Error folder does not exist

My Hard Drive failed recently. So now when I start WinSCP I get an error that the folder does not exist. Is there anyway to reset the winscp.ini file without deleting all my usernames and settings from WinSCP?

Windows 8.1
WinSCP 5.7 (Build 5125)

So what is the error message exactly like?

I am attaching a screenshot. The user TKOP no longer exists so it can't find the file.

That's probably because initial local directory of a saved site does not exist:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_directories

If you have Remember last used directory session option enabled (see the link above), the problem goes away after the first connection.
If not, you can remove the path in Login dialog.

If you need to do it for all saved sites, you can use:

winscp.exe /batchsettings * LocalDirectory=b:\existingdir

See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/commandline#batchsettings

That works. Thanks for the help!

martin wrote:

That's probably because initial local directory of a saved site does not exist:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_directories

If you have Remember last used directory session option enabled (see the link above), the problem goes away after the first connection.
If not, you can remove the path in Login dialog.

If you need to do it for all saved sites, you can use:

winscp.exe /batchsettings * LocalDirectory=b:\existingdir

See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/commandline#batchsettings

am having a similar issue, I have tried the sugested workarounds to not avail. The error am seeing is very similar and happens when starting the application. no sites have been added and the all the configuration files have been removed from the system.

Nitrofx wrote:

am having a similar issue, I have tried the sugested workarounds to not avail. The error am seeing is very similar and happens when starting the application. no sites have been added and the all the configuration files have been removed from the system.

Thanks for your report.

Can you send me an email, so I can send you back a debug version of WinSCP to track the problem? Please include link back to this topic in your email. Also note in this topic that you have sent the email. Thanks.