0007789: Unable to launch ardour

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0007789	ardour	bugs	public	2019-08-20 11:16	2019-08-21 08:10

Reporter	JJ19tkr	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	Windows 10	OS	Windows	OS Version	10
Product Version	5.12

Summary	0007789: Unable to launch ardour
Description	Tried to launch ardour today, after no previous issues it suddenly does not start and i get and error message saying "Could not initialize Ardour (likely due to corrupt config files). Run Ardour from a commandline for more information."
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JJ19tkr 2019-08-20 11:16 reporter	Capture.PNG (10,213 bytes) Capture.PNG (10,213 bytes)

x42 2019-08-20 17:36 administrator ~0020729	Try to move/delete the config files. 1) go to %localappdata% (enter that literally in an explorer window) it'll go to a hidden folder usually C:\User\YourUsername\AppData\Local\ 2) re-move the "ardour5" folder there. That'll reset all preferences Maybe just re-name the folder or move %localappdata%\ardour5 to the desktop as backup. That may also allow to investigate as to why this happened.

JJ19tkr 2019-08-21 08:10 reporter ~0020731	Thank you, it launches now, haven't been able to test functionality yet though.

Date Modified	Username	Field
2019-08-20 11:16	JJ19tkr	New Issue
2019-08-20 11:16	JJ19tkr	File Added: Capture.PNG
2019-08-20 17:36	x42	Note Added: 0020729
2019-08-21 08:10	JJ19tkr	Note Added: 0020731