Problems with last update
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Hello,
I had few problems with the update system.
After downloading the updater, my computer was enable to launch it because it was not able to create a temporary folder. The error message said that it was because it has not enough space (I have 10GB left on my C:) or not enough rights to write this temporary folder. I tried to launch Vivaldy with administration rights but it failed again to launch the updater.
My only way to solve this was to go into the "Temp" folder, find the updater exe, kill the Vivaldi process and then launch the update with administration rights.
This is not convenient at all so if you have a solution for Vivaldi browser to be able to launch an update without all this stuff, that would be cool.
Thanks .
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@Nemotaku The key thing is to ensure that all Vivaldi processes are shut down prior to trying to run the installer. The vast majority of systems do this without user intervention. It's not yet clear why some systems don't close all Vivaldi processes on browser shutdown - but there are a few that don't.
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I am having the same problem. Updating has, in the past, always gone very smoothly. How do I check whether all Vivaldi processes are shut down?
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@mdoobov Ctrl+Alt+Delete will open the Windows Task Manager, where you can see running Vivaldi processes and shut them down manually.
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That didn't work. So I deleted Vivaldi and re-installed it. Success.
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I had this issue with yesterday's update on one of my PCs. I downloaded the full package from the Vivaldi website instead and the update worked. I know that the issue was that the updater wasn't asking me for admin rights. I'm just hoping it doesn't do that again or I might have to move the installation folder to the root of my C drive.
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Same problem on the past 2 updates.
It doesn't even require me to run as an admin if I run it from the temp folder where the updater downloads the exe. It just won't install silently from the updater for some reason.
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I confirm the problem with 2 past updates. I have to change the permissions on the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Vivaldi"
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@Gwen-Dragon
I have 3.7.2218.49 Try to update to 3.7.2218.52
"The installer couldn't create a temporary directory. Please check for free disk space and permission to install software." -
@Gwen-Dragon
I use "Check for updates..." menu from browser. -
@Gwen-Dragon
Updater doesn't have permissions to write in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Vivaldi". Previously, it called the UAC window for elevation of rights. This is not happening now. (Windows 7 Pro x64) -