NVDA starts using the default config and displays a dialog explaining that your config is invalid. The following is in the log:
Config before schema update:
{'schemaVersion': '4', 'development': {'enableScratchpadDir': 'True'}, 'upgrade': {}, 'update': {}, 'general': {'language': 'en', 'saveConfigurationOnExit': 'True', 'askToExit': 'True', 'playStartAndExitSounds': 'True', 'loggingLevel': 'INFO', 'showWelcomeDialogAtStartup': 'False'}, 'speech': {'synth': 'espeak', 'autoLanguageSwitching': 'False', 'outputDevice': 'Mapowanie dźwięku Microsoft', 'symbolLevel': 'SYMLVL.MOST', 'espeak': {'voice': 'pl', 'variant': 'max', 'rate': '75', 'pitch': '40', 'inflection': '75', 'volume': '55', 'rateBoost': 'True'}, 'silence': {}, 'sapi5': {'voice': 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Speech\\Voices\\Tokens\\Speak3', 'rate': '100', 'volume': '100'}, 'sapi4': {'voice': '{C99D1CDD-B5CF-4CE7-BA42-FF07ED282DCB}', 'rate': '100', 'pitch': '48', 'volume': '15'}}, 'braille': {'noBraille': {}, 'freedomScientific': {}}, 'vision': {'NVDAHighlighter': {'highlightFocus': 'False', 'highlightNavigator': 'False', 'highlightBrowseMode': 'False', 'enabled': 'False'}, 'screenCurtain': {}}, 'keyboard': {'useCapsLockAsNVDAModifierKey': 'True', 'speakTypedCharacters': 'False'}, 'reviewCursor': {'followCaret': 'False', 'followFocus': 'False', 'simpleReviewMode': 'False'}, 'UIA': {'selectiveEventRegistration': 'True'}, 'speechViewer': {'showSpeechViewerAtStartup': 'False', 'x': '150', 'y': '150', 'width': '500', 'height': '500', 'displays': ['(1366, 768)'], 'autoPositionWindow': 'False'}, 'presentation': {'reportDynamicContentChanges': 'True'}, 'debugLog': {'MSAA': 'False'}, 'virtualBuffers': {'autoPassThroughOnCaretMove': 'True', 'autoSayAllOnPageLoad': 'False', 'autoFocusFocusableElements': 'True'}, 'documentFormatting': {'autoLanguageSwitching': 'False'}, 'featureFlag': {'cancelExpiredFocusSpeech': '0'}, 'unicorn': {}, 'mouse': {'enableMouseTracking': 'True'}}
ERROR - config.ConfigManager._initBaseConf (17:19:43.321) - MainThread (6540):
Error loading base configuration
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "config\__init__.py", line 398, in _initBaseConf
profile = self._loadConfig(fn) # a blank config returned if fn does not exist
File "config\__init__.py", line 432, in _loadConfig
raise e
File "config\__init__.py", line 428, in _loadConfig
profileUpgrader.upgrade(profile, self.validator, writeProfileFunc)
File "config\profileUpgrader.py", line 25, in upgrade
_doValidation(deepcopy(profile), validator) # copy the profile, since validating mutates the object
File "config\profileUpgrader.py", line 66, in _doValidation
raise ValueError(errorString)
ValueError: Unable to validate config file after upgrade: Key symbolLevel : the value "SYMLVL.MOST" is of the wrong type.
Full result: (value of false means the key was not present)
[(['brailleViewer'], 'displays', False), (['brailleViewer'], 'x', False), (['brailleViewer'], 'y', False), (['speech'], 'symbolLevel', VdtTypeError('the value "SYMLVL.MOST" is of the wrong type.'))]
INFO - config.ConfigManager._loadConfig (17:19:43.336) - MainThread (6540):
Loading config: None
I've intentionally posted a little bit more than just the error to show how my config file looked like before failed validation attempt.
NVDA does not consider the config to be invalid and uses the newly set symbol level.
From source and installed.
Latest master as of July 9-th.
From sources on Windows 7 as an installed copy on Windows 11 preview.
None relevant.
Regression from PR #11856
Steps to reproduce:
Actual behavior:
NVDA starts using the default config and displays a dialog explaining that your config is invalid. The following is in the log:
I've intentionally posted a little bit more than just the error to show how my config file looked like before failed validation attempt.
Expected behavior:
NVDA does not consider the config to be invalid and uses the newly set symbol level.
System configuration
NVDA installed/portable/running from source:
From source and installed.
NVDA version:
Latest master as of July 9-th.
Windows version:
From sources on Windows 7 as an installed copy on Windows 11 preview.
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:
None
Other information about your system:
None relevant.
Other questions
Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?
Yes
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.
Introduced by #11856
If add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?
I have no add-ons in my source copy
Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?
Not tried