[gui error report] Error: Initializing daemon... [Fresh Install]

[someonenameguy]

Just installed IPFS Desktop and tried to launch it. Got this error, First time running this program there isn't a old config file.

• Desktop: 0.41.2
• OS: win32 10.0.19045 x64
• Electron: 34.2.0
• Chrome: 132.0.6834.196

Error: Initializing daemon...
Kubo version: 0.33.2
Repo version: 16
System version: amd64/windows
Golang version: go1.23.6

Error: failure to decode config: Support for Experimental.GraphsyncEnabled has been removed in Kubo 0.25.0, please remove this key. For more details see https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/pull/9747.

    at errorTemplate (C:\Users\Gil Mic\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\migration-prompt.js:78:49)
    at loadWindow (C:\Users\Gil Mic\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\migration-prompt.js:129:26)
    at showMigrationPrompt (C:\Users\Gil Mic\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\migration-prompt.js:134:3)
    at startIpfsWithLogs (C:\Users\Gil Mic\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\daemon.js:193:9)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async startDaemon (C:\Users\Gil Mic\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\daemon.js:216:27)
    at async startIpfs (C:\Users\Gil Mic\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.js:49:17)
    at async%2

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[lidel]

@someonenameguy you had old Kubo config somewhere in .ipfs or $IPFS_PATH.

You need to follow instructions from the error: find .ipfs directory, inside it there is config file and remove Experimental.GraphsyncEnabled flag from it.

Graphsync was removed from Kubo in 2023: ipfs/kubo#9747

See: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop?tab=readme-ov-file#where-are-my-configuration-and-log-files