Getting error while updating vscode

[DSCmatter]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version: 1.93.1
• OS Version: Windows 11

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VScode
2. Help > Install update

Error:

[vs-code-engineering]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code; the latest stable release is 1.113.0. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[amunger]

I'm also seeing this every update on windows, it goes away after about a minute

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Visual Studio Code

There was an error while Opening file handle: "C:\Users\aaron\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\NUL":

Failed to create file handle: Access is denied.

Please verify there are no Visual Studio Code processes still executing.

Retry Cancel

[deepak1556]

@amunger the issue your are observing should be addressed by #304313, steps to confirm.

1. Remove the NUL file from the application folder via wsl as its a restricted device name and windows will disallow from deleting
2. Update to latest chat extension that has the fix.

If you still observe after these changes in the next update, please comment in the above issue.

[deepak1556]

@DSCmatter do you still hit this issue with latest stable v1.114 ? Can you capture which process is holding onto the file with https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

[DSCmatter]

@deepak1556 my build is version: 1.93.1

I'm unable to update as I've said above but will try your fix as said will lyk

processexp:

[DSCmatter]

@deepak1556 @amunger nvm I got this, just download this installer: https://code.visualstudio.com/ and
run that as administrator --it'll just update the vscode to current latest version.

[DSCmatter]

@deepak1556 @amunger Actually nvm it worked for the first time then it somehow rolled back to the 1.93.1??? what is going in?

[deepak1556]

Can you share the full Help -> About information from the application

Also, additionally the update logs Setup *.txt from %LOCALAPPDATA%/Temp

[DSCmatter]

@deepak1556

Version: 1.93.1 (user setup)
Commit: 38c31bc77e0dd6ae88a4e9cc93428cc27a56ba40
Date: 2024-09-11T17:20:05.685Z
Electron: 30.4.0
ElectronBuildId: 10073054
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.15.1
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

setup log:

Setup Log 2026-04-02 #003.txt