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I'm using Windows 7 and I'm having the problem of QGIS 2.18.16 crashing with any shapefile. Rasters seem to be OK. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling 2.18.15, 2.18.14 and one older version (2.17 or earlier, I can't remember). I turned off all plugins before trying anything. I found earlier advice about changing a registry key, so I used the Windows command line to start regedit and under HKEY_CURRENT_USER> SOFTWARE> QGISI deleted all the QGIS and then did the 2.18.16 install. I also downloaded the OSGeo4W version and tried running QGIS from that.

I haven't tried any other vector formats because I really need to work with shapefiles. I'm not having any trouble with my desktop, just my laptop. I was using the style editor when the trouble first appeared.

I looked all over at the other posts about this problem, like qgis-bin.exe stopped working and I'm not sure how to provide more information.

Edit: I tried loading a geodatabase with vectors, it worked and I changed a few symbols and saved. Upon exiting I received this same message and now I get this fail when I try opening geodatabases. I also get this fail when I'm loading the new project (with just this simple geodatabase loaded).

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  • Are you sure you have full write permission in the folder where you have stored the shapefiles?
    – AndreJ
    Commented Jan 21, 2018 at 19:25
  • Yes. I have also tried many directories.
    – Geocurious
    Commented Jan 21, 2018 at 20:49

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I found the problem. I was cleaning everything out on before reinstalling, but I didn't realize that in windows, the plugins are in a file that starts with a dot: I had to delete this: " C:\Users\myusername\.qgis2 " directory then restart then reinstall I also followed a tip elsewhere and deleted the Windows registry Software key (with the registry editor) HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > QGIS I don't know if that helped.

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  • should be C:\users\myusername\.qgis2 which might be hidden on some Windows OS versions.
    – AndreJ
    Commented Jan 27, 2018 at 6:27
  • Yes! It's one of those odd html things about putting "\" and "." next to each other.
    – Geocurious
    Commented Feb 21, 2018 at 18:28

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