Unable to update to 25.9.2

It first updated to 25.9.1 (weird as there is no such release on github) and then gave following error upon trying again for update

Checking for updates…

Updating Anki…

Resolved 49 packages in 1.70s

Prepared 3 packages in 2.71s

warning: Failed to uninstall package at .venv\Lib\site-packages\anki-25.9.1.dist-info due to missing `RECORD` file. Installation may result in an incomplete environment.

Uninstalled 3 packages in 1.04s

error: Failed to install: anki-25.9.2-cp39-abi3-win_amd64.whl (anki==25.9.2)

Caused by: failed to rename file from C:\Users\salma\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles\.venv\Lib\site-packages\.tmp4dyGcy\_rsbridge.pyd to C:\Users\salma\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles\.venv\Lib\site-packages\anki\_rsbridge.pyd: Access is denied. (os error 5)

Install failed: Failed to run (2): C:\Users\salma\AppData\Local\Programs\Anki\uv.exe sync --upgrade --no-config --managed-python --python 3.13.5

Error: Failed to run (2): C:\Users\salma\AppData\Local\Programs\Anki\uv.exe sync --upgrade --no-config --managed-python --python 3.13.5

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Does restarting your computer help?

I have isolated the issue, anki wasnt closing pythonw.exe and therefore couldnt update

I discovered it via unlick with file locksmith and closed python, it updated then

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