When update is downloaded and I press to restart to update i get an error. [inno_updater_vZactg6OCq] [Taskmgr_uuWTUPokBA] I don’t see any Cursor instances run in task manager, when I try to repeat the same error appears. If I cancel installation I won’t be able to launch cursor anymore. And the…

Hi, if anyone encounters the window installer failure, you should be able to fix by going to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\ and then deleting the folder with an underscore (folder named _ ). Let me know if that doesn’t work (0.46.8+ versions should do this automatically on update/…

Hey, you should be fine to redownload the installer from cursor.com - that should work without any errors, but let me know if you have any issues

[Capture d'écran 2025-02-26 115824] By installing via the temp folder, it opens cursor in administrator version, is this a problem?

Yes, I currently don’t receive the 0.46 version update, and for now, I can continue using version 0.45. I hope this issue gets fixed soon. Thank you. In order to fix this bug, I’ve already reinstalled and uninstalled Cursor five or six times. Every time I install it, I have to restart my computer …

yes, this is what I observed, I am on 0.45.15 now

Found 0.45.16 installer in Temp folder, reinstalled it. It then attempted to update to 0.46.0, threw the same error, reinstalled 0.46.0 again from Temp folder.

The issue is still present? I see [image] on 0.45.15, but I’m scared to click the update button.

Here’s the translation of your issue into English: “Update prompt: Unable to close cursor.exe process; afterwards, the entire cursor disappeared. It needs to be reinstalled, but every time it attempts to automatically update, I have to reinstall it again. I am using Windows 11.”

My Cursor doesn’t open any more and I had the same error about renaming “tools”

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js12 (js12) February 26, 2025, 11:34am 52

reinstalled to 0.45.15 which got it back working, but then after i closed Cursor and reopened the same issue appeared. unsure if it was doing an automatic update?

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