Remote Desktop 10.2.3 Database Creation Error; 10.2.1 runs fine; 10.2.2 crashes: how to find actual cause(s)?

Question

What would be good steps to find the cause of the below errors?

I get this error when running Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.2.3 or higher on MacOS High Sierra:

Database Creation Error

"An error occurred during persistent store migration.

[Domain: NSCocoaErrorDomain, Code: 134110]"

I am stuck at 10.2.1 now (which cannot add user accounts and will eventually stop working), want to use the newer version, but cannot use intermediate 10.2.2 as it crashes with the below information that I repeatedly submitted with the "Problem Report for Microsoft Desktop".

Manually migrating all the machine and user entries is really cumbersome: there are hundreds of them.

Information that might help:

• where is the information on entries and users stored?
• what format is that information stored?
• are the tools for converting that information between various versions?
• where are crash reports stored?

Crash report on 10.2.1: https://gist.github.com/jpluimers/851453d938a62ce45abd30fb929ae5e1

Answer 1

For some reason, it looks like the new versions don't like some formats of the old application library. I made my work again after rebuilding the data in the library, forcing a kind of fresh install:

1. Delete the faulty app. (Microsoft Remote Desktop)

2. I rename the folder com.microsoft.rdc.macos inside directory /Users/myusername/Library/Containers/ to something like old_com.microsoft.rdc.macos

e.g.:

mv /Users/myusername/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.rdc.macos /Users/myusername/Library/Containers/old_com.microsoft.rdc.macos

3. Reinstall Microsoft RDC and test.

4. If everything works fine, you can go back and delete the moved folder to just keep it clean. In my case Users/myusername/Library/Containers/old_com.microsoft.rdc.macos

Note: I bet if you only execute the step 2, while the application has been closed, it will work.