Atom installation error on Windows 10

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I was getting this error when trying to install Atom using the installer.

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I tried to run as Administrator but ever having the same error. So I opened the Setup Log and found this line in many places of the log:

Failed to load local releases, starting from scratch: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\slack\packages\RELEASES'.
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9 Answers

You can try this:

  1. open control panel
  2. Windows firewall
  3. click allow an app or feature through windows firewall
  4. In that at right bottom click allow another app
  5. Browse the downloaded atom.exe file and click open and click ok
user_120517530

first uninstall or disable the antivirus. In my case Guardian net secure was handling all the things of windows firewall. so i was not able to allow the app through windows firewall. therefore, it is necessary to uninstall these. then restart your laptop. after restarting open control panel. go to windows firewall. on left top you will see allow an app or feature through windows firewall . click on it. dialog box appears. click on change settings. at bottom click allow another app. then browse the downloaded file atom.exe. then install it

user_113022260

What worked for me was closing Slack and terminating any of it's processes in Task Manager.

user_141198920

This was what worked for me (Windows 11):

Go to properties>compatability on the installation file. Run the troubleshooter for compatibility, and it shoul provide a solution, wait, and if it works, select that it did so, and you’re all done.

user_183166490

I managed to install by finding an older version.

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