hi. i tried to to clean install but i still encountered issues. if anyone is able to help it’s greatly sppreciated.
log:
[2026-04-23 23:29:21.977] [info] Install state: not installed
[2026-04-23 23:29:21.978] [info] Starting installation.
[2026-04-23 23:29:24.569] [warn] SystemInformation [fsSize] is undefined. Skipping disk space check.
[2026-04-23 23:29:36.611] [warn] SystemInformation [fsSize] is undefined. Skipping disk space check.
[2026-04-23 23:29:38.267] [info] Received renderer-ready message!
[2026-04-23 23:29:38.303] [info] Creating ComfyUI directories in C:\Program Files\ComfyUI
[2026-04-23 23:29:38.303] [error] Failed to create ComfyUI directories: Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir ‘C:\Program Files\ComfyUI\custom_nodes’
at mkdirSync (node:fs:1372:26)
at t.mkdirSync (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:16279)
at ComfyConfigManager.createDirIfNotExists (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:3028:12)
at ComfyConfigManager.createNestedDirectories (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:3005:14)
at ComfyConfigManager.createComfyDirectories (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:2996:12)
at InstallWizard.install (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:37367:24)
at descriptor.value (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:25272:30)
at _InstallationManager2.freshInstall (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:37693:25)
at async _InstallationManager2.ensureInstalled (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:37568:31)
at async DesktopApp.initializeInstallation (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:39050:14)
[2026-04-23 23:29:38.305] [info] Settings file C:\Program Files\ComfyUI\user\default\comfy.settings.json does not exist. Using default settings.
[2026-04-23 23:29:38.306] [error] Failed to save settings: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘C:\Program Files\ComfyUI\user\default\comfy.settings.json’
at async open (node:internal/fs/promises:639:25)
at async Object.writeFile (node:internal/fs/promises:1219:14)
at async ComfySettings.saveSettings (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:3572:7)
at async InstallWizard.initializeSettings (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:37407:5)
at async InstallWizard.install (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:37370:5)
at async descriptor.value (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:25272:9)
at async _InstallationManager2.freshInstall (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:37693:5)
at async _InstallationManager2.ensureInstalled (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:37568:31)
at async DesktopApp.initializeInstallation (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:39050:14)
at async DesktopApp.start (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:39065:26)
[2026-04-23 23:30:45.376] [error] An error was detected, but the troubleshooting page could not be loaded. The app will close now. Please reinstall if this issue persists. FatalError: Cannot troubleshoot before installation is complete.
at FatalError.wrapIfGeneric (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:3487:49)
at DesktopApp.fatalError (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:39199:31)
at DesktopApp.showTroubleshootingPage (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:39183:18)
at C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:39157:87
at WebContents. (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:83553)
at WebContents.emit (node:events:519:28)
at emitter.emit (C:\Program Files\ComfyUIinstall\resources\app.asar.vite\build\main.cjs:22938:14)
[2026-04-24 00:09:54.084] [info] Starting app v0.8.35