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 bitcomet 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 qbittorrent 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.