windows: settings.json issue #21974

i am trying to install bitcoin core but cant it keeps saying unable to open or save the settings.json file or somehting like this i have uninstalled and reinstalled ten times same thing i even tried putting it on my exteernal hard drive and had same issue how do i fix so i cna download and install bitcoin core?

Hi @asalentsvpns666, which operating system and version are you using, which version of Bitcoin Core are you installing (from the downloaded binary or from source?), do you see a settings.json file in your data directory, and if yes, which permissions does that file have?

Generally, it is not recommended to set the datadir to a top level directory like D:\.

Does anyone know if the uninstaller effectively clears the gui persisted settings like -resetguisettings does?

@asalentsvpns666 Try to switch other disk, or using Virtual Machine?

I thought bitcoin-core/gui#379 might help address this issue, but it doesn't really. All it might do is make the "Settings file could not be written" error dialog a little more readable.

I guess the ideal thing to do in the gui when the datadir exists but isn't writable would be to prompt the user and give a choice of whether to exit or choose a new data directory. This would require shuffling the qt init code a bit since the settings file is written after Intro::showIfNeeded is called.

@asalentsvpns666

Could you try a build from the current master branch? If error persists, what is its description now?

gave up and built my own yours has to many problems not worth the time. no offense

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Could you a build from the current branch? If error persists, what is its description now?

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Could be closed?

if you mean the support ticket yes

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Could be closed?

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