development website folder not found, sites button greyed out

[Joseph Baker]

I recently “refreshed” Windows 10. It re-installed Windows, but did not erase my personal files, such as my “Websites” folder for DesktopServer. However, it did erase all my applications. I had to re-install Desktop Server.

Now that everything is re-installed, when I open DesktopServer, it starts ok. It finds “localhost”. But when I go to “localhost”, no development websites are listed.
I have not changed my file structure. I still have one development website in the default location:
C:\Users\joe\Documents\Websites
I don’t understand why DesktopServer doesn’t see that I have a development website where it should be.
Even when I go to localhost->Tools->PHPMyAdmin the database for my website is still there.
Also, the “Sites” button on DesktopServer is greyed out, as if there are no sites.

[Gregg]

Hello Joseph,

DesktopServer is made of three components, the /xampplite folder (containing the application and the databases), the folder where you selected to have all your websites files stored and the preferences file.

If you have a backup you can restore the preferences file. Learn more about it: http://docs.serverpress.com/article/84-how-to-open-the-desktopserver-preferences-file

[Joseph Baker]

I don’t have a backup. Is there anyway I can change the preferences file so it can find my website folder?

The preferences file looks like this
{
“version”:”3.8.0″,
“edition”:”Limited”,
“webOwner”:””,
“dbUser”:”root”,
“dbPass”:””,
“browser”:”Chrome”,
“tld”:”.dev”,
“ds-plugins”:{},
“desktop”:”C:\\Users\\joe\\Desktop”,
“documents”:”C:\\Users\\joe\\DOCUME~1\\Websites”,
“sites”:{}
}

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