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Suddenly this morning, I get the following:

SABnzbd.exe 0.7.18

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've tried reinstalling on top of, and uninstalling/reinstalling, nothing seems to work. I've tried deleting the ini file in the hopes that the program will recreate it, but it doesn't. I've also tried using a backup copy of the ini file, that doesn't work either, same error.

There are no logs to present, as there is no %userprofile%\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\ folder at all.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ok, so this is interesting. I found a sabnzbd.ini file located in %userprofile%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\SABnzbd. This was a 0 byte file. I replaced it with the one I had in C:\Program Files (x86)\SABnzbd and it started working again.

This means you have write access to SABnzbd program folder.
Are you running on an account with full admin rights?
Not a recommended practice for Windows systems (or any other).

Well yeah... as I'm sure 99% of anyone who's using Windows does. Of course it's recommended to run as a limited user, but no one really does it unless it's imposed on them.

OK, then I must be a security nut