Error invoking remote method 'api.startService': Error: failed to start portmaster

[Harris2shotKbke]

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What happened:
-i keep getting this error when starting portmaster. also the windows icon in the pop up menu in the lower left hand corner of the desktop wont register clicks

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[Flow44A]

Same error <3 PLS help

[Raphty]

Can you give more information about what is happening on the device?

This is too little information to do anything.

[Harris2shotKbke]

On Startup portmaster runs fine sometimes the icon in the windows taskbar to the lower right hand corner of the desktop will not register clicks. Whenever portmaster is started after startup the above screen shows the above error. It will then boot into the normal home screen as if nothing happened. If you restart after this using the button in the lower left hand corner of portmaster the error does not appear and everything appears normal. I have uninstalled and reinstalled portmaster using bulk crap uninstaller and it still shows this error. There are other posts from people more knowledgeable than me about the same issue on GitHub one quick search will show.