Update: attempted to load armory on another PC. Synced bitcoin core and installed armory 0.96. Database building completed but was met with the ZC parser thread warning and could not proceed any further. Uninstalled armory 0.96 and installed 0.96.1. Now I cannot get the database to build at all and therefore cannot go online with this PC neither
The log file reports the following:
2017-08-12 07:55:37 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:365 - Using the asynchronous/multi-threaded BlockDataManager.
2017-08-12 07:55:37 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:366 - Blockchain operations will happen in the background.
2017-08-12 07:55:37 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:367 - Devs: check TheBDM.getState() before asking for data.
2017-08-12 07:55:37 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:368 - Registering addresses during rescans will queue them for
2017-08-12 07:55:37 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:369 - inclusion after the current scan is completed.
2017-08-12 07:55:38 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:3590 - Using settings file: C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Armory\ArmorySettings.txt
2017-08-12 07:55:39 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:2050 - loadWalletsAndSettings
2017-08-12 07:55:39 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:2110 - Loading wallets...
2017-08-12 07:55:39 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:2175 - Number of wallets read in: 1
2017-08-12 07:55:39 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:2180 - Wallet (xxx): "Primary Wallet (Watch) " (No Encryption)
2017-08-12 07:55:39 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1752 - acquiring process mutex...
2017-08-12 07:55:41 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1391 - setupUriRegistration
2017-08-12 07:55:41 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1459 - Armory already registered for current user. Done!
2017-08-12 07:55:41 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:565 - Usermode: Advanced
2017-08-12 07:55:41 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1687 - Changing usermode:
2017-08-12 07:55:41 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1688 - From: Advanced
2017-08-12 07:55:41 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1696 - To: Advanced
2017-08-12 07:55:41 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1825 - startBitcoindIfNecessary
2017-08-12 07:55:44 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1861 - setSatoshiPaths
2017-08-12 07:55:44 (ERROR) -- BDM.pyc:276 - setSatoshiDir: directory does not exist: C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\
2017-08-12 07:55:44 (WARNING) -- SDM.pyc:403 - Spawning DB with command:./ArmoryDB.exe --db-type="DB_FULL" --cookie --datadir="C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Armory\" --dbdir="C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases"
2017-08-12 07:55:44 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:667 - Executing popen: ['./ArmoryDB.exe', '--db-type="DB_FULL"', '--cookie', '--datadir="C:\\Users\\XXX\\AppData\\Roaming\\Armory\\"', u'--dbdir="C:\\Users\\XXX\\AppData\\Roaming\\Armory\\databases"']
2017-08-12 07:55:46 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1813 - Connecting on port 9001
2017-08-12 07:55:46 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1913 - Setting netmode: 1
2017-08-12 07:55:46 (ERROR) -- BDM.pyc:200 - DB error: C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin/blocks is not a valid path
2017-08-12 07:55:46 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1913 - Setting netmode: 0
2017-08-12 07:55:46 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1895 - loadBlockchainIfNecessary
2017-08-12 07:55:46 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:4644 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
2017-08-12 07:55:46 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:4644 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
The problem appears to be with the "2017-08-12 07:55:44 (ERROR) -- BDM.pyc:276 - setSatoshiDir: directory does not exist: C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\" path but my bitcoin directory was never there and it worked with version 0.96 (well worked as in the process at least made it past this step)
Update:
Uninstalled and deleted every trace of armory on the second PC (that connected before). Re-installed v0.96.1. Has been "organizing blockchain" for the last few hours. Hoping for the best