Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data

[antonios]

Hi,
I have just migrated my webpage from a live host to localhost, using Akeeba backup->kickstart.php->angie.php
When arrived at the last step, after the site had been supposedly restored and pushing the Clean-up button
When I try to visit both the site front-end or the back-end I get the following message:

Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: D:\XAMPP php-7-4-29\tmp) in D:\XAMPP php-7-4-29\htdocs\joomla\libraries\joomla\session\handler\native.php on line 260
Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session

And cannot understand why.
I looked at several cases posted here, but could not find proposed solution that helps so far.
Also I tried to run the FPA script after copying it in my website root folder but I get the same error
So it seems that there is some other issue not related to the website itself that doesn't allow for scripts to run
into the website folder.
The version of php I am using is 7.4.29 (the version that I had on the live site si 7.4.30)
The joomla version is 3.10.10 (in both sites)

[Per Yngve Berg]

save.session_path is not set to a valid writable folder in php.ini

D:\XAMPP php-7-4-29\tmp does not look correct to me.

[antonios]

Hi Per
I see that the folder in question seems to be writable since I can see several files there
The last one written at 13:36 today

[antonios]

Also I just modified the following line in php.ini and reloaded everything

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session.save_path="777;D:\XAMPP php-7-4-29\tmp"

but the issue persists!

[Per Yngve Berg]

session.save_path="D:\XAMPP php-7-4-29\tmp"

Unless you create 777 folders in tmp.

[antonios]

ok but as I showed the tmp directory has already being written

[antonios]

Am just realizing that although in php.ini

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session.save_path="D:\XAMPP php-7-4-29\tmp"

but in my configuration.php file

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public $tmp_path = 'D:/XAMPP php-7-4-29/htdocs/joomla/tmp';

so I wonder if the first value shouldn't also be as the second, that is:

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session.save_path="D:/XAMPP php-7-4-29/htdocs/joomla/tmp"

since the session is being saved outside of the joomla installation .... just wondering