Hey guys, what should i do here i already uninstalled and installed the ide but it wont work. already tried a bunch of methods but still i cant run the ide. it wont open
You have a corrupted library index file. The solution is to remove your local copy of the file, which will force the Arduino IDE to download a fresh (and hopefully uncorrupted) version of the file from the Internet:
- Open C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Local\Arduino15. This is under a system folder that Windows normally hides. You can set Windows Explorer to show hidden folders via View > Hidden Items (check).
- Rename library_index.json to library_index.json.txt
- Click the "Reply" button on this forum thread.
- Click "Attachments and other options".
- Click "Browse..."
- Select C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json.txt
- Click "Open"
- Click "Post"
- Start the Arduino IDE.
Adding the .txt file extension causes the IDE to no longer see it as library_index.json and also allows the file to be attached on the Arduino Forum (it only allows certain file extensions). The reason I'm requesting you to attach the corrupted library_index.json file is because you're the third person who's reported this problem in the last couple days and I've never seen this problem in years before this. There is currently an issue report submitted to Arduino and being able to look at the actual corrupted file might be helpful to find out what's going on:
Hey guys, the error comes back, this time deletes the file and it works again too, but I'll post here the last error file.
Please, let me know if you can.
Hugs!
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