Client Service Error: Client(Database("IO error: Failed to create dir: (...) No such file or directory

[voytaa]

Hi all,

attempted to run Parity on Windows 10 for the first time and got the following. Deleting the folder where chains are supposed to be downloaded would not help. Thanks a lot for any answers

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chdir C:\Program Files\Ethcore\Parity

C:\Program Files\Ethcore\Parity>parity
2017-06-12 21:47:51 Starting Parity/v1.6.8-beta-c396229-20170608/x86_64-windows-msvc/rustc1.17.0
2017-06-12 21:47:51 State DB configuration: fast
2017-06-12 21:47:51 Operating mode: active
2017-06-12 21:47:52 Configured for Foundation using Ethash engine
2017-06-12 21:47:52 Updated conversion rate to Ξ1 = US$348.8 (341306240 wei/gas)
Client service error: Client(Database("IO error: Failed to create dir: C:\Users\Vojtěch\AppData\Local\Parity\Ethereum\chains\ethereum\db\906a34e69aec8c0d\overlayrecent\db: No such file or directory"))

[arkpar]

Duplicate of #2215. See linked issue for a workaround