Why won't monerod.exe connect to daemon?

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I have tried the following to get monerod.exe to work:

placed all monero related folders in the exception section of my antivirus (AV originally quarantined and blocked several files)
removed monerod.exe from antivirus quarantine

please advise, thanks.

Is there a daemon listening on 127.0.0.1:18081 ? If you started monerod, it might be it's busy converting an existing blockchain, which can take a while and during which it will not accept connections. You can see dameon logs in ~/.bitmonero/bitmonero.log. — user36303, Commented Nov 30, 2019 at 2:57
@user36303 see original post for log. I don't know what the error means though. Can you tell me how to find out if there is a daemon listening on 127.0.0.1:18081. I don't know how to do this. It is probably the solution — Owen, Commented Nov 30, 2019 at 10:43
That is not the dameon log. it looks like a wallet log. If you're on Linux, netstat -tanp | grep 18081 should show you if anything is listening on that port. If you're on Windows, searching the web will likely find how to do it there. — user36303, Commented Nov 30, 2019 at 14:13

Owen · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-01 12:07:18Z

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I solved the issue by connecting to a remote node. I used the following as a guide.

How to connect to a remote node within GUI wallet:

answered Dec 1, 2019 at 12:07

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