Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [squirrel.windows]

Squirrel.Windows is an installation and update framework for Windows desktop apps.

Squirrel.Windows is an installation and update framework for Windows desktop apps.

Squirrel is both a set of tools and a library, to completely manage both installation and updating of your Desktop Windows application, written in either C# or any other language (i.e. Squirrel can manage native C++ applications).

108 questions
3
votes
1 answer

What is the Update.exe specified in "Update.exe not found, not a Squirrel-installed app" error?

I am trying to implement auto-update feature in my WPF application. So I am testing out a scratch project and following this guide. This is my MainWindow.xaml:
LindaSingh
  • 84
  • 1
  • 13
3
votes
1 answer

How to avoid adding a new Windows Firewall exemption every time an application is updated using Squirrel.Windows?

Whenever a fresh client is installed the request is generated for firewall access. On new install its acceptable. As the application is updated, the exe location is changed and again the user gets a prompt for firewall access. That seems…
Sandeep Acharya
  • 71
  • 1
  • 6
3
votes
1 answer

CefSharp crashed on Windows 7 & 8.1 but runs on Windows 10

We are having problems distrusting our app containing CefSharp, the issue relates to the VC++ 2015 redistributable files. To investigate we are testing with the CefSharp MinimalExample for WPF. In addition to the files required for the app we have…
Phil Jenson
  • 111
  • 6
3
votes
2 answers

How do I register an app to run on Windows startup using Squirrel.Windows?

Is there a way to register an installed app to run on Windows startup when using Squirrel.Windows to build the installer? Thanks!
Jan Paolo Go
  • 5,842
  • 4
  • 22
  • 50
3
votes
0 answers

Electron windows installer is not creating the shortcut on desktop

Tried many time and many solution but all give me the same problem. Everything works just fine, the app works and no issues with it, it's just the shourtcut that is not being created on Desktop. I can see from the log files…
itismelito
  • 245
  • 3
  • 11
3
votes
2 answers

Electron Squirrel.Windows: .msi not working

I developed an Electron app and with the use of eletron-packager and then electron-squirrel-startup I created .exe and .msi installer files. The .exe file is working fine, but the .msi is not. It looks like it just stops at some point and turns off.…
madasionka
  • 812
  • 2
  • 10
  • 29
3
votes
0 answers

Adding Python installation for an Electron app

I am creating an Eletron desktop application for Windows. I am using electron-packager and then electron-squirrel-startup to create an .exe file. Like in this…
madasionka
  • 812
  • 2
  • 10
  • 29
3
votes
1 answer

How do I save a downloaded update to install later?

I am implementing autoupdate in my Electron app using squirrel. When the updates are downloaded I show the user a dialog giving them two options: Quit the app and install the update immediately (using autoUpdater.quitAndInstall()) Temporarily set…
Mike Goodwin
  • 8,810
  • 2
  • 35
  • 50
3
votes
1 answer

Squirrel for Windows - Setup/Install fails on Windows 7

I am building a .net 4.5 (c#) app and packaging it with Squirrel for Windows. As expected, the releasify command creates one Setup.exe file and one Setup.msi. The Setup.exe installs the app as expected on the two windows 10 computers I had access…
John K
  • 1,285
  • 6
  • 18
3
votes
3 answers

Creating Shortcuts for an Installed Electron Application

I have an electron application for which I use electron-packager to compile and grunt-electron-installer to generate the Windows installer package. Upon installation I handle the squirrel events like so: //... switch (squirrelCommand) { …
tt9
  • 5,784
  • 6
  • 42
  • 65
2
votes
1 answer

squirrel.windows 1.7.8-1.9.0 Cannot produce Setup.exe and RELEASES file in -releaseDir

I am using the Azure DevOps Release pipeline to deploy a WPF application. In the CI I have a copy files task with a target to build.artifactstagingdirectory In the contents I include: -…
Artexias
  • 195
  • 2
  • 14
2
votes
2 answers

Squirrel not creating .exe that the shortcut would target

I'm trying to distribute my C# application via Squirrel. Via Squirrel releasify, I have created a Setup exe to install that. Most of this works - the setup extracts my app's files and launches the application (currently in version 0.0.1). Once done,…
Bogey
  • 4,926
  • 4
  • 32
  • 57
2
votes
0 answers

Connect to Phoenix Hbase deployed as a docker image through SquirrelClient Remotely

I've deployed Hbase(Standalone), Zookeeper and Phoenix as a docker image in a virtual host. The image started successfully without any issues. Also after some changes in the config file, I could connect to the Hbase using Phoenix by ./sqlline.py…
Praveen Kumar JV
  • 21
  • 2
2
votes
1 answer

Electron App Installation with Squirrel to ProgramFiles(x86)

Does Squirrel support an Electron app installation to ProgramFiles(x86) ? If yes, could you please explain me how it is done with an Electron app ? I could not find anything about it. I have done the installation to %localappdata% yet. But it is…
Coder949
  • 987
  • 1
  • 8
  • 29
2
votes
0 answers

How to handle .net4.5 requirement issue in windows for electron app?

We have our desktop app (windows) built in electron. On most of the system, it gets installed perfect. But in some computers, specially windows 7, user gets prompt to install .net 4.5 before installing software. Most of the case, installing this…
Ishwar Rimal
  • 1,071
  • 11
  • 19
1
2
3 4 5 6 7 8