uTorrent is probably still trying to load an invalid torrent that's present in resume.dat (but the .torrent file isn't). You should see something like this on the Logger tab: It seems like there needs to be a way to scrub invalid torrents from resume.dat so the Logger tab doesn't show that error and so that this doesn't happen: Edit: To fix this error, go to the Logger tab, find out which torrent file uTorrent is unable to load (see above error), close uTorrent, navigate to %appdata%\uTorrent, copy any .torrent file in that folder and rename it to the torrent file mentioned. Next time you start uTorrent, you'll see the torrent appear with a status of "Error: torrent file changed" and an equivalent entry in on the Logger tab. Now simply delete the torrent from within uTorrent and everything will be fixed.