Unable to parse Ionic Config file. Please make sure it is valid JSON

Question

All of a sudden, I'm getting this while trying to run ionic. What's wrong?

C:\Users>ionic
Unable to parse Ionic Config file. Please make sure it is valid JSON (.ionic/ionic.config)

Caught exception:
 SyntaxError: Unexpected token
    at Object.parse (native)
    at Object.module.exports.load (C:\Users\BBytes\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\ionic-app-lib\lib\config.js:14:26)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\BBytes\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\lib\utils\stats.js:31:31)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\BBytes\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\lib\cli.js:3:18)

Mind letting us know? https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-cli/issues

Answer 1

I've found the source of the problem! My C:/Users/{username}/.ionic/ionic.config file was corrupted when my pc crashed /or due to some other error.

Weird that that file NEVER gets cleared when uninstalling ionic.

Just Delete the file and when you run ionic serve it will create the file by default in the folder.