You can get debug messages from this package by running with the environment variable DEBUG=electron-windows-installer:main e.g. Another thing to be aware of is that, since the app is spawned by squirrel and squirrel acquires a file lock during installation, you won't be able to successfully check for app updates till a few seconds later when squirrel releases the lock. This allows you to do things like showing up a splash screen or presenting a settings UI. Notice that the first time the installer launches your app, your app will see a -squirrel-firstrun flag. npm install -save-dev electron-forge/cli npx electron-forge import The import command will configure your app to use electron-forge and add a few package scripts and a config property to your package.json.

If you click the ad below I get paid by someone else and can continue to publish posts for free. electron-forge First install electron-forge into your project and run the import command. You may run prettier -write app/ to format a certain directory.

NB: Use this syntax within an async function, Node does not have support for // top-level await as of Node 12. Now you can run the following to create a Windows installer: npm run package-win npm run create-installer-win Signing installer The readme of electron-winstaller tells you to sign your installer. prettierignore file to let the Prettier CLI and editors know which.

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