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Error: EPERM: operation not permitted

See original GitHub issue

Version: 22.9.1

Electron Version: 9.3.2
Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): Current

Electron updater: 4.3.5

Target: Windows, nsis

Hello, I’ve been trying to make the autoUpdate work for days for my electron desktop app and I keep having the same error. The upload publishes well in the github private repository but when I try to download it I always get this error: Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open ‘C:\Users\usuario\AppData\Local\privatenameexample\pending\temp-privatename-Setup-1.0.1.exe’

This is the command I use to publish it: electron-builder build --win --publish always

My package.json:

{ "name":` "example",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "electron-builder build --win --publish never",
    "deploy": "electron-builder build --win --publish always",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e",
    "start:electron": "ng build --base-href ./ && electron .",
    "electron-package-win": "ng build --prod && electron-packager . --no-prune --ignore=/node_modules --ignore=/e2e --ignore=/src --overwrite"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/common": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/compiler": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/core": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/forms": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/localize": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~10.0.2",
    "@angular/router": "~10.0.2",
    "@fortawesome/angular-fontawesome": "^0.7.0",
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.28",
    "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^5.13.0",
    "@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap": "^7.0.0",
    "bootstrap": "^4.5.0",
    "chart.js": "^2.9.3",
    "electron-log": "^4.3.0",
    "electron-pos-printer": "^1.2.4",
    "electron-updater": "^4.3.5",
    "ng-connection-service": "^1.0.4",
    "ng2-charts": "^2.4.1",
    "ngx-electron": "^2.2.0",
    "ngx-image-compress": "^8.0.4",
    "resize-base64": "git+https://github.com/hendrik-scholz/resize-base64.git#master",
    "rxjs": "~6.5.5",
    "tslib": "^2.0.0",
    "update-electron-app": "^2.0.1",
    "zone.js": "~0.10.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.1000.1",
    "@angular/cli": "~10.0.1",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~10.0.2",
    "@types/jasmine": "~3.5.0",
    "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
    "@types/node": "^12.11.1",
    "codelyzer": "^6.0.0-next.1",
    "electron": "^9.3.2",
    "electron-builder": "^22.8.1",
    "jasmine-core": "~3.5.0",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~5.0.0",
    "karma": "~5.0.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.1.0",
    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~3.0.2",
    "karma-jasmine": "~3.3.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.5.0",
    "protractor": "~7.0.0",
    "ts-node": "~8.3.0",
    "tslint": "~6.1.0",
    "typescript": "~3.9.5"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/exampleuser/example"
  }
}

My electron-builder.json

{
    "productName": "example",
    "appId": "id.example.example",
    "directories": {
    "output": "release/${version}"
    },"files": [
        "**/*",  
        "!**/*.ts",  
        "!*.code-workspace",  
        "!LICENSE.md",  
        "!package.json",  
        "!package-lock.json",  
        "!src/",  
        "!e2e/",  
        "!hooks/",  
        "!angular.json",  
        "!_config.yml",  
        "!karma.conf.js",  
        "!tsconfig.json",  
        "!tslint.json"  
    ],  
    "win": {  
        "target": [  
          "nsis"  
        ]  
      },
    "nsis":{
      "oneClick": false,
      "allowToChangeInstallationDirectory":true,
      "perMachine": true
      },
    "publish": [
    {
    "provider": "github",
    "repo": "example",
    "owner": "exampleuser",
    "vPrefixedTagName": true,
    "token": "xxx",
    "private": true,
    "releaseType": "release",
    "publishAutoUpdate": true
    }
    ]
}

My main.js where I call it.

const {app, BrowserWindow,ipcMain} = require('electron')
const { autoUpdater } = require('electron-updater');
var log = require('electron-log');
log.transports.file.level = 'info';
log.transports.file.file = __dirname + 'log.log';
autoUpdater.autoDownload = false;

const url = require("url");
const path = require("path");
const {PosPrinter} = require("electron-pos-printer");

let mainWindow
function createWindow () {
  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    //fullscreen:true,
    height: 600,
    width: 800,
    //frame:false,
    webPreferences: {
      nodeIntegration: true
    }
  })
  mainWindow.setMenuBarVisibility(false)
  //ON OPEN SET FULL SCREEN
  // mainWindow.setFullScreen(true)

  mainWindow.loadURL(
    url.format({
      pathname: path.join(__dirname, `/dist/index.html`),
      protocol: "file:",
      slashes: true
    })
  );
  // Open the DevTools.
  mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()

  mainWindow.on('closed', function () {
    mainWindow = null
  })
 
  mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
  });
  setInterval(function(){ 
    autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify(); 
    log.error('-- Looking for updates -- 20s cooldown --')
  }, 20000);
}
//FIN CREATE WINDOW
app.on('ready', createWindow)

app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
  log.error("Closing app");
  app.quit();
})

app.on('activate', function () {
  if (mainWindow === null) createWindow()
})

ipcMain.on('app_version', (event) => {
  event.sender.send('app_version', { version: app.getVersion() });
});

function closeWindow(){
  console.log("Closing window")
  mainWindow.close();
}
ipcMain.on('closeWindow', (event, arg) => {
  closeWindow()
})
autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
  // mainWindow.webContents.send('update_available');
  log.error('Update available')
  autoUpdater.autoDownload = true;
});
autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
  // mainWindow.webContents.send('update_downloaded');
  log.error('Downloaded')
});
autoUpdater.on('checking-for-update', () => {
  log.error('Checking for update')
})
autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', (ev, info) => {
  log.error('Checking ... update not available')
})
autoUpdater.on('download-progress', (ev, progressObj) => {
  log.error('Download progress')
  // let log_message = "Download speed: " + progressObj.bytesPerSecond;
  // log_message = log_message + ' - Downloaded ' + progressObj.percent + '%';
  // log_message = log_message + ' (' + progressObj.transferred + "/" + progressObj.total + ')';
  // log.error(log_message)

  // sendStatusToWindow(log_message);
  // Commented because it says undefined
})

ipcMain.on('restart_app', () => {
  autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
});

autoUpdater.on('error', message => {
  log.error('There was a problem updating the application')
  log.error(message)
})

This is where the error tells me to go and this is what I get when clicking manually:

And this is the logs I get, it detects that there is an update, and starts downloading it but it gets like corrupted

I have tried everything, trying to download it in a public respository, verifyUpdateCodeSignature: false because maybe its my antivirus that blocks it but I have disable it, but the error is always the same. I haven’t done the app quit and install part because I want it to download well first which I can’t succeed. Thank you very much!