Sublime Text Update 3083 Error - Error Code 32

I was troubled by this problem for some days on Windows 10, and resolved it at last.

  1. Navicate to sublime text path, like 'C:/program files/sublime text/'
  2. find 'update_installer.exe' and 'sublime_text.exe'
  3. Open the file's properties - compatibility - Run as administrator...(Something like that, maybe the spelling is wrong)
  4. Select OK, and rerun sublime text.

All the application is trying to do is copy the new files into the sublime program folder. You can do this yourself:

  1. Close your Sublime Text program
  2. Open a file browser C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Sublime Text 3\Update (or wherever your update landed)
  3. Open another C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3 (Make a backup of this folder if you want to be cautious)
  4. Copy everything from the update to the Program Files folder
  5. Run Sublime Text (you should now see the update dialog)
  6. Remove the update folder and backup if everything looks good

For me, I found that my antivirus (Malwarebytes) was causing the issue.

(I was alerted to this because I tried to update using the installer from the website and it warned me that Malwarebytes was holding on to files it needed to complete.)

I cancelled the installer, turned off Malwarebytes, and opened sublime to let it update itself normally and it worked nicely.

It seems this is common:

https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/build-3143-flagged-as-virus/31272?u=spenceryue


I can't believe chrome.exe (Google Chrome) was using the folder where Sublime Text was installed. Removing that lock with unlocker fixed the update error.

It's not like I have ANY plugin or open tab related to sublime text on chrome.

I really recommend unlocker though, saves you more than one time.