Update check causing an error. Unable to use the Update function as of 2.50.1 Beta release

[Ydoum]

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What platform are you running Path of Building on?

Windows

How is Path of Building expected to behave?

PoB should function correctly after the recent patch.

How does Path of Building behave?

Loading up PoB Beta version 2.50.1 causes a crash during automated update check. Can be reproduced by manually checking for an update.

How to reproduce the issue

1. Load PoB
2. Patch to the latest Beta release
3. Reload PoB with new assets
4. Wait for an automatic update check / manually check for updates

PoB for PoE1 build code

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[Ydoum]

I'll just add that I have been using the same PoB community fork client for long years. This is not a fresh install.

[Paliak]

Does this happen only with the beta or release also? There's a known issue with legacy installs that ended up going into ProgramData. Are you okay with reinstalling?

[Ydoum]

Of course I am. I am not at home atm; are build saves stored safely or need to be backed up?

[Paliak]

They shouldn't be touched by the installer/un-installer but you should back them up regardless.

[Duodecimus]

I am also receiving this error, also from an existing old install that was updated to 2.50.1. it is installed in program files x86

I get the reported error when clicking update while a build is open.

If I back out of a build and then try to update it gives me a simple 'manifest.xml invalid' error.

Upon investigating, both manifest.xml and manifest.cfg are missing. redownloading the two files from git and retrying causes the same errors, but the two files still exist and are unchanged

Uninstalling and then reinstalling 2.51.0 worked fine, and the update button now reports that there are no updates available

[majochem]

Uninstalling and then reinstalling 2.51.0 worked fine, and the update button now reports that there are no updates available

I had the same issue on non-beta branch and can confirm that simple reinstall worked. Saves were also untouched as already mentioned.

[vaughnad]

Same error around here, I did a new install over my old install and still erroring when checking for updates

[Chuuninz]

Same issue, reinstall didn't achieve anything unfortunately.

[Wires77]

@Chuuninz @vaughnad Where do you have PoB installed now? Is it in a directory that contains Unicode characters? What error message are you getting?

[vaughnad]

No mine is in "Program Files" where is always been: C:\Program Files (x86)\Path of Building\

I'll try manually updating it to the new version now

[vaughnad]

Ok, I think I found the issue, when trying to manually override it with a new install I got some permission errors, so I tried to run the previous version as admin and the update check worked, after that the error was gone even when running it normaly.

Fix: Run the path of building as an admin and update it.