Restarting packaged app not working

• Version: 21.1.5

• Target: Windows 10

My application restarts using

    app.relaunch();
    app.quit();

This works fine if run from source or packaged using electron-packager. If the app runs from a single .exe file build by electron-builder, it just exits the application without restarting. Any hints on how to fix this? Thanks!

[hwoodiwiss]

The packaged app is stored as an NSIS archive, so the demo app is running from temp.

If you replace your code with the below, it should resolve your issue:

var opt: Electron.RelaunchOptions = {};
opt.args = process.argv.slice(1).concat(['--relaunch']);
opt.execPath = process.execPath;
if(app.isPackaged && process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_FILE != undefined)
{
    opt.execPath = process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_FILE;
}
app.relaunch(opt);
app.quit();

[Araxeus]

for anyone that still encounter this problem like me:

function restart() {
    app.relaunch({ execPath: process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_FILE });
    app.quit();
}

execPath will be undefined if not in portable app resulting in the default behavior