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  1. Sourcetree for Windows
  2. SRCTREEWIN-11855

Corrupted user config file prevent SourceTree from starting

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Highest
    • None
    • 3.1.0-beta-2899
    • Bitbucket
    • Severity 1 - Critical

    Description

      TL;DR: If the user.config file gets corrupted, SourceTree 1.9.6.1 will not start.

       

      I tried to put details in my question https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/44095261

       

      Copy/pate:

       

      My PC (running Win 10 with latest updates) shut down hard from a sudden power off (human error).

      I click on the SourceTree icon and it does ... nothing. No message. Just no start. I click on the icon, get the busy symbol for a moment, and nothing.

      I did a complete uninstall and install with the latest SourceTree 1.9.6.1 with no change in behavior.

       

      I was eventually able to solve the problem with the following (again, copy/paste):

       

      I found that the file

       

      \Users\<username>AppData\Local\Atlassian\SourceTree.exe_Url_<randomstring>\1.9.6.1\user.config
      was corrupted. Instead of being full of XML, most of the file was full of zeroes (0x00).

       

      I copied the user.config file from the 1.9.6.0 sibling directory. I've lost some settings but SourceTree is working again.

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            698877135425 Mukesh Kumar
            6f752c8c09eb Mat Willson
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