# Local ne se lance plus

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/local-ne-se-lance-plus/42990>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** windows-10\
**Created:** [May 21, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-ne-se-lance-plus/42990 "2024-05-21T09:42:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-ne-se-lance-plus/42990/5 "2024-05-23T09:54:11Z")

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I worked with @Scots via DM to solve this. Both their `sites.json` and `sites-organization.json` files were corrupt.

If Local will not start and you see lines such as `%%userDataPath%%\\sites.json: Unexpected token… is not valid JSON` in your Local logs, I’m documenting here how we got Local to start again and restore missing sites:

1. Quit Local if it’s running.
2. Open the Windows File Explorer.
3. Make sure you have enabled “[show hidden items](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/view-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-97fbc472-c603-9d90-91d0-1166d1d9f4b5#WindowsVersion=Windows_10)”.
4. Browse to This PC → [your hard drive] → Users → [your username] → AppData → Roaming → Local.
5. Rename the `sites-organization.json` file to `sites-organization-old.json` and `sites.json` to `sites-old.json`.
6. Start Local.

Import the sites manually from their location on disk, which involves:

1. In Windows File Explorer, locate your Local sites here: PC → [your hard drive] → Users → [your username] → Local Sites.
2. Right click each of your sites folders, and choose “Compress to ZIP file” to make a zip file from each site folder.
3. Drag each zip file into Local to import it (you may have to give it a new name).

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