Reinstalling FFXIV

[misskamelots]

Update disclaimer

• Yes, I have checked and my issue is not related to the game updating and plugins not working correctly.

What did you do?

Doing a fresh install after resetting my PC, multiple times XIVlauncher says it cannot verify the files, and attempting a repair does not work.

Platform

Windows

Wine/Proton runner version

No response

Relevant log output

System.AggregateException: A Task's exception(s) were not observed either by Waiting on the Task or accessing its Exception property. As a result, the unobserved exception was rethrown by the finalizer thread. (One or more errors occurred. ('<' is an invalid start of a value. Path: $ | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0.))
 ---> System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ('<' is an invalid start of a value. Path: $ | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0.)
 ---> System.Text.Json.JsonException: '<' is an invalid start of a value. Path: $ | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0.
 ---> System.Text.Json.JsonReaderException: '<' is an invalid start of a value. LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0.
   at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ThrowJsonReaderException(Utf8JsonReader& json, ExceptionResource resource, Byte nextByte, ReadOnlySpan`1 bytes)
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ConsumeValue(Byte marker)
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ReadFirstToken(Byte first)
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ReadSingleSegment()
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.Read()
   at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.ReadCore(Utf8JsonReader& reader, T& value, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ReThrowWithPath(ReadStack& state, JsonReaderException ex)
   at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.ReadCore(Utf8JsonReader& reader, T& value, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state)
   at System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata.JsonTypeInfo`1.Deserialize(Utf8JsonReader& reader, ReadStack& state)
   at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ReadFromSpan[TValue](ReadOnlySpan`1 utf8Json, JsonTypeInfo`1 jsonTypeInfo, Nullable`1 actualByteCount)
   at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ReadFromSpan[TValue](ReadOnlySpan`1 json, JsonTypeInfo`1 jsonTypeInfo)
   at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize[TValue](String json, JsonSerializerOptions options)
   at XIVLauncher.Common.Game.IntegrityCheck.DownloadIntegrityCheckForVersion(String gameVersion, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at XIVLauncher.Common.Game.IntegrityCheck.CompareIntegrityAsync(IProgress`1 progress, DirectoryInfo gamePath, Boolean onlyIndex, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at XIVLauncher.Windows.SettingsControl.<>c__DisplayClass21_0.<<RunIntegrityCheck_OnClick>b__1>d.MoveNext()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.GetResultCore(Boolean waitCompletionNotification)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.get_Result()
   at XIVLauncher.Windows.SettingsControl.<>c__DisplayClass21_0.<RunIntegrityCheck_OnClick>b__2(Task`1 task)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationTaskFromResultTask`1.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Version: 7.0.20.0
Git Hash: 7.0.20-0-g11dcdcea
Context: Unhandled
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0
64bit? True
Addons Enabled? True
Auto Login Enabled? False
Language: English
LauncherLanguage: English
Game path: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online