Advice Request 64 Bit Brave Browser Fails to Update

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I have been using the 64 Bit version of Brave Browser for awhile but for the last few versions, I keep encountering update error messages when I attempt to update the browser via the About section. I have to uninstall, and then reinstall the latest version manually.

Has anyone else encounter this issue? I am running Windows 10 Pro

This is getting to be a hassle, and I am thinking of just using Ungoogled Chrome and/or Firefox or the Librewolf Firefox clone.

Suggestions and/or thoughts? Thanks.
 
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oldschool said:
I used to get this in the early days after their switch from Muon to Chromium. Hard to say in your case when you have no security configuration posted.

I don't think Ungoogled Chromium is a good alternative choice.
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The only thing I have running is F-Secure AV and Windows Firewall. Every other browser,, and other app that I have update without any issues. Btw, I download Brave directly from their website not GitHub as they mention this in their support site as the cause of update errors.
 
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SearchLight said:
I have been using the 64 Bit version of Brave Browser for awhile but for the last few versions, I keep encountering update error messages when I attempt to update the browser via the About section. I have to uninstall, and then reinstall the latest version manually.

Has anyone else encounter this issue? I am running Windows 10 Pro

This is getting to be a hassle, and I am thinking of just using Ungoogled Chrome and/or Firefox or the Librewolf Firefox clone.

Suggestions and/or thoughts? Thanks.
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Have you tried refreshing the about page when you get an update error?

I have gotten errors as well, and simply going into the about page again fixed the issue.
 
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Azure said:
Have you tried refreshing the about page when you get an update error?

I have gotten errors as well, and simply going into the about page again fixed the issue.
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Yep tried to refresh several times after a few minutes, and received the same error. Other features of Brave work fine.

I will try uninstalling the x64 version, and download the x86 version to see if that works.
 
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Just did an uninstall of x64 version, and a clean install of x86 version of Brave. I am using it now, and will let you all know what happens when I try to update it when the next version is released.
 
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I quite often (like yesterday) get a failure on update from within the browser, exiting then trying again so far has always worked.
 
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Update: Using x32 bit version of Brave, so far so good.
Did a manual update, and it updated without any issues like x64 so I will stick with it.
 

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