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The update could not be installed. Please make sure there...

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Greetings,

When I want to update to version x.x.4, I'm getting the following error:

"The update could not be installed. Please make sure there are no other copies of Thunderbird running on your computer, and then restart Thunderbird to try again."

The fun part is. It's happening even when I download the newest version of clean ThunderBird portable, or I do normal clean install.

Please advise. I already tried deleting the AppData folders, and did clean installs and nothing,

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Thank You!

regards

Bryan
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Re: The update could not be installed. Please make sure ther

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You deleted the profile folder but when you refer to a "normal clean install" do you mean that you deleted the program directory?
Did you reboot after those deletions?

Clear the browser cache and the Windows Temp directory.
Shutdown any anti-virus software you are running.
Download a new copy of the full installer from http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Delete the directory C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird
Run the installer.
Restart the anti-virus program.
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Re: The update could not be installed. Please make sure ther

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Did you also have this problem a month or two ago when updating to version 38.3.0?
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Re: The update could not be installed. Please make sure ther

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Greetings,

Sorry that I'm not reacting much, but I don't have time lately to solve this issue, but I'll be back with it really soon,

Thank You for Your eventual understanding,

kind and humble regards

Bryan
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Re: The update could not be installed. Please make sure ther

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Greetings guys,

So I solved it like this. I ran it on diff. computer, and it updated it self, and now it runs just fine :)

regards

uplink
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