[gui error report]

[funk11]

Please describe what you were doing when this error happened.

Specifications

• OS: win32
• IPFS Desktop Version: 0.16.2
• Electron Version: 13.1.7
• Chrome Version: 91.0.4472.124

Error

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\Users\gstew\.ipfs-desktop\IPFS_PATH'
    at Object.openSync (fs.js:476:3)
    at Object.func [as openSync] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846)
    at Object.writeFileSync (fs.js:1467:35)
    at Object.outputFileSync (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\output\index.js:31:15)
    at writeIpfsPath (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.js:130:6)
    at startIpfs (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.js:50:7)
    at module.exports (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.js:116:9)
    at run (C:\Program Files\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\index.js:74:11)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)

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[hacdias]

Please update to the most recent IPFS Desktop version: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/releases/tag/v0.23.0

This was fixed in #1948