I recently “upgraded” to the latest iteration of Freeway Pro 7. Since then it takes a looonnnggg time to open my site and it doesn’t quit properly, requiring a restart to get everything right with my system. I’ve lost a good hour of work already and I want my old version 7 back.
Whenever a new version comes out I just drop the old application into an Old Versions folder within my General Freeway folder (where I also store all actions, templates, manuals, tools, tutorials, resources, code bits and whatever else. While that doesn’t help you, it’s a good practice in case something pops up unexpectedly - or I have to go back and work on a site which was created in an earlier version.
Long startup, loading delays and implied force quitting sounds like your issues may be somethng greater than just the particular version of FW you’re running…