or backup your databases folder then delete its content
That didn't help.
I'm starting Armory with "--datadir=". "Bitcoin Install Dir" and "Bitcoin Home Dir" are also special places.
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:2522 - Setting satoshi datadir = D:\BTC\wallet
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:415 - Found Bitcoin-Core link on desktop: C:\Program Files (x86)\Armory
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:415 - Found Bitcoin-Core link on desktop: C:\Program Files (x86)\Armory
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:321 - Found bitcoind in the following places:
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:323 - D:\BTC\daemon\bitcoind.exe
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:325 - Using: D:\BTC\daemon\bitcoind.exe
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:496 - Reading bitcoin.conf file
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:515 - Setting permissions on bitcoin.conf
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:524 - Setting permissions on bitcoin.conf
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:596 - Executing popen: [u'icacls', u'D:\\BTC\\wallet\\bitcoin.conf', u'/inheritance:r', u'/grant:r', u'Peter:F']
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:530 - icacls returned:
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:597 - Called startBitcoind
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:596 - Executing popen: [u'D:\\BTC\\daemon\\bitcoind.exe', u'-datadir=D:\\BTC\\wallet']
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:669 - PID of bitcoind: 6916
2016-03-28 13:13 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:670 - PID of armory: 8636
2016-03-28 13:13 (ERROR) -- SDM.pyc:490 - Could not find guardian script: .\guardian.exe
2016-03-28 13:13 (ERROR) -- ArmoryQt.py:2490 - Failed to setup SDM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ArmoryQt.py", line 2486, in startBitcoindIfNecessary
File "SDM.pyc", line 613, in startBitcoind
File "SDM.pyc", line 673, in launchBitcoindAndGuardian
File "SDM.pyc", line 491, in getGuardianPath
FileExistsError
Where should this guardian come from?