I am on Windows 11 (Enterprise) and I have Android Studio since some years.
I had not updated my Android Studio Giraffe (2022.3.1 Patch 2) for some month and now I see the update to Hedgehog (2023.1.1):
But when I download it (android-studio-2023.1.1.26-windows.exe) and try to install it, there is no way to upgrade the older Giraffe AS, I cannot install it in the same folder, I can only install it as a totally separate application:
Android Studio Setup – Please select an empty folder to install Android Studio
I found this thread here: Can’t update Android Studio – only download
But the solutions there didnt help me in my case. With other search I was neither successful to find a hint what the issue could be.
I didnt find any clue that Giraffe and Hedgehog would be a separate installation.
I guess, this is some "homemade" issue, but what could it be?
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As Robert (thank you!!!) posted in his comment of my question, I just had to uninstall the old version, and install the new version.
Uninstall was not possible, not via Windows settings (Apps > Installed Apps > Android Studio 1.0 > ... > Uninstall) and there was no uninstaller in the folder. But I just renamed the folder (
c:Program FilesAndroidAndroid Studiotoc:Program FilesAndroidAndroid Studio.bak) and installed the new version toc:Program FilesAndroidAndroid Studioand all my settings and my AVDs were still present.I still don't know why there was no direct update possible but never mind, live and software goes on.
If you go to C:Program FilesAndroidAndroid Studio there’s uninstall.exe at the bottom. It gave me the option of keeping or deleting user settings. Then I installed the new version. Hope this helps in the future!