diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 11b078c97a..ae18fde81e 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -1674,19 +1674,29 @@ void Application::cleanupUnits()
 void Application::destruct()
 {
     // saving system parameter
-    Base::Console().Log("Saving system parameter...\n");
-    _pcSysParamMngr->SaveDocument();
+    if (_pcSysParamMngr->IgnoreSave()) {
+        Base::Console().Warning("Discard system parameter\n");
+    }
+    else {
+        Base::Console().Log("Saving system parameter...\n");
+        _pcSysParamMngr->SaveDocument();
+        Base::Console().Log("Saving system parameter...done\n");
+    }
     // saving the User parameter
-    Base::Console().Log("Saving system parameter...done\n");
-    Base::Console().Log("Saving user parameter...\n");
-    _pcUserParamMngr->SaveDocument();
-    Base::Console().Log("Saving user parameter...done\n");
+    if (_pcUserParamMngr->IgnoreSave()) {
+        Base::Console().Warning("Discard user parameter\n");
+    }
+    else {
+        Base::Console().Log("Saving user parameter...\n");
+        _pcUserParamMngr->SaveDocument();
+        Base::Console().Log("Saving user parameter...done\n");
+    }
 
     // now save all other parameter files
     auto& paramMgr = _pcSingleton->mpcPramManager;
     for (auto it : paramMgr) {
         if ((it.second != _pcSysParamMngr) && (it.second != _pcUserParamMngr)) {
-            if (it.second->HasSerializer()) {
+            if (it.second->HasSerializer() && !it.second->IgnoreSave()) {
                 Base::Console().Log("Saving %s...\n", it.first.c_str());
                 it.second->SaveDocument();
                 Base::Console().Log("Saving %s...done\n", it.first.c_str());
diff --git a/src/Base/Parameter.cpp b/src/Base/Parameter.cpp
index 69e4d32248..66f5068cd9 100644
--- a/src/Base/Parameter.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Parameter.cpp
@@ -1617,6 +1617,7 @@ ParameterManager::ParameterManager()
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     // NOLINTBEGIN
+    gIgnoreSave = false;
     gDoNamespaces = false;
     gDoSchema = false;
     gSchemaFullChecking = false;
@@ -1723,14 +1724,28 @@ void ParameterManager::SaveDocument() const
     }
 }
 
+void ParameterManager::SetIgnoreSave(bool value)
+{
+    gIgnoreSave = value;
+}
+
+bool ParameterManager::IgnoreSave() const
+{
+    return gIgnoreSave;
+}
+
 namespace
 {
-void waitForFileAccess(const Base::FileInfo& file)
+QString getLockFile(const Base::FileInfo& file)
 {
     QFileInfo fi(QDir::tempPath(), QString::fromStdString(file.fileName() + ".lock"));
-    QLockFile lock(fi.absoluteFilePath());
-    const int waitOneSecond = 1000;
-    lock.tryLock(waitOneSecond);
+    return fi.absoluteFilePath();
+}
+
+int getTimeout()
+{
+    const int timeout = 5000;
+    return timeout;
 }
 }  // namespace
 
@@ -1753,7 +1768,14 @@ int ParameterManager::LoadDocument(const char* sFileName)
 {
     try {
         Base::FileInfo file(sFileName);
-        waitForFileAccess(file);
+        QLockFile lock(getLockFile(file));
+        if (!lock.tryLock(getTimeout())) {
+            // Continue with empty config
+            CreateDocument();
+            SetIgnoreSave(true);
+            std::cerr << "Failed to access file for reading: " << sFileName << std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
 #if defined(FC_OS_WIN32)
         std::wstring name = file.toStdWString();
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
@@ -1845,7 +1867,11 @@ void ParameterManager::SaveDocument(const char* sFileName) const
 {
     try {
         Base::FileInfo file(sFileName);
-        waitForFileAccess(file);
+        QLockFile lock(getLockFile(file));
+        if (!lock.tryLock(getTimeout())) {
+            std::cerr << "Failed to access file for writing: " << sFileName << std::endl;
+            return;
+        }
         //
         // Plug in a format target to receive the resultant
         // XML stream from the serializer.
diff --git a/src/Base/Parameter.h b/src/Base/Parameter.h
index a3bc1f3848..5f967ba692 100644
--- a/src/Base/Parameter.h
+++ b/src/Base/Parameter.h
@@ -434,12 +434,15 @@ public:
     bool LoadOrCreateDocument();
     /// Saves an XML document by calling the serializer's save method.
     void SaveDocument() const;
+    void SetIgnoreSave(bool value);
+    bool IgnoreSave() const;
     //@}
 
 private:
     XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_QUALIFIER DOMDocument* _pDocument {nullptr};
     ParameterSerializer* paramSerializer {nullptr};
 
+    bool gIgnoreSave;
     bool gDoNamespaces;
     bool gDoSchema;
     bool gSchemaFullChecking;
diff --git a/src/Gui/StartupProcess.cpp b/src/Gui/StartupProcess.cpp
index 021a1cda49..159fe0a51c 100644
--- a/src/Gui/StartupProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/StartupProcess.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "MainWindow.h"
 #include "Language/Translator.h"
 #include <App/Application.h>
+#include <Base/Console.h>
 
 
 using namespace Gui;
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ void StartupPostProcess::execute()
     setBranding();
     showMainWindow();
     activateWorkbench();
+    checkParameters();
 }
 
 void StartupPostProcess::setWindowTitle()
@@ -545,3 +547,15 @@ void StartupPostProcess::autoloadModules(const QStringList& wb)
         }
     }
 }
+
+void StartupPostProcess::checkParameters()
+{
+    if (App::GetApplication().GetSystemParameter().IgnoreSave()) {
+        Base::Console().Warning("System parameter file couldn't be opened.\n"
+                                "Continue with an empty configuration that won't be saved.\n");
+    }
+    if (App::GetApplication().GetUserParameter().IgnoreSave()) {
+        Base::Console().Warning("User parameter file couldn't be opened.\n"
+                                "Continue with an empty configuration that won't be saved.\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Gui/StartupProcess.h b/src/Gui/StartupProcess.h
index a6e169aeff..838ac7ec5c 100644
--- a/src/Gui/StartupProcess.h
+++ b/src/Gui/StartupProcess.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ private:
     bool hiddenMainWindow() const;
     void showMainWindow();
     void activateWorkbench();
+    void checkParameters();
 
 private:
     bool loadFromPythonModule = false;