Issues

• Running Setup.exe while the app is running can break the installation

  electron/windows-installer#597 · Filter by author nikwen opened on May 4, 2026

• Electron app installation takes 15+ minutes

  electron/windows-installer#571 · Filter by author Chy-Zaber-Bin-Zahid opened on Dec 30, 2025
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• Prevent running Electron app by copying/zipping installed folder to another PC

  electron/windows-installer#570 · Filter by author Chy-Zaber-Bin-Zahid opened on Dec 30, 2025

• License files LICENSE.electron.txt and LICENSES.chromium.html are not distributed with the application

  electron/windows-installer#568 · Filter by author liborbus opened on Nov 20, 2025

• Failed with exit code: 4294967295

  electron/windows-installer#559 · Filter by author zhangboyanzhangboyan opened on Aug 14, 2025
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• An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge: Error: Failed with exit code: 4294967295

  electron/windows-installer#557 · Filter by author citizenll opened on Jul 3, 2025
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• why doesn't iconUrl accept local files?

  electron/windows-installer#555 · Filter by author clicktodev opened on Jun 7, 2025
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• Stop Using Lodash

  electron/windows-installer#549 · Filter by author Atomic-Germ opened on Feb 18, 2025

• Using hookFunction via electron-winstaller

  electron/windows-installer#548 · Filter by author beyondkmp opened on Feb 13, 2025
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• Please package src alongside the app

  electron/windows-installer#532 · Filter by author iameli-streams opened on Sep 17, 2024
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• Fail to set icon on non windows

  electron/windows-installer#531 · Filter by author zorn-v opened on Sep 17, 2024

• Fails on Squirrel-Mono.exe --releasify

  electron/windows-installer#527 · Filter by author Bug-Reaper opened on Aug 3, 2024
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• Please update rcedit.exe to the latest and greatest.

  electron/windows-installer#522 · Filter by author Darkproduct opened on Jul 1, 2024
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• Squirrel.log error (setup.exe)

  electron/windows-installer#517 · Filter by author MateoMROZEK opened on Jun 4, 2024
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• Issue with windows-sign param throwing error in Electron/windows-installer (by sea-signtool)

  electron/windows-installer#508 · Filter by author barkinoaa opened on Apr 1, 2024

• Installation without popping up a loadingGif

  question
  electron/windows-installer#543 · Filter by author xlorne opened on Mar 22, 2024
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• createWindowsInstaller Fails Writing to temp/*.nuspec File When "/" in Package Name

  electron/windows-installer#503 · Filter by author brandonegg opened on Mar 11, 2024
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• setupIcon config failed when productName contains chinese character ;Fatal error: Unable to load file

  electron/windows-installer#490 · Filter by author rosendolu opened on Nov 3, 2023
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• Electron MSI package name ends with machine why?

  electron/windows-installer#481 · Filter by author ArunKathir98 opened on Sep 6, 2023
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• Does not work at all

  electron/windows-installer#477 · Filter by author Andrew-web-coder opened on Jul 8, 2023
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• How to sign windows app on CI? (from June 1, 2023)

  electron/windows-installer#473 · Filter by author mahnunchik opened on May 30, 2023
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• Fatal error: Unable to load file

  electron/windows-installer#471 · Filter by author peterColin opened on Apr 30, 2023

• How to trigger a batch file during installation

  electron/windows-installer#470 · Filter by author Starter3 opened on Mar 14, 2023

• loadingGif takes a few seconds to show during installation. Can we make it show immediately?

  electron/windows-installer#456 · Filter by author GitMurf opened on Jan 9, 2023
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• Shortcut "Start in" garbled

  electron/windows-installer#451 · Filter by author eliw00d opened on Dec 21, 2022