Unable to Get YTDL to Update

[sirinath]

I do not seam to be able to get YTDL to update.

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl -U
Updating to version 2014.02.22.1 ...

C:\Downloads>echo ERRORLEVEL is 0
ERRORLEVEL is 0

C:\Downloads>if 0 NEQ 0 goto loop0

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl --version
Waiting for file handle to be closed ...
2014.02.10

[phihag]

It looks like you're running these commands too fast, in some kind of loop. First of all, run

taskkill /F /IM youtube-dl.exe

to make sure no instance of youtube-dl.exe is running anymore.
Then, run

youtube-dl -U

and wait 10 seconds. Does that work for you?

[sirinath]

Does not seem to work

C:\Downloads>taskkill /F /IM youtube-dl.exe
ERROR: The process "youtube-dl.exe" not found.

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl -U
Updating to version 2014.02.24 ...
Waiting for file handle to be closed ...

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl --version
2014.02.10

[phihag]

Wait, C:\Downloads is a nonstandard directory. Are you certain that you have write permissions there? If yes, what is the output of icacls C:\Downloads?

How long did you wait after the second command? Do you have some kind of firewall running? Which version of Windows are you using?

[sirinath]

I get

C:\Downloads>icacls C:\Downloads
C:\Downloads BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
BUILTIN\Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(RX)
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(M)
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(M)

Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

Windows 8.1 64 bit

I waited about 15 seconds. Windows firewall.

[sirinath]

Sometimes it says it updated but when you check the version afterwards it is still the old one.

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl -U
Updating to version 2014.02.26 ...

C:\Downloads>Waiting for file handle to be closed ...
Updated youtube-dl to version 2014.02.26.

C:\Downloads>youtube-dl --version
2014.02.10