Chia GUI not anymore starting and no log message. How can I do a clean deinstall

[tkmbe99]

Hi
After a power loss chia gui 2.4.4 did not start anymore.
I've upgraded to 2.5.0 but still the same problem.
Until now upgrading to 2.5.2 I want to do a clean uninstall...

There is a process chia running but GUI is not starting. No log entry in debug file, inf fact the debug file is not created (I moved the old one)
Last run was 6.2.2025 (I had no time to see at it earlier)
How can I totaly deinstall i.e. delete also entries in registry.
Or what files should I delete?

[tkmbe99]

Ok removing all direcotries I found I could startup now 2.5.2.
But is there still a place to download the file to not sznc the while stuff...
My file is not anymore recognized and its really slow the sync process....

[BrandtH22]

Hey @tkmbe99 , as a reminder we can generally provide more timely and thorough support in our discord server (https://discord.gg/chia).

As for the database snapshot you can follow these steps to download, unpack, and move the db to the correct location for use:

1. Download the torrent file from https://www.chia.net/downloads/#database-checkpoint
2. Use a torrent client to download the full db
3. Unpack/reassemble the torrent file that was downloaded (on windows I used 7zip, Mac and linux have built in tools that work for this)
4. Move the db to the correct folder (~\.chia\mainnet\db\) and update the name to "blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite" (removing the date information in the name)
5. Verify the config file (~\.chia\mainnet\config\config.yaml) has the correct value under the full_node section for database_path: db/blockchain_v2_CHALLENGE.sqlite (should only need to change the v1 to v2)
6. Launch chia and wait for a bit (the height to hash and peers files need to be built so this can take upwards of 30 minutes)

Let us know if you run into any issues or if any questions arise 💯

[BrandtH22]

Closing due to no response from OP. Please reopen this ticket or open a new one if the problem persists