OB Updater keeps deleting my install

[=Panther=]

Need some serious help here, since the last two build releases my install gets destroyed by the updater. It starts deleting “obsolete” files which are not, once it’s done I’m left with a broken install that won’t repair itself because the key components are gone.

 

Attached is a screen shot of the error. I’ll post the log momentarily if I can grab it remotely.

autoupdate_log.txt

Edited July 11, 2018 by =Panther=

[c0ff]

It removes what's changed or got deleted before installing what was downloaded.

 

a broken install that won’t repair itself because the key components are gone.

What are those components? To repair, DCS_updater.exe + autoupdate.db + autoupdate.cfg are enough.

[c0ff]

Most probably, an AV or running DCS block the file from deletion, so the update does not get installed.

 

According to your log after that you make a repair, that deletes the downloaded update on your request. Then you make an attempt to update again just to repeat the cycle.

[=Panther=]

Resolved, for whatever reason there was a task “user interface” running despite countless reboots and not launching DCS besides running dcs updater. Would be helpful if the error actually would say what was really going on. Typically see DCS in task manager but never seen this “user interface”.