How to solve recent FrostWire Freeze/Render issues/crashes on Windows 10 (FrostWire 6.3.5, 6.3.6, August 2016)

Around August 2016 several reports of slowdowns, freezes, crashes and UI rendering issues started being reported by several Windows 10 FrostWire users.

If you’re having issues please do the following:

1. Run a file system scan and a system file check
Run cmd.exe as an Administrator and issue the following commands

chkdsk

sfc /scannow

this will help you find any corrupted system files and any other issues in your file system.

2. Make sure to install the latest Windows Upgrades to fix Windows File System issues, in order to do this you have to update to at least the one released on August 31, 2016

August 31, 2016 — KB3176938 (OS Build 14393.105)
Key changes include:
Improved reliability of Windows Ink Workspace, Microsoft Edge, File Server, Windows kernel, Microsoft Component Object Model (COM), Cluster Health Service, Hyper-V, multi-factor authentication (MFA), NTFS file system, PowerShell, Internet Explorer 11, facial recognition, graphics, Windows Store, and Windows Shell.

3. If you have an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card installed, please make sure to have your drivers updated to at least the updates released in September 2016.

 

FrostWire won’t open? Try the Safe Mode Launcher

FrostWire won't open? Try the Safe Mode Launcher

If you have an error trying to open FrostWire, please let us know in the comment sections what version of Windows are you exactly running, if you installed a service pack or not, if your computer is a 32bit or 64bit computer, the brand, any details. There’s been a mystery bug with the frostwire launcher on a subset of computers, in the meantime we’ve created a Safe Mode launcher that will run FrostWire in all computers.