Error with running AppiumDesktop

The issue:
I always used to run the appium desktop, and for some reason since yesterday I can’t run it anymore.
The error from log:

[debug] e[35m[MJSONWP]e[39m Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not acquire lock on C:\Users\Yaniv\AppData\Local\Temp\uia2_device_port_guard. Original error: Error: EEXIST: file already exists, open ‘C:\Users\Yaniv\AppData\Local\Temp\uia2_device_port_guard’
[debug] e[35m[MJSONWP]e[39m at guard (C:\Users\Yaniv\AppData\Local\Programs\Appium\resources\app\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-support\lib\util.js:477:13)

An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not acquire lock on C:\Users\Yaniv\AppData\Local\Temp\uia2_device_port_guard.
Original error: Error: EEXIST: file already exists, open ‘C:\Users\Yaniv\AppData\Local\Temp\uia2_device_port_guard’

Using Visual Studio2020 C#
Please any advice

Simply delete the file it complains about

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