Unhandled dispatcher exception: Root element missing

[will-scc]

Trying to install Uploader on Windows 10 (.NETFramework 4.6.2+ installed) with HotsApiUploaderSetup.exe (2.0.1.0) crashes on run with below exception:

After 'OK', another exception is created:

[skeet70]

I believe I've seen this sort of error when I don't have an internet connection and I start the uploader. Particularly annoying if at startup I'm still in the process of getting a connection and this barfs, would be nice if it handled no connection gracefully.

[will-scc]

I get this all the time, regardless of internet connection status. You have made we wonder though whether it's an issue with my security/firewall blocking a connection.

Update: I think the config file got deleted somehow (I suspect antivirus tampering) and so it would crash on load.

I compiled the source code for Release locally which seemed to fix the problem; even running from the downloaded .exe now works.

I think there needs to be a check for last.config file, not just the AppData\Roaming\Hotsapi directory as this seemed to be the problem for me.