tried a clean install of 1.0.23.0
same thing. the ini file is in the referenced folder (gets created during install), I can open it with notepad, etc.
I then installed version 1.0.21.0 back on top of the version .23 and version .21 works fine.
I also tried version .22 and it works fine. if I go to .23, it gives me the same error so for the time being I am back on version .22