Chris Laramee

[Former user]

Launchbox 6.3 Windows 10 everytime i try to open launchbox or big box Launchbox does not open at all. Just the error shows up. [e-mail]

System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 188632, position 119. at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent() at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace) at System.Xml.XmlLoader.ReadCurrentNode(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader) at System.Xml.XmlDocument.ReadNode(XmlReader reader) at System.Data.DataSet.ReadXml(XmlReader reader, Boolean denyResolving) at System.Data.DataSet.ReadXml(String fileName) at () at LaunchBox.Search.LocalDb.get_DataSet() at () at LaunchBox.Search.LocalDb.GetEmulators() at (DataManager , Boolean ) at LaunchBox.Data.DataManager.Load(Boolean settingsOnly) at LaunchBox.Data.DataManager..ctor(Boolean bare, Boolean settingsOnly) at (String[] ) at LaunchBox.Program.Main(String[] args)

[Jason Carr]

Hi Anonymous, this looks like a corrupted LaunchBox.xml file. Try restoring a backup from your Backups folder inside of your LaunchBox folder. Hit us up on the forums if you need further help.