I have tried everything I've deleted bitshares wallet the wallet data I tried 8 8.1 and nothing works just crashes and says to try to restart I'm running win 8.1 thankfully I have Ubuntu installed on the same pc and it starts but I even have problems with that telling me the program crashed last time reset database if I do well it takes hrs is there something else I can do to get this wallet to run in windows if anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it and like I said I uninstalled the wallet the wallet data tried from fresh with nothing and it still won't start thanks for any ideas

have you tried typing the command "get_info" in the console to make sure it isn't syncing?  I had the problem with my gui saying "not connected" for a long while.  I then tried the magical formula of quitting the program and restarting it again a few times, and eventually, even though it said it wasn't connected, if I repeatedly typed in "get_info" i could see that it was syncing because the number of days it was behind was reducing.  Eventually it just caught up and everything is fine now...

just checked it the way u suggested it was downloading its just a little aggravating everything was fine till this patch thanks for the tip though i probably uninstalled and re-installed this wallet 50 times for no reason again thanks for the help 

I dont no whats up with this wallet it never wants to connect or it dosnt respond just locks up I tried everything uninstalled everything reinstalled it than it takes a year to download the blockchain again cause it stops responding and everytime i install the new patch I wont do nothing I had no problems with this wallet till this change the wallet does no good if ppl cant use it could someone please see if there is a way to get it fixed I no Im not the only one with problems

A multipool that pays bitshares would help NXT has one u can also invest in the pool by buying shares on AE I would gladly point my miners to it just a suggestion I think it could help