Unable to stop VM: open config.json: The system cannot find the file specified.

[umathivagit]

minikube stop

X Unable to stop VM: open C:\Users\Uday.minikube\machines\minikube\config.json: The system cannot find the
file specified.
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Windows 10

[RA489]

@umathivagit can you please copy paste exact command and environments you are using?

[brainfull]

unfortunately it happens too often, the only reliable fix I found for now is to delete the whole %userprofile%/.minikube directory

this often happens because of retriable failure : see #5884 #5941

also add comments in #5072 for better windows support

[tstromberg]

If config.json is missing, we should be erroring in such a way that says something like:

exit.WithCode(exit.Conflict, "Unable to stop cluster, as it does not exist")

I'm a little confused, because StopHost used to be able to catch this error appropriately.

[umathivagit]

unfortunately it happens too often, the only reliable fix I found for now is to delete the whole %userprofile%/.minikube directory

this often happens because of retriable failure : see #5884 #5941

also add comments in #5072 for better windows support

Yes that worked...thanks..

[tstromberg]

Do you mind checking to see if this is still the case in minikube v1.7.0?

[tstromberg]

I'm closing this issue as it hasn't seen activity in awhile, and it's unclear if this issue still exists. If this issue does continue to exist in the most recent release of minikube, please feel free to re-open it.

Thank you for opening the issue!