Steps to reproduce:

NVDA+n, tools sub-menu, add-on store sub-menu.

• "add-on warning" dialog appears and an error is logged.
• accept by "OK"
• then at each "control+tab", the same error ocurs
  this is the error:

ERROR - _addonStore.dataManager._DataManager._getCachedInstalledAddonData (15:40:20.086) - MainThread (5216):
Invalid cached installed add-on data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "_addonStore\dataManager.pyc", line 282, in getCachedInstalledAddonData
File "json_init.pyc", line 293, in load
File "codecs.pyc", line 322, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe0 in position 49: invalid continuation byte

Actual behavior:

Expected behavior:

No error

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Nvda portable

NVDA version:

NVDA 2023.2RC1

Windows version:

W10 22h2

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

None

Other information about your system:

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.

No problem with 2023.2 beta

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Yes

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

No tested