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"No editors found" even though Atom is installed

See original GitHub issue

Description

I just insalled GitHub Desktop and Atom, and when I try to set up Atom as de default external editor for Github Desktop it says “No editors found”. I tries uninstalling and then installing Atom first, with no success.

Version

GitHub Desktop version: 0.8.0

OS version: MS Windows 6.1.7601

Steps to Reproduce

Installed both GitHub Desktop and Atom
On GitHub Desktop, File > Options > Advanced
For “External editor” it says “No editors found. Install Atom?” even though Atom is installed and running properly.

Logs

I don’t think there is anything relevant here, but still, latest log:

2017-08-30T07:27:23.899Z - warn: [ui] Unknown URL action: unknown - payload: {"name":"unknown","url":"--squirrel-firstrun"}
2017-08-30T07:27:25.500Z - error: [ui] Error checking for updates
Error: Command failed: 4294967295
System.AggregateException: Se han producido uno o varios errores. ---> System.Exception: Couldn't acquire lock, is another instance running
   en Squirrel.SingleGlobalInstance..ctor(String key, TimeSpan timeOut)
   en Squirrel.UpdateManager.<acquireUpdateLock>b__32_0()
   en System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
   en System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- Fin del seguimiento de la pila de la ubicaci�n anterior donde se produjo la excepci�n ---
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   en Squirrel.UpdateManager.<CheckForUpdate>d__7.MoveNext()
--- Fin del seguimiento de la pila de la ubicaci�n anterior donde se produjo la excepci�n ---
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   en Squirrel.Update.Program.<Download>d__7.MoveNext()
   --- Fin del seguimiento de la pila de la excepci�n interna ---
   en System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
   en System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.GetResultCore(Boolean waitCompletionNotification)
   en System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.get_Result()
   en Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine(String[] args)
   en Squirrel.Update.Program.main(String[] args)
   en Squirrel.Update.Program.Main(String[] args)
---> (N� de excepci�n interna 0) System.Exception: Couldn't acquire lock, is another instance running
   en Squirrel.SingleGlobalInstance..ctor(String key, TimeSpan timeOut)
   en Squirrel.UpdateManager.<acquireUpdateLock>b__32_0()
   en System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
   en System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- Fin del seguimiento de la pila de la ubicaci�n anterior donde se produjo la excepci�n ---
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   en Squirrel.UpdateManager.<CheckForUpdate>d__7.MoveNext()
--- Fin del seguimiento de la pila de la ubicaci�n anterior donde se produjo la excepci�n ---
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   en System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   en Squirrel.Update.Program.<Download>d__7.MoveNext()<---


    at AutoUpdater.emitError (C:\Users\[myusername]\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\electron.asar\browser\api\auto-updater\auto-updater-win.js:58:24)
    at squirrelUpdate.download (C:\Users\[myusername]\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\electron.asar\browser\api\auto-updater\auto-updater-win.js:34:21)
    at C:\Users\[myusername]\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\electron.asar\browser\api\auto-updater\squirrel-update-win.js:89:14
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\[myusername]\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\electron.asar\browser\api\auto-updater\squirrel-update-win.js:71:14)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)
2017-08-30T07:28:53.184Z - info: [ui] Executing getConfigValueInPath: git config -z --global user.name (took 2.032s)
2017-08-30T07:50:49.383Z - info: [ui] Executing getConfigValueInPath: git config -z --global user.name (took 1.390s)
2017-08-30T08:02:58.762Z - info: [ui] Opt in reported.
2017-08-30T08:02:59.463Z - info: [ui] Stats reported.
2017-08-30T08:06:05.988Z - warn: [ui] Unknown URL action: unknown - payload: {"name":"unknown","url":"--squirrel-firstrun"}
2017-08-30T08:18:51.499Z - info: [ui] Executing getConfigValueInPath: git config -z --global user.name (took 6.442s)
2017-08-30T08:24:56.861Z - info: [ui] Executing getConfigValueInPath: git config -z --global user.name (took 1.306s)

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Created 6 years ago
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Comments:46 (20 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

Ben3eeEcommented, Sep 4, 2017

@mberasategi The bin folder not being created or modified on install is a known issue with the Atom installer /cc: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/11450

You can try running atom --squirrel-updated from within the %LOCALAPPDATA%\atom folder. This should create the bin folder.

1reaction

shiftkeycommented, Sep 14, 2017

@mberasategi you’re right, I mentioned the wrong person. I’ve edited it again to clarify!