Trouble Using Cursor 2.6

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I’ve installed Cursor 2.6 both User and System For Windows x64 processor. After a whole restart, I still get the message that This version of Cursor is no longer supported.
Due to this I am not able to use Cursor. How to fix it?
Why is cursor not detecting the latest version?

Steps to Reproduce

Install user and system cursor 2.6 on windows 11 x64
Then restart.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 2.6.20 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b29eb4ee5f9f6d1cb2afbc09070198d3ea6ad760
Date: 2026-03-17T01:50:02.404Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hey, the problem is almost certainly that you have both versions installed, User and System, and Windows is launching the old one.

On Windows these are two different paths:

  • User install: %LocalAppData%\Programs\Cursor\
  • System install: C:\Program Files\Cursor\

A desktop or Start Menu shortcut can still point to the old install even if the new one is installed correctly.

What to do:

  1. Open Task Manager, find Cursor, and check the path to the .exe right click then Open file location
  2. Uninstall one of the installs via Add or Remove Programs, keep only one, System is usually best
  3. Download the latest installer from Cursor · Download and reinstall

A similar issue was solved here: Required to download latest version every day. It was the same cause, dual install.

Let me know if it helped.

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Thank you!
This worked

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