The solution that Vampy marked as the solution, isn't in fact the solution, the status meter doesn't depend on Java running on a computer, it uses something very different called Java Script which can be ran with out Java being installed. There is no need to reinstall, uninstall or do anything with the meter in most cases... 1: Close the Hughesnet Usage Meter if it manages to run. 2: Open "My Computer" or "This PC" 3a: Navigate to the directory in question 3b: You can type C:\users\YOURUSERNAME\appdata\roaming\Hughesnet Usage Meter to get to this area quickly, the appdata folder is hidden by default. 4: Delete the file referenced, in your case it's "status-meter.conf" 5: Attempt to open the Usage Meter, it should now re-open, if it comes up with a new error point to a different file, you will need to delete that file as well. @MarkJFine can provide more insight into which files commonly become corrupted. The reason this happens is because the Hughesnet Usage Meter wasn't properly closed the last time it ran, the file will become corrupted it a Windows machine isn't cleanly shut down... So sudden power losses, and crashes will corrupt the configuration files. If deleted, the meter will recreate them when it goes to re-open.
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