according to this info https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/core/journaling/ journaling is automatic now in the latest versions so there is no need to manually enabling it in .conf file
therefore you have to change the file appdata\mongodb\mongod.conf and remove the lines:
journal:
enabled: true
or put # in front, like so:
# journal:
# enabled: true
it worked for me, hopefully will work for you too. cheers