FILEZILLA not working after upgrade from ubuntu 15.10 to ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]

Problem with version 3.15 but solved in 3.20.

1. Backup your config files, they can be located in ~/.config/filezilla or ~/.filezilla

2. Download the latest FileZilla version from here

3. Run:

   tar -xvf FileZilla_3.20.1_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
   cp -rp Filezilla3/bin/* /usr/bin/
   

Then, the output of filezilla --version should be:

    FileZilla 3.20.1 official build, compiled on 2016-08-03

4. If you want you can create a launcher do this:

   wget http://www.freeiconspng.com/uploads/filezilla-icon-6.png
   mkdir -p ~/Filezilla
   mv filezilla-icon-6.png ~/Filezilla/filezilla.png
   echo '[Desktop Entry]
   Encoding=UTF-8
   Name=Filezilla 3.20.1
   Comment=Filezilla easy FTP transfer
   Exec=/usr/bin/filezilla
   Icon=~/Filezilla/filezilla.png
   Categories=Application;Development;FTP;network
   Version=1.0
   Type=Application
   Terminal=0
   ' > ~/.local/share/applications/filezilla.desktop
   

5. Copy your config to the new config folder ~/.config/filezilla

As per the comment from Nick Weinberg I removed the .filezilla directory within the home directory and it now works ("sudo rm -rf .filezilla")

Removing the .filezilla directory works temporarily. The problem comes back after a few uses. Removing the directory is necessary each time it reoccurs.

FYI, the second time I had this issue there was no .filezilla directory. I had to remove .config/filezilla instead