Can't Login to My Main Character on PC

[Dargaath]

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Date & Time: January 29th 2024
Frequency: Every Time
World name: Goblin
Character name: @Home World Name: Dargaath Oshidari@Goblin
Class/Level: Machinist 90
Party or solo: Solo
In-game time: Unkown
Area and coordinates: The Lavender Beds
Housing:
Steps:
1. A few days ago I tried to login to my main, and it says an Unexpected Error Occurred. Exiting Final Fantasy 14.16a and then it shuts down FF14. I can log in to other characters, I can even log into this character on PS4 but not on my PC.

[Jeeqbit]

Most likely corrupted files in the character folder. If you close the game, go to Documents\My Games, open the Final Fantasy XIV folder, then backup the CHAR folders by moving them out to another directory, then launch the game again, you can see if it still crashes.

The CHAR folder contains your hotbars, macros, HUD Layout, keybinds and other settings, so these will all be reset. Don't worry about it though, because if it solves the issue, you can restore them file-by-file (rebooting the game between) until the crash happens again. Then you will know which file is corrupting it, if any.

Another option is to right click on your character and click Visit Another World Server. It takes you to Ul'dah on a random world. But this means you are in a different location than the Lavender Beds, in case it is something about the Lavender Beds that is crashing you.

[Dargaath]

I pulled the CHR folder out and I logged in, thank you so much. You're amazing ^^