os.remove PermissionError: [WinError 5]

[Gaia-X-Alter]

blender_vscode/pythonFiles/include/blender_vscode/load_addons.py

Line 42 in 1449ff3

os.remove(link_path)

os.remove(path, *, dir_fd=None)
Remove (delete) the file path. If path is a directory, an IsADirectoryError is raised. Use [rmdir()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.rmdir) to remove directories. If the file does not exist, a FileNotFoundError is raised.

--https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html

you can not remove a pugin folder via os.remove when the old plugin folder exists

->#17

[theoryshaw]

This worked for me! Possible to put in a PR with this fix?

[theoryshaw]

related: https://community.osarch.org/discussion/comment/17160/#Comment_17160

[zebus3d]

This work for me:

if os.path.exists(link_path):  
        # os.remove(link_path)
        shutil.rmtree(link_path)

[Mateusz-Grzelinski]

indeed. If also leads to data loss in various cases. https://github.com/JacquesLucke/blender_vscode/blob/master/EXTENSION-SUPPORT.md