- Firstly, launch the Settings window by pressing Windows + I altogether.
- Now inside the Settings window, click on Update & Security and then select Windows Update from the left-pane menu.
- Now click over the Check for updates tab and let it process on its own.
Note: Your system will now automatically search and install available updates; until then, do not close the process.
- Once the entire process gets completed, restart your PC and check whether the said issue got resolved or not.
FIX 3: Update / Reinstall Blender:
As per a lot of suffered users, while they updates/ reinstalled Blender into their PC, the “Blender has Stopped working” issue got automatically resolved. Here’s learn how,
- Visit the Official website of Blender. Here look if any latest update is available. If yes, consider installing it.
For reinstalling Blender,
- Consider uninstalling the tool from your computer first. Once done with the process, download the latest version Blender tool from its official website and install it freshly again.
FIX 4: Close CPU / memory-hogging applications:
As discussed earlier in the article, an insufficient memory issue can possibly trigger the “Blender has Stopped working” issue for a lot of users. However, if you close such CPU / memory hogging applications, you can get rid of the said error and use Blender again without any issue. For doing so, follow the steps given below:
- Launch the Task Manager window by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc altogether. If asked for permission, then click on Yes.
- Now inside the Task Manager window, from the list of applications, locate applications and programs that are taking up considerable CPU and Memory space.
- Select those programs and then click on the End task tab to close it.
After doing so, if Blender works smoothly without crashing, then you might require to upgrade the memory (RAM) of your computer in the near future. By doing so, you will be able to use all those applications altogether without worrying about crashes.
These were the list of top 4 solutions which will eventually help our users get rid of the “Blender Keeps crashing | Has Stopped Working” error. All of them are basic fixes, and even if you aren’t well versed with technical knowledge, you will still be able to follow them quite easily.
At last, for making sure that Blender does not repeatedly crash on your PC, make sure you keep up to date with the Blender, your Graphics driver, and Windows OS from time to time. If you have any queries or feedback, please write down the comment in the below comment box.
