Merge pull request #5283 from ichorid/fix_qvariant_error

Fix QVariant error when reading GUI settings

src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/utilities.py

@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ def get_gui_setting(gui_settings, value, default, is_bool=False):
     Utility method to get a specific GUI setting. The is_bool flag defines whether we expect a boolean so we convert it
     since on Windows, all values are saved as plain text.
     """
-    val = gui_settings.value(value, default)
+    try:
+        val = gui_settings.value(value, default)
+    except TypeError:
+        val = default
     if is_bool:
         val = val == True or val == 'true'
     return val