For me it was a full reboot of the PC. Also, if it's of any help, the previous error I was getting the log was "Another process is using 127.0.0.1 ... and Armory can't connect" or something like that. So it could very well be the "ghost" process.

Thanks anyways for all your help in the thread.

UPDATE: My problem seems to have resolved itself with the exact same settings I posted above.

I did a restart of the PC, started Bitcoin Core and then once all the transactions were synced, i started Armory and it auto connected and updated everything

@DXH - No your coins are not lost. You just need to somehow get online with Armory (hopefully my settings can provide some guidance) and it will sync.

I have the exact same issue. Bitcoin Core is all synced and running. I had to save the Bitcoin Core in another drive because the blocks took up more space than my C:/ had free.

Here's the log.

2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1836 - startBitcoindIfNecessary
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1872 - setSatoshiPaths
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1891 - Setting satoshi datadir = H:\Bitcoin
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (ERROR) -- SDM.pyc:308 - Bitcoind could not be found in the specified installation:
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (ERROR) -- SDM.pyc:310 -    H:\Bitcoin
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (ERROR) -- SDM.pyc:311 - Bitcoind is being started from:
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (ERROR) -- SDM.pyc:312 -    C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon\bitcoind.exe
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:171 - Found bitcoind in the following places:
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:173 -    C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon\bitcoind.exe
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:175 - Using: C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon\bitcoind.exe
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:340 - Called startBitcoind
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (WARNING) -- SDM.pyc:445 - Spawning bitcoind with command: C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon\bitcoind.exe -datadir=H:\Bitcoin
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:689 - Executing popen: ['C:\\Program Files\\Bitcoin\\daemon\\bitcoind.exe', '-datadir=H:\\Bitcoin']
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:451 - PID of bitcoind: 11520
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:452 - PID of armory:   3896
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:689 - Executing popen: ['C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Armory\\guardian.exe', '3896', '11520']
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1923 - Setting netmode: 1
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (ERROR) -- BDM.pyc:197 - DB error: C:\Users\Karan\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin/blocks is not a valid path
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1923 - Setting netmode: 0
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1905 - loadBlockchainIfNecessary
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:4672 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
2019-01-15 17:38:08 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:4672 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode

And my armory file settings are as follows:


What I haven't done is the conf file step but I'm not clear how to create it and where to store it.