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NSIS Installer stuck at "Installing, please wait..."

See original GitHub issue

electron-builder Version: 21.0.15

Target: win10 nsis

Package.json:

"build": {
    "asar": false,
    "win": {
      "target": "nsis"
    },
    "nsis": {
      "runAfterFinish": false,
      "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}-instalador.${ext}",
      "oneClick": true
    }
  }

installer.nsh:

!macro preInit
  SetRegView 64
  WriteRegExpandStr HKLM "${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}" InstallLocation "C:\${COMPANY_NAME}\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
  WriteRegExpandStr HKCU "${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}" InstallLocation "C:\${COMPANY_NAME}\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
  SetRegView 32
  WriteRegExpandStr HKLM "${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}" InstallLocation "C:\${COMPANY_NAME}\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
  WriteRegExpandStr HKCU "${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}" InstallLocation "C:\${COMPANY_NAME}\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
!macroend

Installer gets successfully built but when executed gets stuck at “Installing, please wait…” forever

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Reactions:33
Comments:52 (10 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

31reactions

Stanzillacommented, Feb 26, 2020

@develar hey there, any official plans/workarounds for this?

28reactions

Slapboxcommented, Feb 10, 2020

I never saw this issue with 20.39.x - I’m pulling my hair out over this bug on literally day 2 after upgrading to the latest electron-builder. If this happened to a user, I can be pretty sure they’re never getting this fixed, giving up, and lost to us forever as a user.

THIS IS A CRITICAL BUG