[gui error report] SyntaxError: C:\Users\Jjuli\.ipfs\config: Unexpected token � in JSON at

[Mendel-Chodaton]

👉️ Please describe what you were doing when this error happened.

Specifications

• OS: win32
• IPFS Desktop Version: 0.20.2
• Electron Version: 17.1.0
• Chrome Version: 98.0.4758.102

Error

SyntaxError: C:\Users\Jjuli\.ipfs\config: Unexpected token � in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Object.readFileSync (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop1\resources\app.asar\node_modules\jsonfile\index.js:52:17)
    at readConfigFile (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop1\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\config.js:29:13)
    at checkPorts (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop1\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\config.js:214:18)
    at module.exports (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop1\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\daemon.js:171:11)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async startIpfs (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop1\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.js:46:17)
    at async module.exports (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop1\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.js:114:3)
    at async run (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop1\resources\app.asar\src\index.js:83:5)

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[lidel]

Duplicate of #2050, should be fixed in next week's release
For now, your workaround is to rename C:\Users\Jjuli\.ipfs to C:\Users\Jjuli\.ipfs.backup and start again.