Unable to update

[ghost]

Issue Type: Bug

When I restart to update VS Code, I get the following error:
"There was an error while Opening file handle:
'C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code'
Failed to create file handle: Access is denied."

I've rebooted a few times and the error persists.

VS Code version: Code 1.67.0 (57fd6d0, 2022-05-04T12:06:02.889Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22616
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U with Radeon Graphics (16 x 1697)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	45.73GB (37.10GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 2c86a73a-98df-4fda-a3a4-64957ac06622
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (21)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
armview	ben	0.4.6
gitlens	eam	12.0.6
terraform	has	2.22.0
theme-monokai-pro-vscode	mon	1.1.20
azure-pipelines	ms-	1.205.0
vscode-azureappservice	ms-	0.23.3
vscode-azurefunctions	ms-	1.6.2
vscode-azureresourcegroups	ms-	0.4.0
vscode-azurestorage	ms-	0.13.0
vscode-azurevirtualmachines	ms-	0.5.0
vscode-bicep	ms-	0.6.1
vscode-cosmosdb	ms-	0.18.1
vscode-docker	ms-	1.22.0
vscode-dotnet-runtime	ms-	1.5.0
azure-account	ms-	0.10.1
azurecli	ms-	0.5.0
powershell-preview	ms-	2022.5.1
vscode-node-azure-pack	ms-	0.3.0
azurerm-vscode-tools	msa	0.15.6
vetur	oct	0.35.0
material-theme	zhu	3.13.25

(1 theme extensions excluded)

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[ghost]

vscode-inno-updater-1652217128.log

[ghost]

If I try to install over the current version:

[OtherShadeOfBlue]

I observed the exact same and reported it in #149248
My guess was it was caused by an earlier elevated vscode session update.
Was able to workaround by taking ownership of the files/folders in AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code

[ealap]

Experiencing the same issue on Win11, though I have never run any VSCode instance in elevated mode. The workaround to take ownership of the whole VSCode installation folder does work.

[ghost]

Interesting...I opened permissions on AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code and noted that my account had nothing checked. Trying to grant my account Full Control gave me this error:

[Big2thaE]

Opening it escalated fixed the issue for me.

[joaomoreno]

Duplicate of #147408