Winbox: "Could not save configuration" error message

RouterOS General
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After an upgrade to 3.4, Winbox reports that it “Could not save configuration”

There is a thread that reports this error also

http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/winbox-3-rc/84760/1

and I’ve tried deleting the contents in

C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Mikrotik\Winbox

but that didn’t help. Anything else I can try?

2

Bump…anything I can do to work around the inability to save configurations in Winbox?

3

Although an old post but I currently have the same problem.
Solution:
Delete this folder (%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Mikrotik), will be recreated when opening WinBox. If necessary, BACKUP folder before!

4

I have the same problem, but it’s only with one of my MikroTiks.

Hammer, would that advice still apply in my case?

5

Here is how I fixed it:

  • 1

Rename C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Mikrotik\Winbox to C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Mikrotik\Winbox.old

  • 2

Launch Winbox and it will automagically recreate: C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Mikrotik\Winbox, then close it.

  • 3

copy the contents of Winbox.old into the new Winbox folder EXCEPT DO NOT COPY - path, sessionpath and settings.cfg.viw

Now when you launch Winbox you should see your saved managed sessions, albeit you may have to turn on some columns you had previously.

Have a great day!

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Thanks @webequipped, it worked here!