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Windows update failed: Access is denied

See original GitHub issue

Log from %HOME%\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode-inno-updater.log

Apr 13 11:27:40.666 INFO Starting: C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe, false
Apr 13 11:27:40.670 INFO Checking for running Code.exe processes... (attempt 1)
Apr 13 11:27:40.670 INFO Code.exe is running, wait a bit
Apr 13 11:27:41.148 INFO Checking for running Code.exe processes... (attempt 2)
Apr 13 11:27:41.153 INFO Code.exe is running, wait a bit
Apr 13 11:27:41.654 INFO Checking for running Code.exe processes... (attempt 3)
Apr 13 11:27:41.666 INFO Code.exe is not running
Apr 13 11:27:41.666 INFO Starting update, silent = false
Apr 13 11:27:41.691 INFO do_update: "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe", _
Apr 13 11:27:41.692 INFO move_update: "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\unins000.dat", _
Apr 13 11:27:41.696 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 1)
Apr 13 11:27:41.744 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 2)
Apr 13 11:27:41.945 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 3)
Apr 13 11:27:42.396 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 4)
Apr 13 11:27:43.197 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 5)
Apr 13 11:27:44.448 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 6)
Apr 13 11:27:46.249 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 7)
Apr 13 11:27:48.700 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 8)
Apr 13 11:27:51.901 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 9)
Apr 13 11:27:55.952 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 10)
Apr 13 11:28:00.953 INFO Delete: "Code.exe" (attempt 11)
Apr 13 11:28:00.953 ERRO Access is denied. (os error 5)

On Windows 10 64 bit

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mrchiefcommented, Jul 12, 2018

Redirecting here is good to raise awareness. But ultimately, it forces everyone to scroll through the comments to figure out why they landed here.

A better UX would be to:

allow VSCode to update in background - this means 1) do not nag me on every instance, every time whether I want to update or not. 2) do not require admin permissions to do so.
upgrade vscode the next time it restarts silently (maybe make it configurable)

When in doubt, follow Chrome’s auto-update behavior.

Please do not let VSCode become the next Adobe Flash. 🙏

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robertcatgithubcommented, Jul 23, 2018

Microsoftee brilliance at work yet again F* this