How to Fix Fontdrvhost.exe Has Stopped Working Error?

Fix Fontdrvhost.exe Has Stopped Working Error – Fontdrvhost.exe is a Windows system process. Also known as Usermode Font Driver Host, the fontdrvhost.exe process is responsible for managing fonts on your Windows system. It’s around 802KB in size (as of Windows 10 version 1909) and is typically found in the System32 folder.

Fontdrvhost.exe Errors

The original fontdrvhost.exe is a vital part of Windows OS and seldomly causes problems. However, errors related to fontdrvhost.exe are reported continuously recently. Here, we summarize the common fontdrvhost.exe errors as follows.

• User-mode font driver host high CPU
• Exe is missing
• User-mode font driver host Windows 10 fail to load
• Exe crash
• Fontdrvhost.exe runtime error

These errors confuse plenty of people. If you surf the Internet frequently, you can see they seek help on various technical communities and forums.

Clean Junk Files

To Fix Fontdrvhost.exe Has Stopped Working Error follow these steps:

1. Run the Asmwsoft Pc Optimizer application.
2. Then from the main window select the “Clean Junk Files” item.
3. when the new window appears click the “start” button and wait for the search to end.
4. then click the ‘Select All” button.
5. Click the “start cleaning” button.

Fix Fontdrvhost.exe Has Stopped Working Error – Clean Registry 

To clean Registry Follow these steps:

1. Run the Asmwsoft Pc Optimizer application.
2. Then from the main window select the “Fix Registry problems” item.
3. Click the “select all” button to search all registry locations for errors.
4. Click the “Start” button and wait for a few moments depending on your registry file size.
5. When the search finishes click the “select all” button.
6. Click the “Fix selected” button.
7. P.S. you may need to restart these steps again.

Windows configuration to fix fontdrvhost.exe crashes

1. Right-click my computer from your desktop and select properties.
2. From the left menu select ” Advanced system settings”
3. Under the performance click the settings button.
4. Click the “Data Execution Prevention” tab.
5. Select the ” Turn on DEP for all programs and services ….” option.
6. Click the add button and select fontdrvhost.exe file then click the open button.
7. Click the ok button. and restart your computer.

Run fontdrvhost.exe file in Administrator Mode

The main purpose of running an application in administrator mode is to grant changes to certain features in windows. which is may need by this application and can’t run incorrect way if it can’t make these changes.

1. Click the icon of the fontdrvhost.exe main software.
2. Then click the right mouse button.
3. And then from the menu select “properties” then select the compatibility tab.
4. Then select “Run this program as an administrator”
5. Click ok button

Try to Reinstall the program

Run Asmwsoft Pc Optimizer application. Then from the main window select the “Fix Invalid installation” item.

1. From the software, list select the program that you want to remove, then click it
2. Click uninstall program button.
3. Then follow the messages you get
4. After uninstallation ends, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to get the Run box. Then, type %appdata%, and click OK.
5. Find and delete the program folder.
6. Now download the latest version from the program’s official website then reinstall it on your PC.

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