Error: ''Another application has exclusive access to the file'' when trying to uninstall Vanta

Procedure

Sometimes, you may see the following error message when trying to uninstall the Vanta agent from your device: '' Another application has exclusive access to the file <filepath>. Please shut down all other applications, then click retry.

In that case, double-check if any of the following services are running on the device:

  • autoupdater.exe
  • launcher.exe
  • lorca.exe
  • metalauncher.exe
  • osquery-vanta.ext.exe
  • osqueryd.exe
  • vanta-agent.exe
  • vanta-cli.exe
  • vanta.exe

Terminate any of these services if active and then attempt to uninstall the agent again.

 

 

 

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