Windows 2012 R2: Server Manger cannot run because of an error in user settings file..

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Hello,

I have issue with Windows 2012 R2 server - Server Manger cannot run because of an error in user settings file... then errors when I try to start Event Viewer... All .net applications are failing...

Excerpt from Event Viewer:

Faulting application name: ServerManager.exe, version: 6.3.9600.17238, time stamp: 0x53d0b3e7
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.3.9600.18938, time stamp: 0x5a7ddf0a
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x0000000000008eac
Faulting process id: 0x4ac
Faulting application start time: 0x01d44dd4375170f4
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\ServerManager.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 762580b5-b9c7-11e8-80d2-28ac9eded43d
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:




Application: ServerManager.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.get_ConnectionStrings()
at System.Configuration.PrivilegedConfigurationManager.get_ConnectionStrings()
at System.Configuration.LocalFileSettingsProvider.GetPropertyValues(System.Configuration.SettingsContext, System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyCollection)
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertiesFromProvider(System.Configuration.SettingsProvider)
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertyValueByName(System.String)
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.get_Item(System.String)
at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.GetPropertyValue(System.String)
at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.get_Item(System.String)
at Microsoft.Management.UI.Persistence.OnDefaultSettingsChanged()
at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.AppLoader.InitializeSettingsCompleted(System.Object, Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Common.InitCompletedEventArgs)
at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Common.Bootstrapper.OnEndInitializeSettings(System.Exception)
at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Common.Bootstrapper.InitializeSettings()
at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Common.Bootstrapper.Start(Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Common.ApplicationContext)
at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.AppLoader.Load(Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Common.ArgumentsProcessor)
at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.SingleInstanceAppLauncher.StartApplication(Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Common.ArgumentsProcessor)
at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.MainApplication.Main(System.String[])



I tried to replace maschine.settings file (copy from another server)... tried to reinstall recent .net versions... tried with NetFxRepairTool... all windows updates are installed (except SQL SP4).

sfc /scannow not reported any issue...

Thanks,

Alex

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