[KristaG]

I don't know what to do to fix this. I'm an okay user, but not a programmer. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling new Calibre version (5.4.2) and got same error, copied and pasted below. Any suggestions?

calibre, version 5.4.2
ERROR: Startup error: There was an error during calibre startup. Parts of calibre may not function. Click Show details to learn more.[/B]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 292, in initialize_db_stage2
File "calibre\gui2\main.py", line 236, in start_gui
File "calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 209, in initialize
File "calibre\gui2\actions\__init__.py", line 147, in do_genesis
File "calibre\gui2\actions\device.py", line 167, in genesis
File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 1003, in create_device_menu
File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 801, in __init__
File "calibre\utils\config_base.py", line 455, in __setitem__
File "calibre\utils\config_base.py", line 469, in set
File "calibre\utils\config_base.py", line 395, in set
File "calibre\utils\lock.py", line 108, in __enter__
File "calibre\utils\lock.py", line 87, in lock_file
File "calibre\utils\lock.py", line 78, in retry_for_a_time
File "calibre\utils\lock.py", line 54, in windows_open
OSError: [WinError 1392] The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable: 'D:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Settings\\gui.py.json'