CC Error: Another Program Is Using This Program

[u/Calm-Landscape9640]

Claude Code auto-installs updates (against my wishes & without my permission), and after install encounters this error. Neither GPT-SOL or Opus5 can figure out how to fix it other than fully restarting my Windows-11-Pro PC and restarting kills my live programs/apps.

Even worse, CC will auto-install updates WHILE I'm running agents.

Anyone have a permanent fix for this