[only1hammy]

Also, the last few months when opening Kodi, I get pop up messages saying "cannot download information". I thought it had to do with downloading fan art using imd, but I turned the imd off on my video files. Any idea how to get rid of these messages?

If it happens each and every time then try disabling your addons one by one as it sounds like something has gone rogue. I'd also imagine there's a more detailed error message in your Kodi logs.