Can't install rust need help please.

[SuperCoderXD]

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.5608]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rustup update
info: no updatable toolchains installed
info: checking for self-update
info: cleaning up downloads & tmp directories

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rustup update
info: no updatable toolchains installed
info: checking for self-update
info: cleaning up downloads & tmp directories

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rust --version
'rust' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cargo --version
error: rustup could not choose a version of cargo to run, because one wasn't specified explicitly, and no default is configured.
help: run 'rustup default stable' to download the latest stable release of Rust and set it as your default toolchain.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rustc --version
error: rustup could not choose a version of rustc to run, because one wasn't specified explicitly, and no default is configured.
help: run 'rustup default stable' to download the latest stable release of Rust and set it as your default toolchain.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rustup default stable
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
info: latest update on 2025-04-03, rust version 1.86.0 (05f9846f8 2025-03-31)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
7.0 MiB / 7.0 MiB (100 %) 1.3 MiB/s in 3s
info: downloading component 'clippy'
2.7 MiB / 2.7 MiB (100 %) 1.5 MiB/s in 2s
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
21.2 MiB / 21.2 MiB (100 %) 7.9 MiB/s in 4s
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
22.6 MiB / 22.6 MiB (100 %) 7.0 MiB/s in 4s
info: downloading component 'rustc'
69.4 MiB / 69.4 MiB (100 %) 12.9 MiB/s in 10s
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
1.7 MiB / 1.7 MiB (100 %) 1.6 MiB/s in 1s
info: installing component 'cargo'
7.0 MiB / 7.0 MiB (100 %) 6.0 MiB/s in 1s
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: rolling back changes
error: could not rename component file from 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\pivua7ii6svgbrw4_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe': Access is denied. (os error 5)

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rustup toolchain uninstall stable && rustup toolchain install stable
info: no toolchain installed for 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
info: latest update on 2025-04-03, rust version 1.86.0 (05f9846f8 2025-03-31)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
22.6 MiB / 22.6 MiB (100 %) 16.0 MiB/s in 1s
info: downloading component 'rustc'
69.4 MiB / 69.4 MiB (100 %) 16.0 MiB/s in 4s
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: installing component 'cargo'
7.0 MiB / 7.0 MiB (100 %) 6.4 MiB/s in 1s
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: retrying renaming 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe'
info: rolling back changes
error: could not rename component file from 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\tmp\m9_7cnhc9pn16wzb_dir\cargo\bin\cargo.exe' to 'C:\Users\Elitebook 840 G2.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\cargo.exe': Access is denied. (os error 5)

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

[ChrisDenton]

This may be a virus checker or other malware software preventing the file being moved, You could try using:

rustup toolchain install stable

Though it might have the same result. As a last resort you could try installing rust via the msi instead of rustup https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-beta-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.msi. But that is more limited.

On the rustup side, maybe we could try hard linking instead of renaming if that fails. I'll need to experiment though,

[SuperCoderXD]

Thanks! I resolved the issue by installing the software in a directory without spaces, and now it works perfectly.

[ChrisDenton]

Great to hear!

Though it is very unlikely that spaces made a difference because rustup does not care about the characters in the path.