Utorrent Doesn't Download Windows 10

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Dec 09, 2019 A test download and installation revealed the following: uTorrent Classic downloaded fine in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 with Windows Defender enabled. The program was not blocked from being downloaded. The software installed fine on the same machine. Windows Defender did not prevent the installation.
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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.

Nov 01, 2017 Windows Defender updates it's detection databases just like any anti-virus and anti-malware programs so it probably added uTorrent sometime ago and caught it in one of it's scans. I've mined crypto in the past and I have a folder exclusion just for those since Windows Defender also flags those as PUA. Edited November 11, 2020 by wkdpaul.

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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.

Note: The app will rebuild all the configuration files that we remove.

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.

Tip: Are you interested in the comparison between Windows Defender and Bitdefender? If yes, read the post.

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.

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How to increase uTorrent download speed is a very common question and we will try to give you proper answer. uTorrent is the most used software for downloading torrent files. Since 2015, uTorrent has been improved a lot. Many complain that uTorrent doesn’t give them full download speed which is partially true. But to know why and how to improve the torrent download speed you need to have basic understanding of how torrents work. In this article, we will show you how to increase the download speed of uTorrent using different methods.

Increase uTorrent download speed by tweaking uTorrent Setting

Optimized uTorrent can give you maximum download speed. You can follow the steps below:

From “Options” tab select “Preferences”.
From “Bandwidth” Tab select the below options:
From Global upload rate limiting set Maximum Upload Rate: 100 kB/s
From Global download rate limiting set Maximum Download Rate: 0 (0 means unlimited)
From Number of connections set Global Maximum number of connections : 2330
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 250
Number of upload slots per torrent : 14
Press Apply and finally press OK.

Here is the conclusion of what we did in the last steps. We actually limited our torrent upload limit (Seeding). We have also set unlimited download speed by setting 0 in the download limit option (Don’t be confused here, 0 doesn’t mean you will get zero speed).

Increase uTorrent speed from Advanced tab configuration

You can adjust two more parameters in the Advanced tab and increase uTorrent download speed.

Click on Options–>Preferences –>Advanced.
Click on “bt.connect_speed” and set value “80”, press “Set” . Don’t close the tab yet. We have to change one more value.
Now in the Filter field paste this text “net.max_halfopen” , you will see the options appears below, click on it and change the value from 500 to 100. Then press set.
Now press OKto save the settings.

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Increase uTorrent download speed by adjusting queueing options

From Options –>Preferences Select Queueing. All you have to do is set the value Maximum number of active torrents (upload or download) to 1.

Increase uTorrent download speed by allocating more bandwidth ( utorrent bandwidth settings )

If you are downloading multiple torrent files at once then you can give highest bandwidth priority to the torrent file that you want to download faster. To allocate more bandwidth you have to right click on the torrent file, then select Bandwidth allocation >> Set HIGH to give it more priority than others.

Add all torrent trackers to get even more speed

When you add a Torrent file or a Magnet link to your uTorrent software it will stick to the originating tracker site only. But uTorrent has this awesome feature that lets you add a list of torrent tracker sites at once. This has many advantages and one of it is that you will get more seeders and peers combined with your pre-existing tracker. In a nutshell, your torrent download speed will be increased.

To add torrent tracker sites to your torrent follow the below steps. First Double click on the torrent file and paste the below trackers in the General tab under Trackers field:

All torrent trackers list : utorrent trackers for speed 2020

Paste all of them
http://9.rarbg.com:2710/announce http://announce.torrentsmd.com:6969/announce http://bt.careland.com.cn:6969/announce http://explodie.org:6969/announce http://mgtracker.org:2710/announce http://tracker.best-torrents.net:6969/announce http://tracker.tfile.me/announce http://tracker.torrenty.org:6969/announce http://tracker1.wasabii.com.tw:6969/announce udp://9.rarbg.com:2710/announce udp://9.rarbg.me:2710/announce udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce udp://exodus.desync.com:6969/announce udp://open.demonii.com:1337/announce udp://tracker.btzoo.eu:80/announce udp://tracker.istole.it:80/announce udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce udp://tracker.prq.to/announce udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce

If you want you can also get more 200+ torrent tracker from our torrent tracker list guide.

Speed Up Torrent Downloads by Connecting Directly to the Seeds

Often your computer’s firewall will slow down torrent download by inspecting all torrent data. To disable this feature you need to make sure that “Enable PnP port mapping” is enabled. Although this option is enabled by default. If you haven’t changed it, you will find it enabled.

To make sure this option is turned on go to OPTIONS , from there select PREFERENCES and then click on Connection. Just make sure PnP port mapping has tick on it.

Also make sure “Add windows firewall exception” tick is enabled.

Automate all these settings from uTorrent “Setup Guide” (Latest version only)

The settings that we have shown here can also be optimized automatically. Newer version of uTorrent has this feature called “Setup Guide“. This will first detect your download and upload speed and suggest you an optimum setting. You can then set those settings in one click. The reason we haven’t put this on beginning of this post is that, we have tested / tweaked all uTorrent settings and made one Universal setting that worked well with numerous tests that we have conducted. So the steps we have discussed above are 100% working. Now, coming to the uTorrent’s own optimization, well, uTorrent won’t tell you to limit your upload speed because this will make uTorrent protocol obsolete because if there is limited number of high speed uploader then the download speed for that particular torrent file will be much slower.

Here are the steps to configure uTorrent Setup guide

At first, you will need to know your Upload speed. To check your upload speed go to any speed testing sites like Google’s speed check and run three speed test and note down the upload speed. Now make an average of the upload speed. We will set this value in the next step.
Open uTorrent and From Options –> Select “Setup Guide“
In the new windows, select a server (Japan or Singapur) and then select the upload speed in the next field, Now click on “Run test“.
Give some time and uTorrent will generate a report. You will get the optimum bandwidth configuration setting. Now click on “Save and Close“

Increase uTorrent download speed by using VPN

Many Internet Service Providers (ISP) limit the download / upload speed if you use uTorrent to download torrent files. This is very simple for them to detect if you are torrenting. All they have to do is track the communication port range or protocol type and inspect packet headers. This means your online privacy at risk. Because often they will detect users and send copyright notices and you may end up paying huge fines or jail time if you don’t comply with their Legal Notice.

Using a VPN software you can do two things. You can both increase your torrent download speed and also hide your internet traffic. Using torrent without a VPN is like playing with fire. But there are thousands of VPN service provider and not all of them supports torrenting. You can read our comprehensiveTop 5 VPN for Torrentingguide.

We recommend Private Internet Access VPN for torrenting. This is the safest VPN provider with No Log, unlimited bandwidth for torrenting. The good news is all of its servers support torrenting so you don’t need to worry about speed issue. Also the customer support is available 24 hours and responds very quickly if you have any queries you can contact them and get help.

When you download torrents using uTorrent consider these facts

Frequent torrent downloading may flag your account by your ISP and you may receive Legal notices from Copyright protection organization. So, use a torrent VPN while downloading torrent files.
Your ISP could be throttling your speed when you download torrent files. A VPN can overcome that.
If you are getting slow download speed, contact your ISP and upgrade your internet package to much faster connection.
Use the latest version of uTorrent.

Frequently asked questions: regarding downloading torrent files with high speed.

Below are the collections of questions and answers that you might be interested in.

Why download speed is decreased when upload is set to minimum in Torrent?

Yes, it depends on the upload value you put.

Remember, in this tutorial we have set upload speed to 100 kB/s. What happens if you put a very small number like 1/2 kB/s? Torrent is peer-to-peer network which means it needs both download and upload parties to make this work. If you put a small value in uploading it means that you are not giving back anything to the community hence the smart detection code of uTorrent may give you less download speed. So you have to play fair. You can put a lower upload speed, but don’t be too greedy and put 1 kB/s there. :p

Does increasing the number of trackers in uTorrent increase download speed?

Yes. But not always.

When you are giving uTorrent a list of tracker URL it helps uTorrent to connect to all of the trackers and add more seeders and peers. If you find a torrent file has high demand and that everyone is downloading this file and has a large number of leechers then you should not add more trackers because it can make the download speed slower. If your torrent is healty (means no. of seeder > no. of leecher) then if you add more trackers then you will enjoy faster download speed.

How can I increase the speed of torrent download?

You can’t increase the speed of torrent download if it has less seeders.

You can optimize your uTorrent client and everything but it won’t make any impact if the original torrent file doesn’t have enough seeders to provide you high speed. So always check the health of the torrent files. If you search a torrent files, often the torrent site shows you the health of the torrent files. If you see the health bar is red, avoid this torrent and try to find an alternative torrent file that has more seeders than the former.

Can you download huge size torrent files say 20GB?

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Yes, you surely can but make sure the torrent file has enough seeders. It will take time depending on your ISP internet speed.

There are two things your ISP do to prevent it’s subscriber from using Torrents frequently. Some ISP like Comcast throttle download speed when you use uTorrent software and download/upload torrent files. But others can throttle speed after certain usage , say 10GB. You can easily detect if your ISP is preventing you from download torrent by speed cap by trying to download the torrent on your Android for a few second. If you get higher speed than that of the speed of PC then certainly your ISP is playing evil here.

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How can I bypass speed throttling by my ISP when I download using uTorrent?

This is very easy. You will need to subscribe to a VPN for torrenting.

If your ISP throttles your download speed then you can easily bypass that by hiding your online traffic by using encryption software known as VPN. These software changes your IP address to one of their server’s IP address and also encrypts all of your data. Hence your ISP can’t understand what you are doing online and thus can’t limit your internet speed.

My University blocked torrent sites and uTorrent doesn’t work, how to bypass college firewall?

Use VPN and bypass any type of firewall.

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Network admin can block torrent protocol,port,torrent sites etc. using firewall but it can easily be bypassed if you buy a premium VPN subscription. Free VPNs are slow as hell and not reliable. A premium VPN can give you the peace of mind and you can enjoy high speed torrent download using uTorrent or any other torrent downloader sites.

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