One cannot deny the fact that AOL Desktop is noteworthy software that offers its users, the protected web browsing services at a fast processing speed with enhanced security. However, being a technical product, AOL Desktop also disappoints users, many a time with ‘AOL Desktop Gold Not Opening’ error due to some technical glitches.
Technical issues in technical products can arise due to many reasons. Similarly, there are various reasons behind the ‘AOL Desktop not opening’ error and they are as follows:
- Network/Connection issues
- Smashed or corrupt software files.
- Viruses or malware disrupting the AOL application.
- Incompatibility of AOL Gold with some other file that is there on your system already.
- The Corrupt or damaged hard disk of your system.
- The Installation process of AOL Desktop Gold Software was not correct, etc.
Therefore, if you also facing the ‘AOL Desktop won't Open’ issue, then in order to resolve the error use the below-mentioned methods:
- Check network and cable connections thoroughly and reconnect all the connections again.
- You can ‘Scan your System’ with the help of antivirus.
- From your system, delete all the suspicious and incompatible files and moved them to the recycle bin.
- Also, ensure that you and your system meet all the requirements for the installation process of AOL Desktop Gold.
- If a new update is available, update your old ‘AOL Desktop Gold’ software and re-install AOL Gold from its official site.
- After everything is done, reboot your system to finally ‘Open AOL Desktop Gold’.
Other than that, to fix ‘AOL Desktop Won't Open Issue’ you can also try these additional fixes:
If AOL Desktop freezes and stopped working, you should try to restart the program by quitting the program from the Task Manager by following these steps:
- To do so, press together ‘Ctrl + Alt + Delete’ button
- Then, hit the ‘Process’ tab
- After that, select the ‘AOL Desktop application’ and
- End the program by clicking on the pop-up window
- Lastly, re-open the program in order to smoothly operate it.
- Other than that, if you’re using MAC, you need to click right on the ‘AOL Desktop’ icon available in the task manager to click on the ‘Force Quit’ option.
- That’s it! Now you can restart the application again.
So, these steps will help you open AOL Desktop. However, if you still find any difficulty performing these steps, then it is suggested to contact AOL customer support number to fix the error.
