Update fails: directory does not exist: 'bin/cargo-clippy.exe'

[Luc108]

Problem

Updating rust fails

Steps

1. rustup update

Notes

Output of rustup update (most relevant parts):

error: failure removing component 'clippy-preview-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc', directory does not exist: 'bin/cargo-clippy.exe'

stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc update failed - rustc 1.51.0 (2fd73fabe 2021-03-23)

rustup 1.24.3 (ce5817a 2021-05-31)

Output of rustup show:

Default host: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
rustup home: C:\Users\lucbr.rustup

stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (default)
rustc 1.51.0 (2fd73fabe 2021-03-23)

[rbtcollins]

duplicate of #1480 I think, though its odd that #2799 was also failed with the same exact symptom; I wonder if some exterior agent has caused this