PixInsight has suddenly started not to update

[BillM]

Hi,

I have started to get the following error in the update log:

[2020-01-15 10:51:54] Begin updater1
[2020-01-15 10:51:54] *******************************************************************************
[2020-01-15 10:51:54] This is PixInsight Updater stage one program version 01.00.12
[2020-01-15 10:51:54] Core application PID         : 8252
[2020-01-15 10:51:54] Target application directory : C:/PixInsight
[2020-01-15 10:51:54] Source update directory      : C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PixInsight64-update/contents
[2020-01-15 10:51:54] *******************************************************************************
[2020-01-15 10:51:55] Waiting for the PixInsight Core application to terminate...
[2020-01-15 10:52:05] PixInsight Core application terminated.
[2020-01-15 10:52:06] Waiting for things to stabilize...
[2020-01-15 10:52:08] Begin update process.
[2020-01-15 10:52:08] Source updates database loaded: C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PixInsight64-update/contents/updates.xri
[2020-01-15 10:52:08] File removed: C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PixInsight64-update/contents/updates.xri
[2020-01-15 10:52:08] Begin file removal process.
[2020-01-15 10:52:08] File removed: C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PixInsight64-update/contents/remove.lst
[2020-01-15 10:52:09] Begin file transfer process.
[2020-01-15 10:52:09] *** Error: Unable to create file: Win32 error (32): The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
: C:/PixInsight/bin/PixInsight.exe
[2020-01-15 10:52:09] End updater1: ERROR

I have uninstalled/reinstalled PixInsight (I even tried putting on the root of C:) but I keep getting the same error.

Anybody any idea what might be causing this?

Thanks for any hep.

Bill

[BillM]

I had 6 updates to perform. I unselected all of the updates and then selected one at a time to do the update. All updated successfully EXCEPT the PixInsight Core v1.8.8-4 (update/bugfix) which threw up the error:

[2020-01-15 14:29:50] Begin updater1
[2020-01-15 14:29:50] *******************************************************************************
[2020-01-15 14:29:50] This is PixInsight Updater stage one program version 01.00.12
[2020-01-15 14:29:50] Core application PID         : 8840
[2020-01-15 14:29:50] Target application directory : C:/PixInsight
[2020-01-15 14:29:50] Source update directory      : C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PixInsight64-update/contents
[2020-01-15 14:29:50] *******************************************************************************
[2020-01-15 14:29:50] Waiting for the PixInsight Core application to terminate...
[2020-01-15 14:29:53] PixInsight Core application terminated.
[2020-01-15 14:29:53] Waiting for things to stabilize...
[2020-01-15 14:29:55] Begin update process.
[2020-01-15 14:29:55] Source updates database loaded: C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PixInsight64-update/contents/updates.xri
[2020-01-15 14:29:55] File removed: C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PixInsight64-update/contents/updates.xri
[2020-01-15 14:29:55] Begin file transfer process.
[2020-01-15 14:29:55] *** Error: Unable to create file: Win32 error (32): The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
: C:/PixInsight/bin/PixInsight.exe
[2020-01-15 14:29:55] End updater1: ERROR

[dave_galera]

You may have a conflict with another process, i.e. not PI, using this file and it is locked

[steve banbury]

Updating to Version 1.8.8-5 resolved all my issues.