3534470 - TDS Service does not start - Unexpected character encountered while parsing value

• This article provides a possible solution to a scenario where your TestDataService does not start.
• While attempting to start your TestDataService via the Windows Services you receive an information that the service can not be started or the service is stopping immediately after starting it.
  Looking into your Windows Event Viewer's "Application" section you can see an error event caused by the .Net Runtime with the following exception:
  
  Application: TestDataHost.exe
  CoreCLR Version: <version>
  .NET Version: <version>
  Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
  Exception Info: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: C. Path '', line 0, position 0.)
   ---> Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: C. Path '', line 0, position 0.
     at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue()
     at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader.ReadForType(JsonContract contract, Boolean hasConverter)
     at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Boolean checkAdditionalContent)
     at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType)
     at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType)
     at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(String value, Type type, JsonSerializerSettings settings)
     at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject[T](String value, JsonSerializerSettings settings)
     at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject[T](String value)
     at TestDataService.Configuration.TdsConfigurationManagement.LoadConfig(FileInfo configLocation)
     at TestDataService.Configuration.TdsConfigurationManagement.LoadConfig()
     at TestDataService.Configuration.TdsConfigurationManagement.InitializeConfig()

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