Describe the Bug
I had 2 versions of Cursor on my Add or Remove Programs list on Windows 10. The newer version uninstalled just fine, but the older version gave this error when I tried to uninstall it:
“Windows cannot find ‘C:\Users*USER*\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Uninstall Cursor.exe’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.”
This seems to be the same issue found on this bug report:
but the only solution was to use a 3rd party software remover.
The version I had previously installed was 0.45.14, and I tried to reinstall specifically that version, but the link didn’t work for me:
So I tried installing the previous version, that link also didn’t work, so I installed the next version (0.45.15). That download link worked, but I still couldn’t uninstall the 0.45.14 version.
I finally found an actual solution though, and I wanted to share it:
In the folder: C:\Users*USER*\AppData\Local\cursor-updater
there was a file “installer.exe”.
I ran that exe, and then the uninstall from Add or Remove Programs for that version finally worked!
Steps to Reproduce
I don’t know if you could reproduce this bug easily
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 0.45.14
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 906121b8c0bdf041c14a15dac228e66ab5505260
Date: 2025-02-19T20:36:48.096Z
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045