[GH-ISSUE #1391] Update failed. #464

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opened 2026-02-27 21:06:25 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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2026-02-27 21:06:25 +03:00

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Originally created by @VRArt1 on GitHub (Oct 16, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/issues/1391

Trying to update shadps4 results in failure. I am currently on version 437ebc1 (2024-10-15 19:34:12) as of writing this the current latest version is 170db22 (2024-10-15 20:03:35). When attempting to use the update function the update files download but then the follow error results within the command line.

E:\Dump Drive\Media\Games\[Emulators]\shadps4-win64-qt>Starting Update...
New-Item : An item with the specified name E:\Dump
Drive\Media\Games\[Emulators]\shadps4-win64-qt\user\temp_download_update already exists.
At
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive.psm1:318
char:32
+ ... eatedItem = New-Item -Path $DestinationPath -ItemType Directory -Conf ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceExists: (E:\Dump Drive\M...download_update:String) [New-Item], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DirectoryExist,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

Originally created by @VRArt1 on GitHub (Oct 16, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/issues/1391 Trying to update shadps4 results in failure. I am currently on version 437ebc1 (2024-10-15 19:34:12) as of writing this the current latest version is 170db22 (2024-10-15 20:03:35). When attempting to use the update function the update files download but then the follow error results within the command line. ``` E:\Dump Drive\Media\Games\[Emulators]\shadps4-win64-qt>Starting Update... New-Item : An item with the specified name E:\Dump Drive\Media\Games\[Emulators]\shadps4-win64-qt\user\temp_download_update already exists. At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive.psm1:318 char:32 + ... eatedItem = New-Item -Path $DestinationPath -ItemType Directory -Conf ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ResourceExists: (E:\Dump Drive\M...download_update:String) [New-Item], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DirectoryExist,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand ```

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2026-02-27 21:06:26 +03:00

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@DanielSvoboda commented on GitHub (Oct 16, 2024):

I'm pretty sure it's because of the folder name [Emulators] , those characters should cause problems [ ]
If you can try putting the emulator in another folder and try updating to make sure that this is what is causing the problem

@DanielSvoboda commented on GitHub (Oct 16, 2024): I'm pretty sure it's because of the folder name [Emulators] , those characters should cause problems [ ] If you can try putting the emulator in another folder and try updating to make sure that this is what is causing the problem

kerem commented

2026-02-27 21:06:26 +03:00

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@VRArt1 commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2024):

Confirmed, that is the cause of it failing to update.

@VRArt1 commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2024): Confirmed, that is the cause of it failing to update.

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2026-02-27 21:06:26 +03:00

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@DanielSvoboda commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2024):

PowerShell's Expand-Archive function does not handle [ ] characters well.
A temporary workaround is to not save the emulator inside folders with these characters.

A proposed solution would be to change the code to download the update to some Windows temporary folder instead of 'user\temp_download_update'.

To do this, you would have to change the paths in check_update.cpp in DownloadUpdate() and in Install().
I don't have much time for this, if any developer is interested in solving this...

@DanielSvoboda commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2024): PowerShell's Expand-Archive function does not handle [ ] characters well. A temporary workaround is to not save the emulator inside folders with these characters. A proposed solution would be to change the code to download the update to some Windows temporary folder instead of 'user\temp_download_update'. To do this, you would have to change the paths in check_update.cpp in DownloadUpdate() and in Install(). I don't have much time for this, if any developer is interested in solving this...

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2026-02-27 21:06:26 +03:00

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@Hermiten commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

Fixed

@Hermiten commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): Fixed

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2026-02-27 21:13:09 +03:00

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