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Sounds To me like you do not have the appropriate permissions for the update to complete. Try right clicking VLC and choosing "Run as Administrator", enter the appropriate credentials and then update.

This problem has been rearing its ugly head since the 2.x.x releases. I have been using VLC for many years without an issue on the same machine and many others and have run into the same problem that you are having. No matter what is suggested and tried, the problem persists. I have tried every rele...