Can't publish while offline

i keep getting the subject message when i try to run ipfs name publish.

below is the result of ipfs init, is there something wrong with my system?

Reproduction of data on my local pc
C:\Users\User\Downloads>ipfs init
generating ED25519 keypair…done
peer identity: 12D3KooWGWxY7KUvetByztXDmY9fATK1TRYLSWZdoWDGnVnEqwmg
initializing IPFS node at C:\Users\User.ipfs
Error: ipfs configuration file already exists!
Reinitializing would overwrite your keys.

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