Electron-builder: nsis installer just sits there and does nothing

[snene]

electron-builder version: 20.43.0

electron-updater version: 4.0.6

electron version: 4.2.3

I am creating nsis installer for windows using electron-builder. The build command 'build -p always --x64 --ia32' is successful and the installer exe is generated.

But when I run the installer, it just sits there and does absolutely nothing.

With version 19.46.9 of the electron-builder it used to work perfectly fine. Started seeing the issue only after the upgrade to 20.43.0

[snene]

Hi @develar , Any clue as to what could be going wrong? There is a similar issue #3939 reported for Linux

[byAbaddon]

Worked when I downgrade version to
electron version: 4.2.3
electron-builder version: 19.46.9

[snene]

Thanks for the update @byAbaddon !

[javierforero]

@byAbaddon @snene experiencing similar issues on my end. how did you down grade? Was it just updating the package.json or downgrading the docker image? Please post steps. Thank you!

[snene]

@javierforero Yes, you can downgrade by updating the package.json.

[snene]

@byAbaddon @javierforero I don't know exactly how but I created a new terminal window and then ran the command to build the app again and it suddenly started working. So try that or may be just try restarting your system.

[byAbaddon]

@javierforero
One day i lost to play why this app not work.
I saw post on @snene and attempted to back old version on electron
on 4.2.3 and electron-builder on 19.46.9.
1) I deleted node_modules folder. ( BACKUP folder before delete !!!)
2) set package.joson
"devDependencies": {
"electron": "^4.2.3",
"electron-builder": "^19.46.9"
}
"scripts": { "package": "electron-builder" }
3)npm install
4)npm run package
building sucsess and app start!
This work for me!

[javierforero]

@byAbaddon thanks. Will try that. I am currently using the docker wine image to automate this process and it just doesn't seem to work with the latest electron-builder

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