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I cannot update from 12.22 to the latest Factorio version using the built in updater. Log:
0.001 2016-02-28 15:27:51; Factorio 0.12.22 (Build 17589, win64)
0.001 Operating system: Windows 10
0.001 Program arguments: "C:\Program Files\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe"
0.001 Read data path: C:/Program Files/Factorio/data
0.001 Write data path: C:/Users/<redacted>/AppData/Roaming/Factorio
0.001 Binaries path: C:/Program Files/Factorio/bin
0.013 Available display adapters: 1
0.013 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 {0x05, [0,0], 1600x900, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.014 Create display on adapter 0. Size 1280x720 at position [150, 72]. Monitor 0
0.317 Initialised Direct3D:[0] NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M ; driver: nvd3dumx.dll 10.18.13.6175
0.341 Desktop composition is active.
0.341 Graphics options: [FullScreen: false] [VSync: true] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Graphics quality: normal] [Video memory usage: all] [Light scale: 20%] [Screen: 255]
0.410 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.412 Loading mod base 0.12.22 (data.lua)
0.793 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
0.796 Created atlas bitmap 16384x7762
6.478 Info Updater.cpp:752: Downloading https://www.factorio.com/updater/get-av ... iVersion=2
7.449 2 packages available to download (experimental updates enabled).
7.510 Factorio initialised
9.773 Info Updater.cpp:752: Downloading https://www.factorio.com/updater/get-do ... iVersion=2
10.806 Info Updater.cpp:234: Downloading http://eu1.factorio.com/updates/core-wi ... 1456698492 to C:/Users\<redacted>\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp\core-win64-0.12.22-0.12.23-update.zip
126.995 Info Updater.cpp:245: => 200
127.874 Error Util.cpp:49: Error when opening C:/Program Files\Factorio\data/../tests/mods/test_mod_1.0.0/entities.lua for reading: No such file or directory

Did you by any chance delete the tests folder on your local install some time in the past? It's saying it can't find a file that should exist unless it was deleted.

I just want to chip in that while I understand the updater does a diff from the previous version, I normally delete the test directory and docs directory, since I never use them, and also cant update.

It would be nice if the updater could silently ignore those directories missing.

I would absolutely say that this was the issue. I ended up just downloading the full installer from the website to fix the issue.
The full installer replaced the missing test directory.

Apparently I did remove the folder sometime in the past for a reason that I cannot remember. I would have to guess that it was something I did when creating a mod and confusing myself as to why there was a test directory. It is a bad coding habit that I have of creating test folders and then removing them without ensuring that I do not need the contents thoroughly enough.

Thank you for the information!

Edit: I guess this means that I need to move to the steam build so that I can just do a "verify integrity of game cache" when i have issues.