"Windows 7 or above is required" - Electron autoupdate fails on latest windows update.

[EdvinM]

• Version: 22.10.5

• Electron Version: 11.4.2
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: Windows

Three days ago, I have updated my Windows machine to latest windows build: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/april-13-2021-kb5001330-os-builds-19041-928-and-19042-928-cead30cd-f284-4115-a42f-d67fec538490
and since then, I cannot use auto-updater anymore.

The classic error "Windows 7 or above is required" shows after I hit the update button.
At first I thought it was because I changed the windows nsis to be built only for x64, but then I realized that neither my older builds can update.

Any thoughts on this?

[mmaietta]

😳
Would you mind pulling NSIS logs by trying this? #5119 (comment)

I found where your error is being thrown:

electron-builder/packages/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis/common.nsh

Lines 18 to 24 in 28cb86b

	${If} ${IsWin2000}
	${OrIf} ${IsWinME}
	${OrIf} ${IsWinXP}
	${OrIf} ${IsWinVista}
	MessageBox MB_OK "$(win7Required)"
	Quit
	${EndIf}

[EdvinM]

@mmaietta I have tried to enable NSIS logging by going through the steps written on the link you referenced. The problem is that I am building my windows app on macOS, and I stumbled upon the same issue as mentioned in Issue #32. Any ideas on this?

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[mmaietta]

@EdvinM yeah, I'm running into the same issue.
For nsis on mac, I researched that you'll need to use this approach https://github.com/NSIS-Dev/homebrew-makensis
(It didn't install for me though ¯\(ツ)/¯)

Once you're able to have that, you can override the makensis path via https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/6024/files#diff-8ad1d08aa2e58bd68d30240ff1f8390122d9a82ba65e7b57359629e03e246533R24

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Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.