NSIS installer crashes on Windows 7 x64

[joeyer]

electron-builder Version: 20.38.3:
Target Platform : x32:

NSIS generated by electron-builder crashes in most of the time in Windows 7. Crash Report given below.

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Linkus-1.2.23-win-setup.exe
Application Version: 1.2.23.0
Application Timestamp: 5a6fed7c
Fault Module Name: System.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 5a6fed15
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00001581
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2052
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Click on the installation package, then cancel, and it will appear several times.But if you have already installed this program before, then you will not crash when you perform this operation.

[yangbo1983]

it is exeactly what i occured

[qmphan]

I am experiencing the same problem on a freshly installed windows 7. The same installer is working fine on an other windows 7 PC.

It only bug when choosing "Anyone who uses this computer (all users)" and when there is no previous version of the application installed on the PC.

If I choose the option "Only for me", the app is installed correctly. Then, if I launch the installer again and choose "Anyone who uses this computer (all users)", it will work correctly this time.

If I uninstall the app then try to install it again by choosing "Anyone who uses this computer (all users)" , it will crash.

As the two mode install the application in two different directories, I guess that the crash may have something to do with the windows registry (?).

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[julianhille]

i\ve seen this too on windows 8

[xiajingren]

hi. What is the final solution? I have a similar problem.

[Yoryky]

I have been troubled by this problem for a long time. then I solve this problem by adding 'portable' config such as below
"win": {
"target": [
"nsis",
"portable",
"zip"
],
"icon": "resources/icon.ico"
},

hope that someone can be helped.

[leandrogianotti]

I have the same problem. My installer crash sometimes and I found that it's crashing when It tries to execute this line https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis/multiUser.nsh#L35

I did a temporary fix removing from line 33 to line 38 and my installer doesn’t crash anymore and It looks like it works fine, but I'm not sure about why it's crashing in this line.