Error Starting Zotero: "Component returned failure code: 0x80520016"

mrli6666

Hello everyone,

I'm encountering an issue when trying to start Zotero. Every time I launch the application, I get the following error message:

There was an error starting Zotero.

You can report this problem in the Zotero Forums.

[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520016 [nsIFile.createUnique]" nsresult: "0x80520016 ()" location: "JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/file.js :: Zotero.File</this.moveToUnique :: line 982" data: no]
Zotero.File</this.moveToUnique@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/file.js:982:16
Zotero.DBConnection.prototype._handleCorruptionMarker@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/db.js:1360:39
From previous event:
this.init@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:414:25
getContentsFromURL@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/file.js:339:13
Zotero.Intl</<@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/intl.js:100:35
Zotero.Intl</this.getString@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/intl.js:144:18
this.getString@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:1539:24
ZoteroPane<@chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.js:3173:19
@chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.js:31:18
@chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.xhtml:82:25

I've tried the following steps to troubleshoot the issue:

Restarted my computer.
Checked for any recent updates to Zotero or my operating system.

Unfortunately, none of these steps resolved the issue. I'm currently using Zotero 7.0.15 on windows .
Any help or suggestions on how to resolve this error would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance!