# Error loading ingest job settings

**URL:** <https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-loading-ingest-job-settings/2178>\
**Category:** Autopsy Help\
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-loading-ingest-job-settings/2178 "2020-09-25T22:02:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BCSO\_RAbel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@BCSO\_RAbel](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/BCSO_RAbel)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-loading-ingest-job-settings/2178/1 "2020-09-25T22:02:09Z")

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Autopsy 4.16.0  
When I click on Add Data Source, I get a pop-up message that has numerous “Error loading ingest job settings for …” errors. Is this something I need to worry about? Any fixes?

 ![Autopsy 2020-09-25_133534](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/sleuthkit/original/2X/e/eefbc8f6fdcf15979e93803c3dd67fa19deb33ab.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Mark\_McKinnon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/sleuthkit.discourse.group/mark_mckinnon/32/42_2.png) [@Mark\_McKinnon](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/Mark_McKinnon)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-loading-ingest-job-settings/2178/2 "2020-09-26T00:14:32Z")

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You will need to do the following:

Go into the following directories:

C:\Users\<user\>\AppData\Roaming\autopsy\config\IngestModuleSettings\org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.AddImageWizardIngestConfigPanel  
and  
C:\Users\<user\>\AppData\Roaming\autopsy\config\IngestModuleSettings\org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.RunIngestModulesDialog

and delete **all** the files that start with org.python.proxies. These are the settings for the modules

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**Author:** ![BCSO\_RAbel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@BCSO\_RAbel](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/BCSO_RAbel)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-loading-ingest-job-settings/2178/3 "2020-09-28T13:34:14Z")

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That fixed it. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Mvatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/sleuthkit.discourse.group/mvatt/32/1562_2.png) [@Mvatt](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/Mvatt)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-loading-ingest-job-settings/2178/4 "2022-02-02T13:39:26Z")

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Same question but with Autopsy version 4.3.0 I looked for files states above but not showing up. Any other ideas for the newer version?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_McKinnon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/sleuthkit.discourse.group/mark_mckinnon/32/42_2.png) [@Mark\_McKinnon](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/Mark_McKinnon)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/error-loading-ingest-job-settings/2178/5 "2022-02-02T15:15:17Z")

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With that old of a version of Autopsy it could be a few issues. Plugins may not run because they are made for the new versions of Autopsy based on API calls. Can you update to a new version as that one is approximately 5 years old.