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Win64 system wide checkForUpdatesAndNotify() uninstalls but doesn't install #5468

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timvdalen opened this issue Dec 11, 2020 · 10 comments
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Win64 system wide checkForUpdatesAndNotify() uninstalls but doesn't install #5468

timvdalen opened this issue Dec 11, 2020 · 10 comments

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  • Version: 22.9.1
  • Electron Version: 10.1.5
  • Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current
  • electron-updater Version: 4.3.5
  • Target: win64

I'm running a generic server auto-update on Windows using NSIS.
Auto update works correctly if the application is installed per-user, but when the application is installed system wide:

  1. The user launches an old version of the app
  2. The user receives a notification that the app is ready to update on close
  3. The user closes the app and received a UAC popup for old-uninstaller.exe (from a temporary folder)
  4. The user gives permission
  5. The old version of application is deleted
  6. Nothing else happens

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The new version of the application is installed
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timvdalen commented Dec 11, 2020 •
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I unfortunately don't have any interesting logs for this behaviour, the app simply logs that it has found an update and is going to execute it.

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Still relevant. I've donated to the project to see if this can get priority.

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I'm also having this same issue. It seems there is an issue with silent update and machine wide installation.

Another thread about it here: #4474

There is a solution in that thread that checks the registry and sets isSilent to false if the app is installed for all users.

I'm not sure how to set isSilent when using checkForUpdatesAndNotify() though since it doesn't look like it accepts any arguments.

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@Yorannn can you link to the workaround that ended up working for us?

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Yorannn commented Sep 14, 2021

@Yorannn can you link to the workaround that ended up working for us?

This was the workaround I used
#2363

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krisdages added a commit to krisdages/electron-builder-lib-slim that referenced this issue Nov 20, 2021
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fix(nsis): silent upgrade of per-machine installation is not elevated (…
1fc0806 
…electron-userland#5468)

Without elevation, app is uninstalled, but new files can't be extracted
 and no error message is displayed.
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fix(nsis): per-machine installs must properly elevate during silent i…
661a652 
…nstall/updates (#6450)

* fix(nsis): fix per-machine installs

Add @krisdages changes from PR #6438 to elevate silent per-machine installs.
Remove PR #6073 that incorrectly elevates all per-machine installs, breaking interactive per-machine installs.

Closes #6425, #5468

Co-authored-by: Robert Patrick
Co-authored-by: Kris Dages
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Should be fixed by #6450

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