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Windows Package Cannot find module 'electron'

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After building a package for windows via: electron-packager ./ <appName> --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --version=0.33.7

When I try to run the exe located inside the build folder I get an error saying cannot find module ‘electron’

my folder structure looks like this if it makes a difference…

and my main process code looks like https://gist.github.com/tylerbourque/54714e5c5120583d1d0f

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Created 8 years ago
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Deepakchawlacommented, Mar 23, 2017

Run this command npm install --save-dev electron For more detials https://www.christianengvall.se/electron-packager-tutorial/

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lysShubcommented, Sep 16, 2020

maybe you install electron global, in your project:

E:\OneDrive\code\electron\mydemo>electron-packager .
Cannot find module 'electron' from 'E:\OneDrive\code\electron\mydemo'

E:\OneDrive\code\electron\mydemo>npm install --save-dev electron
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
......

E:\OneDrive\code\electron\mydemo>electron-packager .
Downloading electron-v1.8.8-win32-x64.zip: [========================================-----------] 78% ETA: 58.2 seconds 
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