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Tmp.Node is not a valid Win32 application

See original GitHub issue

Version: 22.4.1
Electron Version: 9.2.1
Target: Mac, Windows, Linux

I am trying to build my electron application for all 3 platforms. I am using mac as build server. I am using below given command to build

electron-builder -mwl

Below is my build configuration in package json. Also note that i am using sqlite3 package which i use by running electron rebuild command.

"build": {
   "appId": "appName",
   "directories": {
     "output": "output-path"
   },
   "mac": {
     "category": "your.app.category.type",
     "icon": "/desktop-app-icon-mac-512.icns",
     "target": "dmg"
   },
   "win": {
     "icon": "/desktop-app-icon-win-256.ico",
     "target": [
       {
         "target": "nsis",
         "arch": [
           "x64",
           "ia32"
         ]
       }
     ]
   },
   "linux": {
     "target": [
       {
         "target": "AppImage",
         "arch": [
           "x64"
         ]
       }
     ]
   },
   "files": [
     "/views/"
   ],
   "publish": {
     "provider": "generic",
     "url": ""
   },
   "nsis": {
     "deleteAppDataOnUninstall": true
   }
 }

Generated DMG file works successfully on mac, but after installing executable on 64 bit machine, below given error is logged in renderer process console

Uncaught Error: Uncaught (in promise): Error: \\?\{local-dir-path}\AppData\Local\Temp\10\1435ac1f-8452-42d8-952d-e07381d1b44b.tmp.node is not a valid Win32 application.
\\?\{local-dir-path}\AppData\Local\Temp\10\1435ac1f-8452-42d8-952d-e07381d1b44b.tmp.node
Error: \\?\{local-dir-path}\AppData\Local\Temp\10\1435ac1f-8452-42d8-952d-e07381d1b44b.tmp.node is not a valid Win32 application.
\\?\{local-dir-path}\AppData\Local\Temp\10\1435ac1f-8452-42d8-952d-e07381d1b44b.tmp.node
    at process.func [as dlopen] (electron/js2c/asar.js:140:31)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1034:18)
    at Object.func [as .node] (electron/js2c/asar.js:149:18)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
    at Function.Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:769:28)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> ({local-dir-path}\AppData\Local\Programs\{app-name}\resources\app.asar\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\sqlite3-binding.js:4:15)

It seems like 32-bit version got installed on 64 bit windows machine. If i create build for windows-only on 64-bit windows machine, then it is working fine. As it is clear in configuration, i am creating installer for both 32 and 64 bit platforms, i can confirm that installer contains both 32 and 64 bit application because my exe file got doubled once i included 32 bit architecture.

Does anybody else had the same issue? Kindly share your experiences.