Could not load settings - Automatic isn't launching anymore

[RobertdArtois]

Hello everyone, thank you for taking the time to help me with this unfortunate issue of mine.
I ran automatic1111 yesterday and it worked just fine, but it isn't willing to launch today anymore. All i did was delete some models in the model folder, but i don't think it's linked to it.
I cleared the pip cache, reinstalled python, dragged automatic1111's new files into my stable diffusion directory... None of these worked.
i am not educated on python and coding, so i humbly ask for your help.

venv "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe"
Python 3.10.6 (tags/v3.10.6:9c7b4bd, Aug 1 2022, 21:53:49) [MSC v.1932 64 bit (AMD64)]
Version: v1.7.0
Commit hash: cf2772f
*** Could not load settings
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\launch_utils.py", line 250, in list_extensions
settings = json.load(file)
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json_init_.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json_init_.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

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Installing requirements for Batch Face Swap
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Initializing Civitai Link
If submitting an issue on github, please provide the below text for debugging purposes:

Python revision: 3.10.6 (tags/v3.10.6:9c7b4bd, Aug 1 2022, 21:53:49) [MSC v.1932 64 bit (AMD64)]
Civitai Link revision: 2008ba9126ddbb448f23267029b07e4610dffc15
SD-WebUI revision: cf2772f

Checking Civitai Link requirements...
[+] python-socketio[client] version 5.7.2 installed.

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Launching Web UI with arguments:
*** Could not load settings
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\launch_utils.py", line 250, in list_extensions
settings = json.load(file)
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json_init_.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json_init_.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

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No module 'xformers'. Proceeding without it.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 48, in
main()
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 44, in main
start()
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\launch_utils.py", line 460, in start
import webui
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\webui.py", line 13, in
initialize.imports()
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\initialize.py", line 34, in imports
shared_init.initialize()
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\shared_init.py", line 22, in initialize
shared.opts.load(shared.config_filename)
File "D:\Stable Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\options.py", line 180, in load
self.data = json.load(file)
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json_init_.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json_init_.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "C:\Users\mathi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

Any ideas ?

Have a wonderful day.

[missionfloyd]

Something could be wrong with the settings. Delete config.json and ui-config.json. This will reset your settings.

dragged automatic1111's new files into my stable diffusion directory

What do you mean by this? If you've modified files, you can undo it with git restore .

[RobertdArtois]

It worked, thank you very much.
What i meant was that i dragged the new files included in the 1.7.0 release inside my automatic1111 installation.
Don't know what caused the issue, but i'm glad it's solved now.