Error message after update
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OK, I think I see what the error with the patch might be. In the new version's folder named .....\1.14.1077.60\installer there is no folder named setup.exe, like there is in the folder named ...\1.14.1077.55\installer. But I don't yet know what bsdiff.err=8 means. There is just a vivaldi.7z file (which wasn't in the old version folder) and chrmstp.exe file.
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At the folder ...program files\vivaldi\application* the vivaldi.exe file (the file that the startup shortcut refers to) is listed as being version 1.14.1077.60
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OK. bsdiff has something to do with binary substitution. An error applying a patch? err=8? Also there is something about "Courgette," and err=3.
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I could try uninstalling vivaldi and then installing the latest version. However I'm worried that something about the confused new updated installation may cause the uninstallation to not proceed properly.
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Programs and Features listed the newest version of Vilvaldi. I tried to uninstall. Got a message saying An error occurred when uninstalling Vivaldi, maybe it is already uninstalled, would you like to remove the listing from programs and features. It is still functioning though. I really should figure out how to uninstall it and start all over again.
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I suppose I could try re-installing the latest version and see if it gets properly reinstalled, and see if it is possible to uninstall that. There are 2 folders in c:\programs, one for version 55, and one for version 60, missing the setup.exe program. I could try uninstalling using setup.exe with whatever switch is needed, but I'm afraid that might make things worse! Like perhaps make Vivaldi unusable, and make a mishmosh of my my registry. The other thing I could do is do a windows Restore to before I installed Vivaldi, about a week or 2 ago, but there have been 7 or 8 programs that I installed after Vivaldi, that I would have to reinstall.
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@gwen-dragon said in Error message after update:
@nomenclator Looks like there was a online update (delta update) running trying to patch the changes and that failed.
What happens if you start Update manually by menu Help -> Check for Updates.
It that working or does it tell you you have the latest version?It tells me I have the latest version.
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@gwen-dragon said in Error message after update:
@nomenclator Then all install was done with a ok!
No, apparently it was not. If Vivaldi was properly installed, then I would be able to uninstall it. But I cannot. Also, Windows programs and features cannot report Vivladi's size.
The 1.14.1077.60 folder is missing setup.exe in it. Also, the folder 1.14.1077.55 is till there, and it has setup.exe in it. The *.55 folder is supposed to be removed when version *.60 is installed. Conceivably even though update reports that I have version 1.14.1077.60, perhaps it is version 1.14.1077.55 that is actually running. Anyway I can't uninstall Vivaldi. I would like to be able to uninstall it! The lack of setup.exe in the *.60 folder is probably why I can't uninstall vivaldi.
Using Windows Restore to get back to where windows was before vivaldi was installed would require me to re-install 7 or 8 programs that I installed after installing Vivaldi.
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@gwen-dragon By "delete all keys" do you mean I should use regedit's find command to locate every thing in the registry that has the letters "vivaldi*" in it - I have found at least 40 so far, there are probably hundreds - or do you mean just delete the 2 things that you listed? In addition to "keys" the registry has "subkeys," "values," and "data." And I am not sure of the distinction between a value and data.
If I use the find command do I just check the box that says "keys" and not check the boxes that say "values" and "data" and then delete the 15 or so keys that it finds? Is that what I need to do? And what about the "match whole strings only" (whatever that means) checkbox? If I check that box in addition to the keys box it only finds about 8 things.
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@gwen-dragon Not sure what you mean. After I export a backup of the registry, I go to Edit > Find , and then in the prompt window that comes up, I enter "Vivaldi" in the text box, is that what I do? But then, which check boxes do I check? Then, after I click the Find Next button or hit F3, then the Find function will highlight things in the left pane. Do I then Right-Click on those highlighted things, and select Delete?
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@gwen-dragon Thank you.
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@gwen-dragon Windows is not allowing me to delete the ....program files (x86)/Vivaldi folder because it is "open in another program."
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@gwen-dragon OK, I looked in Task Manger and found one vivaldi process still running even though Vivaldi was not running. I've forgotten what it was, maybe it was a quickstart or something. But anyway after I removed I was able to deleter the vivaldi folder. After deleting the registry keys and running the (64 bit this time) installation program, I've gotten Vivaldi up and running. My bookmarks seem to be still there, also my extensions, so things seemed to have worked out well, and I'm sending this message from Vivaldi. Thanks again gwen-dragon.
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@gwen-dragon said in Error message after update:
I remember sometimes crashed Vivaldi processes (zombies) remained running, blocked updates and that could only be resolved by a Windows restart.
May a setting will reduce such zombies in future:
Open chrome://settings/system in address field
In section System
Switch to off 'Continue running background apps when Vivaldi is closed'
Close settingsYes. I saw that setting. I don't remember if it was on or off when I did the update. What I have noted, more recently, is that even with "continue running background app..." switched to Off, if I have ticked "notify about updates", then when I exit Vivaldi, there will be a process that remains running called "update_notifier.exe". I thought that was peculiar because with most apps of the kind that do not continually run, or continually run in the background, including other browsers, usually you aren't offered an update until the time that you start the app.
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