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Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: December 28th, 2013, 11:30 am
by shypike
Did you look at the content of the sabnzbd.ini file?
How does it look?
Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: January 13th, 2014, 6:55 am
by tippo88
I am having the same issue on a windows 8 machine, I think because turned off by power switch without properly shutting down. The message I get is:
SABnzbd.exe 0.7.16
SABnzbd detected a fatal error:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\SABnzbd\sabnzbd.ini" is not a valid configuration file
Error message: Invalid line at line "1".
Specify a correct file or delete this file.
Program did not start!
I tried deleting the ini file, replacing with a renamed ini.bak file ( although that appeared to be empty) and a complete re install from scratch but just get the same message every time.
Any help much appreciated.
Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: January 14th, 2014, 5:33 am
by shypike
Remove the file C:\Program Files (x86)\SABnzbd\sabnzbd.ini and anything like it.
There's a backward compatibility in SABnzbd that supports INI files in the program folder.
Don't use it. The INI file should be in the user profile.
Location:
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/configure-0-7
Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: January 14th, 2014, 8:58 am
by tippo88
Thanks shypike. I got it working by deleting sabnzbd*.* on the computer ( after uninstall quite a lot of files in places I don't understand) and then re-installing and all good now. Thanks again for your help.
Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: January 10th, 2016, 1:53 am
by Jakes
Hi Guys,
I know this is an old thread but I am having the same issue, has there been a fix for this? I have re-installed twice now and need to do it a third time. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: January 11th, 2016, 6:46 am
by shypike
Jakes wrote:but I am having the same issue, has there been a fix for this?
What happens exactly in your case?
Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: January 17th, 2016, 5:59 am
by Jakes
Internet Explorer opens up this page
I can get it working by deleting the ini but then I need to setup everything from scratch again everytime
SABnzbd.exe 0.7.20
SABnzbd detected a fatal error:
"C:\Users\Room\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini" is not a valid configuration file
Error message: Invalid line at line "1".
Specify a correct file or delete this file.
Program did not start!
Re: SABnzbd won't start, re-installing doesn't fix (Windows)
Posted: January 17th, 2016, 11:35 am
by sander
Jakes wrote:Internet Explorer opens up this page
I can get it working by deleting the ini but then I need to setup everything from scratch again everytime
SABnzbd.exe 0.7.20
SABnzbd detected a fatal error:
"C:\Users\Room\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini" is not a valid configuration file
Error message: Invalid line at line "1".
Specify a correct file or delete this file.
Program did not start!
Post the first lines of "C:\Users\Room\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini"
It should look like this:
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_version__ = 19
__version__ = 19
__encoding__ = utf-8
[misc]
If it doesn't, something bad is going on. To avoid deleting & setting up it again each time, do this:
delete sabnzbd.ini
Start SABnzbd and fill out everything that is needed.
Then manually make a backup of sabnzbd.ini to sabnzbd.ini.good, and use that file once your sabnzbd.ini gets corrupt