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Quarto Document Unable to Render

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Bug description

Whenever I try to render a Quarto document in RStudio, I get this error:

WARNING: Error removing file C:\Users\JROBID~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-session9d0cd145\a7577b94: Access is denied. (os error 5), remove 'C:\Users\JROBID~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-session9d0cd145\a7577b94'
WARNING: Error removing file C:\Users\JROBID~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-session9d0cd145\d40f64a5: Access is denied. (os error 5), remove 'C:\Users\JROBID~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-session9d0cd145\d40f64a5'
ERROR: The file cannot be opened because it is in the process of being deleted. (os error 303), remove 'troubleshooting_files\mediabag'

Error: The file cannot be opened because it is in the process of being deleted. (os error 303), remove 'troubleshooting_files\mediabag'
    at Object.removeSync (deno:runtime/js/30_fs.js:157:9)
    at removeIfEmptyDir (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:5701:18)
    at renderCleanup (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:80577:5)
    at file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:81111:46
    at withTiming (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:19624:25)
    at Object.complete (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:81111:13)
    at async Object.onPostProcess (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:86678:36)
    at async renderFiles (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:86649:13)
    at async render (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:90681:21)
    at async renderForPreview (file:///C:/Users/JROBID~1/AppData/Local/Programs/Quarto/bin/quarto.js:102415:26)
Error occurred during cleanup: PermissionDenied: Access is denied. (os error 5), remove 'C:\Users\JROBID~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-session9d0cd145'
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