Unable to update for about 6 weeks

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I have never personally experienced any windows client with more issues. Either you are in profiteering mode and simply don’t care, or your team is substandard. Which is it?

Steps to Reproduce

Use cursor IDE, discover a severely flawed product that shouldn’t be monetized and should be disallowed by the FTC. Better described as a fraud scheme

Expected Behavior

Ability to update either through the interface or by downloading the updated (new) installer

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

1.5.11
VsCode: 1.99.3

Version: 1.5.11 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 2f2737de9aa376933d975ae30290447c910fdf40
Date: 2025-09-05T03:48:32.332Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

2

Hey, I’m not a Windows user, so I’m not sure how updates work there. On macOS, downloading the latest installer overwrites the existing app and the new version takes effect. Could you try the same on Windows and let me know what happens?

3

Hey, thanks for the report. Being stuck on version 1.5.11 since September is definitely a problem. The current version is 2.0.

Please help us troubleshoot:

  • Download the latest installer from Download · Cursor and try running it. What exact error message do you get?
  • Check your antivirus/Windows Defender: it might be blocking the installer. Try adding Cursor to exclusions or temporarily disabling it during installation.
  • Run the installer as Administrator: right-click the downloaded file and select “Run as administrator.”

Let us know what happens at each step and any error messages you see. That will help us identify the exact issue.