just a question regarding updating electrum and I'm still not entirely familiar with electrum. do I have to uninstall my electrum every time there is an update or there a way to update it without deleting electrum from my computer? I tried updating it using the link provided inside the wallet but while updating an error occurred and told me to either abort, retry or ignore. after clicking abort my electrum won't open so I decided to just uninstall it then installing the latest version. again, is there a better way of updating electrum other than uninstalling and stalling it again? TIA!
I experienced what you did before I forgot what version it is but it's normal.
What you can do is uninstall and install it again like what you did. But the recommended thing to do is have at least a backup of your wallets inside the wallet folder of electrum or your recovery seed before uninstalling electrum since the entire electrum folder will be removed in the process. Also, verify the electrum software before installing it like what others repeatedly suggests.