Update is downloaded but not installed, if application was installed for all users (in Program Files) on Windows

• electron-builder: 22.1.0

• electron-updater: 4.2.0

• Target: nsis

Settings:

    "nsis": {
      "oneClick": false,
      "allowToChangeInstallationDirectory": true,
      "allowElevation": true,
      ...
     }

Steps to reproduce:

1. Build electron app, and put the version to lets say 1.0.0;
2. Build nsis target and artifacts for auto-update (latest.yml);
3. Build the app again, put the version to lets say 1.0.1, also build artifacts (latest.yml);
4. Upload the 1.0.1 version to your server, or wherever, just so 1.0.0 can see it;
5. Launch the 1.0.0 app. Wait for the update to download, app relaunches to update. So far so good.
6. Now, if the app was installed for single user (to C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Programs/…) everything is fine, the app is uninstalled, then the 1.0.1 version is installed, all good. But if the app was installed for all users (to C:/Program Files/…) the UAC dialog launches, asking for permission (as expected), the app is uninstalled (as expected), but then it is not installed again (totally unexpected). No errors, no warning, no nothing.

I will be happy to provide any other info if needed.

[rasgo-cc]

Same issue here. Anyone willing to work on this? Any useful pointers?

PS: I’m using "electron-builder": "^22.8.0" and "electron-updater": "^4.3.4"

[DominikLevitsky]

Probably worth mentioning, the app-updater folder (in C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/app-updater/pending/update-info.json) has the property “isAdminRightsRequired”: false, shouldn’t it be set to true, actually, if the app is installed in the Program Files for all users?