.chocolateyPending it is being used by another process

[felistime]

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What You Are Seeing?

Packages don't install correctly, i get this error: "The process cannot access the file 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\jpegoptim.chocolateyPending' because it is being used by another process", i monitored the file with process monitor and i see this:

choco.exe | 4968 | CreateFile | C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\jpegoptim.chocolateyPending | SHARING VIOLATION | Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Open No Recall, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, AllocationSize: n/a

I don't have any active antivirus and it's seems that no other process is locking it. I tried the solution proposed in #1159 with no success.

What is Expected?

Packages install without errors.

How Did You Get This To Happen?

I ran this command: choco install jpegoptim. The error happens also for other packages i tried to install.

System Details

• Operating System: 10.0.19045.0
• Windows PowerShell version: 5.1.19041.2673
• Chocolatey CLI Version: 1.3.1
• Chocolatey Licensed Extension version: -
• Chocolatey License type: -
• Terminal/Emulator: Windows PowerShell

Installed Packages

N/A

Output Log

https://gist.github.com/felistime/643e663cb2f3456eec54ba1634bd330c

Additional Context

No response

[pauby]

Can you help me understand why the issue has been raised? If another process is holding that file open, stopping Chocolatey CLI from opening it, then that would mean it's not a Chocolatey CLI issue, but whatever else is running on your system?

I see you say this happens with other packages. Does it happen with all packages, random packages or specific packages (trying to understand if there is a pattern)?

Have you reproduced this on another system?

[felistime]

I opened the issue with the hope to understand what it's interfering with Chocolatey CLI. It happens with all packages i tried so far (qpdf, filebeat, chocholateygui). The error i get most of the time is the one that i posted, sometimes it's the following:

2023-03-27 21:33:25,577 10036 [DEBUG] - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
2023-03-27 21:33:25,587 10036 [DEBUG] - Built-in PowerShell host called with ['[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = '';[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ''; & import-module -name 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\helpers\chocolateyInstaller.psm1'; & 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\helpers\chocolateyScriptRunner.ps1' -packageScript 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\KB2919442\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1' -installArguments '' -packageParameters '' -preRunHookScripts $null -postRunHookScripts $null'] exited with '0'.
2023-03-27 21:33:25,597 10036 [DEBUG] - Calling command ['"C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" /a']
2023-03-27 21:33:25,607 10036 [ERROR] - chocolateygui not installed. An error occurred during installation:
The system cannot find the file specified
2023-03-27 21:33:25,607 10036 [INFO ] - chocolateygui package files install failed with exit code 1. Performing other installation steps.
2023-03-27 21:33:25,607 10036 [DEBUG] - No package information as package is null.
2023-03-27 21:33:25,617 10036 [DEBUG] - No package information to save as package is null.
2023-03-27 21:33:25,617 10036 [DEBUG] - Sending message 'HandlePackageResultCompletedMessage' out if there are subscribers...
2023-03-27 21:33:25,627 10036 [ERROR] - The install of chocolateygui was NOT successful.
2023-03-27 21:33:25,627 10036 [ERROR] - chocolateygui not installed. An error occurred during installation:
The system cannot find the file specified
2023-03-27 21:33:25,657 10036 [WARN ] -
Chocolatey installed 2/3 packages. 1 packages failed.
See the log for details (C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log).
2023-03-27 21:33:25,667 10036 [INFO ] -
2023-03-27 21:33:25,667 10036 [ERROR] - Failures
2023-03-27 21:33:25,677 10036 [ERROR] - - chocolateygui (exited 1) - chocolateygui not installed. An error occurred during installation:
The system cannot find the file specified
2023-03-27 21:33:25,687 10036 [DEBUG] - Sending message 'PostRunMessage' out if there are subscribers...
2023-03-27 21:33:25,997 10036 [DEBUG] - Exiting with 1

On another system installation works as expected.

[pauby]

If the installation works as expected on another system, that would suggest this is an environmental issue. If you can determine that Chocolatey is at fault, then we could look at this.

I opened the issue with the hope to understand what it's interfering with Chocolatey CLI

An issue is to report a bug, or request an enhancement. If you need information or help determining the issue, then a discussion is better for questions.

I will convert this to a Discussion, but I would recommend you use our Community Discord.

[yhvicey]

Experiencing same issue here, always hit this issue when installing packages.
Is there any findings or workarounds? I've uninstalled and reinstalled chocolatey several times but still facing this issue.

[pauby]

Other than the Selected Answer above, there is no additional information to add. This is an environment issue and not a Chocolatey CLI one, I'm afraid.