Wednesday 21 September 2016

uTorrent - A newer version of uTorrent is already running

I've experienced this problem a few times with uTorrent - when attempting to open the application, or opening a new torrent file, the following error message is displayed;



"A newer version of uTorrent is already running. Please shut down uTorrent and try again"

After shutting down uTorrent and opening it again, the same message is displayed.

The Fix:
The issue appears to be related to uTorrent getting confused about which version it has installed, and wants to run.

Make sure uTorrent has been closed (you may need to kill the task from Task Manager)

Go to the uTorrent installation directory (usually %appdata%\uTorrent or C:\users\%username%\appdata\roaming\uTorrent) and delete the Updates folder (and everything within it). If you get an error advising the files are locked/cannot be opened, you will either need to kill the stuck uTorrent process from Task Manager, or simply restart your computer.

Try starting uTorrent again after removing the Updates folder - it should now open correctly

18 comments:

  1. Brilliant. Thanks.

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  2. thanks,i got stuck with it,did menage to fix it few months ago somehow but it started to happen again,this solved it for ever

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  3. Worked like a "Charm", Thank you!

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  4. Excellent, problem sorted. Thanks very much!

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  5. Mine was leaving the utorrent exe running after clicking close (with the relevant box unchecked) and this fixes that too. Thanks Peter.

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  6. I Must say, that Torrent is one of the most famous and used places on the web. The way they provide Free Data, and the popularity and Respect they have earned in these years, is really unbelievable. Officially they are illegal. but they are kind of Robin Hood type. Who takes paid things from the providers and make them available to the public for Free.

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  7. Thanks, Peter. This worked perfectly.

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  8. thanks mate ledge!!!

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  9. Worked for me too. Many thanks!

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  10. Thank you sooo much!! Worked perfectly!!

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