Help! Game freezes A LOT!

[Leland Estes]

Trying to workout why I keep getting frozen during Galactic campaign.  It happens randomly.  Sometimes when I select units on the Galactic map, sometimes when loading a battle (space or land), sometimes when I am in the middle of a battle (space or land).  I use the defreezer utility, but, it only works for about 3-5 minutes and then the game freezes again.  Any help out there for this?  I love this mod and want to keep playing it.

I am using the Steam version of EAW/FOC. 

[kucsidave]

what do you mean by freeze?
I ask because there's the unit selection freeze bug, or your game can freeze too.
Which one do you mean?

[Leland Estes]

Hi!  Thanks for the reply.  While I have had the Unit Selection freeze happen a few times, the vast majority are game freezes during battles.  So, both, really, but more of the general game freezing variety.

[Corey]

The defreezer utility is actually only for the selection freeze. Do you get an exception error? What are your specs?

[Leland Estes]

Hi!

I do not get an exception error, the PC just makes a buzzing sound and the game is frozen.  I have the following specs:
AMD 3.5 GHz
16 GB RAM
Windows 10
Using a Radeon 6670 graphics card

Again, I appreciate your help.

[Corey]

Try changing compatibility settings to Windows XP for the game.

[Leland Estes]

Okay, I changed the compatibility mode of the swfoc.exe file, but, when I try to run via Steam, it does not execute the program, it just reverts back to the desktop.