Error reading attributes of filezilla.xml

[Peter Miller]

Starting filezilla.exe either directly or with shortcut generates this error message:

Users\PM\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\filezilla.xml
Error reading Attributes
For this session the default settings will be used. Any changes to the settings will not be saved.

As a result, the settings are dropped, and any settings entered cannot be saved. This bug appeared suddenly, without any cause that I can identify. It could not be corrected by uninstalling and re-installing, and it could not be corrected by downloading a new setup file and re-installing that. I will answer any questions that would help de-bug this. Thanks for helping.

Following is a copy of the filezilla.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<FileZilla3>

<Settings>

<Setting name="Use Pasv mode" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Limit local ports" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Limit ports low" type="number">6000</Setting>
<Setting name="Limit ports high" type="number">7000</Setting>
<Setting name="External IP mode" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="External IP" type="string" />
<Setting name="External address resolver" type="string">​http://ip.filezilla-project.org/ip.php</Setting>
<Setting name="Last resolved IP" type="string" />
<Setting name="No external ip on local conn" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Pasv reply fallback mode" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Timeout" type="number">20</Setting>
<Setting name="Logging Debug Level" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Logging Raw Listing" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="fzsftp executable" type="string">&quot;C:\Program Files (x86)\FileZilla FTP Client\fzsftp.exe&quot;</Setting>
<Setting name="Allow transfermode fallback" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Reconnect count" type="number">2</Setting>
<Setting name="Reconnect delay" type="number">5</Setting>
<Setting name="Speedlimit inbound" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Speedlimit outbound" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Speedlimit burst tolerance" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="View hidden files" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Preserve timestamps" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Socket recv buffer size (v2)" type="number">4194304</Setting>
<Setting name="Socket send buffer size (v2)" type="number">262144</Setting>
<Setting name="FTP Keep-alive commands" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="FTP Proxy type" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="FTP Proxy host" type="string" />
<Setting name="FTP Proxy user" type="string" />
<Setting name="FTP Proxy password" type="string" />
<Setting name="FTP Proxy login sequence" type="string" />
<Setting name="SFTP keyfiles" type="string" />
<Setting name="Proxy type" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Proxy host" type="string" />
<Setting name="Proxy port" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Proxy user" type="string" />
<Setting name="Proxy password" type="string" />
<Setting name="Logging file" type="string" />
<Setting name="Logging filesize limit" type="number">10</Setting>
<Setting name="Trusted root certificate" type="string" />
<Setting name="Number of Transfers" type="number">2</Setting>
<Setting name="Ascii Binary mode" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Auto Ascii files" type="string">am|asp|bat|c|cfm|cgi|conf|cpp|css|dhtml|diz|h|hpp|htm|html|in|inc|js|jsp|m4|mak|md5|nfo|nsi|pas|patch|php|phtml|pl|po|py|qmail|sh|shtml|sql|svg|tcl|tpl|txt|vbs|xhtml|xml|xrc</Setting>
<Setting name="Auto Ascii no extension" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Auto Ascii dotfiles" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Theme" type="string">opencrystal/</Setting>
<Setting name="Language Code" type="string">en</Setting>
<Setting name="Last Server Path" type="string">1 0 3 usr 3 www 5 users 8 kamprint 5 video</Setting>
<Setting name="Concurrent download limit" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Concurrent upload limit" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Update Check" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Update Check Interval" type="number">7</Setting>
<Setting name="Last automatic update check" type="string">2011-07-19 17:47:12</Setting>
<Setting name="Update Check New Version" type="string" />
<Setting name="Update Check Check Beta" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Show debug menu" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="File exists action download" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="File exists action upload" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Allow ascii resume" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Greeting version" type="string">3.5.0</Setting>
<Setting name="Onetime Dialogs" type="string" />
<Setting name="Show Tree Local" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Show Tree Remote" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="File Pane Layout" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="File Pane Swap" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Last local directory" type="string">C:\Website\_we_info5\video\</Setting>
<Setting name="Filelist directory sort" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Queue successful autoclear" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Queue column widths" type="string">180 60 180 80 60 150</Setting>
<Setting name="Local filelist colwidths" type="string">120 80 100 120</Setting>
<Setting name="Remote filelist colwidths" type="string">162 75 80 100 80 80</Setting>
<Setting name="Window position and size" type="string">0 263 30 884 602 </Setting>
<Setting name="Splitter positions (v2)" type="string">97 -131 500000000 135 135 500000000</Setting>
<Setting name="Local filelist sortorder" type="string">1 3</Setting>
<Setting name="Remote filelist sortorder" type="string">1 3</Setting>
<Setting name="Time Format" type="string">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Date Format" type="string">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Show message log" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Show queue" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Size format" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Size thousands separator" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Default editor" type="string">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Always use default editor" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Inherit system associations" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Custom file associations" type="string">&#x0A;jpg &quot;C:\Program Files\FullScreen Photo Viewer\FullScreen Photo Viewer.exe&quot;</Setting>
<Setting name="Comparison mode" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Comparison threshold" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Site Manager position" type="string" />
<Setting name="Theme icon size" type="string">16x16</Setting>
<Setting name="Timestamp in message log" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Sitemanager last selected" type="string" />
<Setting name="Local filelist shown columns" type="string">1111</Setting>
<Setting name="Remote filelist shown columns" type="string">110111</Setting>
<Setting name="Local filelist column order" type="string">0,2,3,1</Setting>
<Setting name="Remote filelist column order" type="string">0,2,3,1,4,5</Setting>
<Setting name="Filelist status bar" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Filter toggle state" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Size decimal places" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Show quickconnect bar" type="number">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Messagelog position" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Last connected site" type="string" />
<Setting name="File doubleclock action" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Dir doubleclock action" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Minimize to tray" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Search column widths" type="string" />
<Setting name="Search column shown" type="string" />
<Setting name="Search column order" type="string" />
<Setting name="Search window size" type="string" />
<Setting name="Comparison hide identical" type="number">0</Setting>
<Setting name="Search sort order" type="string"

[Tim Kosse]

Unfortunately the file is corrupted. You can salvage the data that is remaining by removing the last line and writing </Settings></FileZilla3> at the end.