Unable to attach

[itzmashy]

System information

Geth version: geth version
Geth
Version: 1.9.25-stable
Git Commit: e787272
Git Commit Date: 20201211
Architecture: 386
Protocol Versions: [65 64 63]
Go Version: go1.15.6
Operating System: windows
GOPATH=
GOROOT=go

OS & Version: Windows 10

Expected behaviour

i haven't been able to successfully attach :( i run:

geth attach C:/Eth/db/geth.ipc

i get
Fatal: Unable to attach to remote geth: no known transport for URL scheme "c"

if i do geth attach .\pipe\C:/Eth/db/geth.ipc

Fatal: Unable to attach to remote geth: parse "\.\pipe\C:/Eth/db/geth.ipc": first path segment in URL cannot contain colon

my sync is still running in the same window

i tried this in another window: geth --datadir=C:/Eth/db --port 30305 --rpc --rpcaddr 127.0.0.1 --rpcport 8505 --ipcpath=C:/Eth/db/geth.ipc console

got:
INFO [01-20|09:01:29.641] Starting Geth on Ethereum mainnet...
INFO [01-20|09:01:29.645] Bumping default cache on mainnet provided=1024 updated=4096
WARN [01-20|09:01:29.648] Lowering memory allowance on 32bit arch available=32682 addressable=2048
WARN [01-20|09:01:29.651] Sanitizing cache to Go's GC limits provided=4096 updated=682
INFO [01-20|09:01:29.655] Maximum peer count ETH=50 LES=0 total=50
WARN [01-20|09:01:29.658] The flag --rpc is deprecated and will be removed in the future, please use --http
WARN [01-20|09:01:29.662] The flag --rpcaddr is deprecated and will be removed in the future, please use --http.addr
WARN [01-20|09:01:29.666] The flag --rpcport is deprecated and will be removed in the future, please use --http.port
Fatal: Failed to create the protocol stack: datadir already used by another process

[itzmashy]

i was able to start the console like:
geth --datadir=C:/Eth/db --port 30305 --rpc --rpcaddr 127.0.0.1 --rpcport 8505 --ipcpath=C:/Eth/db/geth.ipc console