binding to the local ipv6 address while you use externally . Now qbt specifically chooses ipv4 addresses unless you set the appropriate option in the advanced settings. having enabled anonymous mode. Previous versions of libtorrent disabled all connections that don't go through a proxy if anonymous mode was set. In the latest versions this has changed. Anonymous mode will not block connections when a proxy isn't set/functioning. MikotoSatsukitane commented Sep 7, 2014. This client just doesn't work. Freshly installed latest version, torrent sits saying "Downloading" for ten minutes. Same torrent in a client that actually does its job (Deluge) and the download is COMPLETED in less than a minute. This client needs some SERIOUS work. sledgehammer999 commented Sep 7, 2014. the 3.2.0alpha fixes your problem. (the fixes will be included in the upcoming v3.1.10 too). Thanks for the constructive comment. Really appreciate it. [/sarcasm] Link to 3.2.0alpha: http://qbforums.shiki.hu/index.php/topic,2344.msg12471.html#msg12471. sledgehammer999 commented Sep 21, 2014. @rokorok This isn't a support forum. The forum is here: http://forum.qbittorrent.org/ While opening a thread there, also include a screenshot showing: the seeds/peers columns. The status bar of qbt What the 'trackers' button is showing for your torrent. (censor the torrent name) ghost commented Nov 3, 2014. Sorry to raise the dead, but I just wanted to add - Win 7 - Run as Admin fixed this issue for me. MikotoSatsukitane commented Dec 29, 2014. No problem for the constructive comment. Here's another one. IT'S STILL BROKEN. I wanted this crappy software to work because it is in the Ninite website (heaven knows why. ) Back to Deluge, which by the way, just works, unlike whatever this is. On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:42 AM, sledgehammer999 [email protected] wrote: the 3.2.0alpha fixes your problem. (the fixes will be included in the upcoming v3.1.10 too). Thanks for the constructive comment. Really appreciate it. [/sarcasm] Link to 3.2.0alpha: http://qbforums.shiki.hu/index.php/topic,2344.msg12471.html#msg12471 — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub #947 (comment) . sledgehammer999 commented Dec 31, 2014. also look at the "blocked ips" tab in the log. Does it have any entries there? Qwerty-Space commented Jan 9, 2015. My qBittorrent stalls too. And the torrent was 99% loaded! I shit you not! Well, it doesn't always do this, it happened before and fixed itself. I know this might be obvious, but restart your computer, then try. I know some people who never shut their computer down, only hibernate or leave it on. Qwerty-Space commented Jan 14, 2015. I got it to download again, but only at 8B/s. I paused and restarted and it stalled again. Anyone solved this? sledgehammer999 commented Jan 17, 2015. @Qwerty-Space what do the "seeds" and "peers" column show? In the general button what is the value of "availability" ? Qwerty-Space commented Jan 17, 2015. The thing is, every time this torrent gets stuck at 99.2% If I delete the file then force recheck, it downloads at 1MB/S then gets stuck at 99.2% sledgehammer999 commented Jan 17, 2015. The "general" button at the bottom of the window. Qwerty-Space commented Jan 17, 2015. sledgehammer999 commented Jan 17, 2015. Search on how torrents work. The torrent you have selected doesn't have any seeds. And from the parts the leechers(peers) have you can't construct a full copy of the data. There are missing pieces that no one has in the swarm. So unless a seed appears that torrent will never complete. Availability is 0.991 or in other words "99.1%". So have downloaded everything the swarm has to offer. Qwerty-Space commented Jan 17, 2015. The torrent is supposed to have 6000+ seeds, as it says on the website. I thought that perhaps it was a bug in qBittorrent, not showing the seeds. chrishirst commented Jan 17, 2015. he torrent is supposed to have 6000+ seeds, as it says on the website. Tracker websites LIE! 's website shows 'tracker peer counts' and they haven't had an active 'tracker' for FIVE years or so. sledgehammer999 commented Jan 17, 2015. The torrent is supposed to have 6000+ seeds, as it says on the website. I thought that perhaps it was a bug in qBittorrent, not showing the seeds. Does the torrent have only one tracker or multiple(look in the "trackers" button).? If multiple, what is their status? Are they contacted? Qwerty-Space commented Jan 17, 2015. sledgehammer999 commented Jan 17, 2015. So no trackers. Only dht and pex. I don't believe that torrent is complete in the swarm. You could test with another bt client and confirm what I am saying. versavius commented Mar 9, 2015. I just wanted to say i had the same problem as the original poster and i did what sledgehammer999 said which was "Try specifying a network interface in Tools->Options. ->Advanced->Network Interface. If it doesn't work copy the log again here." and this resolved my issue.