Access Denied - cannot delete file preventing update

[SgtPappy]

I tried repairing, then downloading. I tried multiple restarts. It takes me 9.5 hours to download this patch and I've been met with this twice now. I made sure to uninstall all mods and even liveries after repairing and then trying another update.

I'll be trying a fresh install next, but is there anything that can be done about this?

autoupdate_log2.txt

[cgjimeneza]

do you use an Antivirus?

if you quarantined the file, it might be 'locked' for deletion

this happened to me with a supercarrier dll

 

Edited November 1, 2024 by cgjimeneza

[SgtPappy]

1 hour ago, cgjimeneza said:

do you use an Antivirus?

if you quarantined the file, it might be 'locked' for deletion

this happened to me with a supercarrier dll

 

 

I did not quarantine any files and have only been using windows defender. I'll try to see if there's a Windows update that I'm missing since all other updates have run fine until now.

EDIT: Updating windows and installing optional drivers did not work. Fully shut off PC several times. Will try reinstalling.

Edited November 1, 2024 by SgtPappy

[Kanelbolle]

5 hours ago, SgtPappy said:

I did not quarantine any files and have only been using windows defender. I'll try to see if there's a Windows update that I'm missing since all other updates have run fine until now.

EDIT: Updating windows and installing optional drivers did not work. Fully shut off PC several times. Will try reinstalling.

 

Just delete the file it is pointing to manually and press retry

Edited November 1, 2024 by Kanelbolle

[Art-J]

^ If that doesn't work, try excluding whole DCS folder from being scanned by Defender, temporarily at least (though similar issues will repeat every now and then so I'd do it permanently).

[SgtPappy]

13 hours ago, Kanelbolle said:

Just delete the file it is pointing to manually and press retry

 

I did try that once and could not find the file! It seems it gets deleted and at some point the updater tries to find it again or something. I'm not sure. Either way, there were several files that could not be found, this was just the first in a chain so I decided to reinstall. 

13 hours ago, Art-J said:

^ If that doesn't work, try excluding whole DCS folder from being scanned by Defender, temporarily at least (though similar issues will repeat every now and then so I'd do it permanently).

I have always had DCS as an exception, so unfortunately this did not work either.

I fresh reinstall ended up doing the trick.

[MAXsenna]

On 11/1/2024 at 8:54 PM, SgtPappy said:

I fresh reinstall ended up doing the trick.

Try a repair next time. Might be a lot quicker.

[SgtPappy]

On 11/4/2024 at 5:19 AM, MAXsenna said:

Try a repair next time. Might be a lot quicker.

I did try twice, it had no effect