failed to launch the installer
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I am trying to update to the latest snapshot (1.15.1137.3 from 1.15.1132.3) and keep getting the message 'failed to launch the installer'
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@petercollyer Make sure that no Vivaldi processes are still running after you closed Vivaldi.
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@petercollyer Do you use any 3rd party security software?
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Using Avira antivirus pro. At the previous update two files were quarantined, but research suggested a false positive so I restored them, but still get the Failed to launch the installer message. Is that the root of the problem?
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@petercollyer It can be. 3rd party antivirus sometime blocks some or all of Vivaldi's functions, including the installer. Sometimes it even requires an uninstall of the AV to get it to run right, if whitelisting the file or disabling the AV doesn't work. However, in Win10, the system's own AV has been known to block it as well, and in some cases even Windows UAC has done it.
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FYI I have successfully updated to snapshot 1.15.1146.5, missing out the snapshot which caused the problem.
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@petercollyer could have been a bad download of the installer.
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