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When filezilla.exe is run:

Error loading xml file
The file 'C:\Users\ricar\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\filezilla.xml could not be loaded.
File was not found at offset 0.
For this session the default settings will be used. Any changes to the settings will not be saved.

then:

Error loading queue
An error occurred loading the transfer queue from
"C:\Users\ricar\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\queue.sqlite3".
Some queue items might not have been restored.

The program appears to run Ok but on closing the program:

Error saving queue
An error occurred saving the transfer queue to
"C:\Users\ricar\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\queue.sqlite3".
Some queue items might not have been saved.

The files are present in the folder.


FileZilla Client
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Version: 3.55.1

Build information:
Compiled for: x86_64-w64-mingw32
Compiled on: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Build date: 2021-08-09
Compiled with: x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc (GCC) 8.3-win32 20190406
Compiler flags: -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wno-cast-function-type

Linked against:
wxWidgets: 3.0.6
SQLite: 3.31.1
GnuTLS: 3.6.15

Operating system:
Name: Windows 10 (build 19043), 64-bit edition
Version: 10.0
Platform: 64-bit system
CPU features: sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 sse4.1 sse4.2 avx avx2 aes pclmulqdq rdrnd bmi bmi2 adx lm
Settings dir: C:\Users\ricar\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\

Discovered that running filezilla.exe as administrator fixes the problem.

Bad workaround and not a fix for sure. Grant your user account proper access to its own configuration files is the real fix.