# Error getting interesting files from settings file

**URL:** <https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-getting-interesting-files-from-settings-file/3453>\
**Category:** Autopsy Help\
**Created:** [October 19, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-getting-interesting-files-from-settings-file/3453 "2022-10-19T13:01:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-getting-interesting-files-from-settings-file/3453/1 "2022-10-19T13:01:13Z")

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(Autopsy 4.3.0)

Hello, I use Autopsy 4.3.0 for classwork. Occasionally, I come across this error when starting a new case " Error getting interesting file sets from settings file" Does anyone seem to know what causes this?

Here is the log from the most recent attempt

> Blockquote Mon Oct 17 10:51:59 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case completeCaseChange  
> INFO: Changing Case to: org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case@713c3165  
> Mon Oct 17 10:51:59 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case completeCaseChange  
> INFO: Physical memory usage (max, total, free): 1908932608, 122159104, 33474408  
> JVM heap usage: init = 25165824(24576K) used = 88684696(86606K) committed = 122159104(119296K) max = 1908932608(1864192K), JVM non-heap usage: init = 2555904(2496K) used = 70055640(68413K) committed = 73818112(72088K) max = -1(-1K)  
> Process Virtual Memory: 82,104,320  
> Mon Oct 17 10:51:59 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corecomponentinterfaces.CoreComponentControl closeCoreWindows  
> INFO: tcName was null  
> Mon Oct 17 10:51:59 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.keywordsearch.Server isRunning  
> INFO: Solr server is running  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:04 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.imagegallery.datamodel.DrawableDB setPragmas  
> INFO: sqlite-jdbc version 3.7.8 loaded in native mode  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:04 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.imagegallery.PerCaseProperties getConfigSetting  
> INFO: File did not exist. Created file [Image Gallery.properties]  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case create  
> INFO: Created case proj912 in directory = C:\Users\Student\Documents\Work\proj912  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Android Analyzer, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = E01 Verifier, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Embedded File Extractor, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Exif Parser, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Extension Mismatch Detector, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = File Type Identification, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Hash Lookup, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Interesting Files Identifier, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = PhotoRec Carver, version = 7.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Virtual Machine Extractor, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Keyword Search, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Email Parser, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:52:05 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleFactoryLoader addFactory  
> INFO: Found ingest module factory: name = Recent Activity, version = 4.3.0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:53:56 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corecomponents.DataContentTopComponent findInstance  
> WARNING: Cannot find DataContentTopComponent component. It will not be located properly in the window system.  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestPipelinesConfiguration getInstance  
> INFO: Creating ingest module loader instance  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestMonitor$MonitorTimerAction logMonitoredRootDirectory  
> INFO: Monitoring disk space of C:  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.recentactivity.SearchEngineURLQueryAnalyzer loadConfigFile  
> INFO: Load successful  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.keywordsearch.Server isRunning  
> INFO: Solr server is running  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.keywordsearch.KeywordSearchIngestModule shutDown  
> INFO: Instance 0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.keywordsearch.KeywordSearchIngestModule shutDown  
> INFO: Indexed files count: 0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.keywordsearch.KeywordSearchIngestModule shutDown  
> INFO: Indexed file chunks count: 0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestManager startIngestJob  
> SEVERE: Error starting Interesting Files Identifier ingest module for job 0  
> Mon Oct 17 10:54:00 CDT 2022 org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestManager startIngestJob  
> SEVERE: Ingest job 0 could not be started
