I do have administrative privileges and the binary is located at “P:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe”.
It does appear that the updater binary is on my C drive though at “C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Update”.
I figure, that a traditional installation, instead of such a custom installation, is presently required.
Because I want to preserve wherever are the Bookmarks files in whatever are the Brave Browser users profiles, I would back up the User Data folder:
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\
And then delete the BraveSoftware folder. IOW, be prepared for a fresh installation of Brave Browser. “Fresh” means no Brave Browser residuals, tailings, vapors, etc. in the Brave Browser installation path(s) - not even the word, “Brave”.
Then, determine what is the architecture of the Windows OS computer:
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Select Start and then select Settings > System > About .
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In the System> About window that opens, the architecture version of Windows can be found next to System type under Device specifications. It’s listed as the processor type.
Based upon what you find, then select one of the following, latest Brave Browser (stable release) installers available at Brave’s GitHub site:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.81.136/brave-v1.81.136-win32-arm64.zip
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.81.136/brave-v1.81.136-win32-x64.zip