Error when updating Android Studio

Question

When I try update my Android Sudio I get this message:

Temp. directory: C:\Users\Rick\AppData\Local\Temp\

+----------------
| A file operation failed.
| This might be due to a file being locked by another
| application. Please try closing any application
| that uses the files being updated then press 'Retry'.
+----------------


com.intellij.updater.RetryException: Cannot delete file C:\Users\Rick\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio\plugins\gradle\lib\gradle-tooling-extension-impl.jar
    at com.intellij.updater.BaseUpdateAction.replaceUpdated(BaseUpdateAction.java:40)
    at com.intellij.updater.UpdateZipAction.doApply(UpdateZipAction.java:199)
    at com.intellij.updater.PatchAction.apply(PatchAction.java:140)
    at com.intellij.updater.Patch$3.forEach(Patch.java:198)
    at com.intellij.updater.Patch.forEach(Patch.java:248)
    at com.intellij.updater.Patch.apply(Patch.java:194)
    at com.intellij.updater.PatchFileCreator.apply(PatchFileCreator.java:86)
    at com.intellij.updater.PatchFileCreator.apply(PatchFileCreator.java:77)
    at com.intellij.updater.Runner.doInstallImpl(Runner.java:307)
    at com.intellij.updater.Runner.doInstall(Runner.java:268)
    at com.intellij.updater.Runner.access$000(Runner.java:18)
    at com.intellij.updater.Runner$2.execute(Runner.java:258)
    at com.intellij.updater.SwingUpdaterUI$7.run(SwingUpdaterUI.java:230)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Answer 1

The file Android\android-studio\plugins\gradle\lib\gradle-tooling-extension-impl.jar is probably in use by some JVM process (shown as java.exe in Task Manager).

Solution that worked for me was to close the updater and close all java.exe processes in Task Manager, then open Android Studio and try updating once more. This time the update should go all the way through.

Answer 2

A workaround:

1-Close Android Studio.
2-Right-click "Android Studio" icon and select "Run as administrator".
3-Go to "Help->Check for Update..."