Issue with Unity 5.6 BETA version - failed to load window layout

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when trying to create a project with Unity 5.6 BETA version
it always makes this error " failed to load window layout" , I have windows 10 64bit
this below image describes the problem

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@QA: I submitted a similar issue a while ago as:
(Case 825848) WindowLayout errors when switching between projects

Error messages are, but not limited to:

  • Removed empty DockArea while reading window layout: window #11, instanceID=8856
  • Removed unparented EditorWindow while reading window layout: window #19, type=UnityEditor.FallbackEditorWindow, instanceID=8872
  • Error while reading window layout: window #9 is null
  • Failed to load window layout: System.Exception: Exception of type ‘System.Exception’ was thrown.
  • Failed to destroy editor windows: #7
  • Failed to destroy views: #10
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I don’t understand you --anyway
how to solve my problem ??

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Hi frodoe7,
Could you please file a bug report for this issue and reply in here with the case #?

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I had the same problem as @frodoe7 - when trying to open, or even create a new project (which means I couldn’t get into Unity at all).

What I tried and which did not help:

  • Uninstalled Unity 5.6.0b4 again, reboot, reinstalled 5.6.0b4 - no change
  • Deleted all Unity folders in %appdata%/subfolders - no change
  • Start Unity as an Administrator - no change (when not starting as Administrator, I got another error message when trying to create a project: “Project folder or disk is read only”. It’s not.).

What I did next, which did help:

  • Uninstalled Unity 5.6.0b4. Reboot. Reinstalled Unity 5.5f3. I could now create new projects and open existing without problems (in the same location where Unity 5.6.0b4 gave the above errors about read-only-ness during create, and on the same project about the window layout).
  • Uninstalled Unity 5.5f3. Reboot. Reinstalled 5.6.0b4. SUCCESS!! I could now create new projects and open existing ones also with this version.

Conclusion: Uninstalling/reinstalling the beta as well as deleting folders/starting as Admin did not help, but installing 5.5f3 in between and then the beta again did work.

@LeonhardP I filed a bug report, the ID is #872008; not sure if this is worth following up on though.

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Same thing happened to me. I won’t duplicate the bug report, but you’re not alone!