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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).

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electron electron-winstaller and squirell : how make and use an update.exe?

Thanks to windows electron-winstaller, I have created an installer for an application built with Electron Framework I have followed this tutorial step by step that use squirrel Unfortunately it does not explain how make an update.exe and where place…
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Electron-Builder cannot build update for Windows

I am not able to build an update with Electron-Builder and Squirrel for a test application. The problem I think Wine does not find the 7z.exe file. Here's a part of the error that I think is the main problem: Utility: Failed to extract file…
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How to auto-start an Electron app after a fresh installation?

I am using Squirrel on windows to install my electron application. I have tried to run an application after a fresh installation, using a Squirrel event. case '--squirrel-install': return app.quit() I removed app.quit() so that the application…
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.NET programmatic file download for Deployment/Update

I have spent the last several days attempting to setup a home FTP server, but my firewall is giving me a hard time. My goal is to emulate the functionality of a Click-Once application in a Portable .NET application. I have a finished portable EXE…
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Deployment and Updater for WPF application

Hello I am new to wpf app development and searching for deployment technologies to deploy and update my WPF application but I was unable to find anything that clears my requirements. Requirements are: 1) Set default path to program files or Allow…
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Error installing Microsoft Bot framework emulator

I'm trying to install "Bot framework emulator V3" on my PC, but I get "The installation has failed" and then I can't do anything. I've already turned off the antivirus and the Windows Firewall... I don't know what to do, and I don't have any…
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Squirrel.Windows with pre-release tag

So i just switched from ClickOnce to Squirrel.Windows. We are creating NuGet packages and getting the version number from GitVersion. We build our develop branch and mark it as a pre-release using the syntax 1.0.0-beta1. This works great and we can…
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Set up Squirrel to work with jenkins

I'm trying to configure Squirrel to work with Jenkins.. I've a simple project (created just for test) that only shows build number. I've set up jenkins as How do I tell that it has to take the version inside the assembly.cs? and how do I pass that…
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autoUpdater.setFeedURL is not a function

I'm attempting to implement windows auto update functionality in an electron app (which may lead to my early death) and I'm getting this error. This is the URL I'm passing for testing purposes EDIT: my electron app is using the two package.json…
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Node.js child process with detached option

I am creating an electron desktop app, and I have code use spawn() with option detached: true. My purpose is to let the child process keep running even when the parent process terminated. const spawn = require('child_process').spawn; const ls =…
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Electron app: control squirrel install event

I built an electron app, pack the app with electron-packager and build the installer with windows-installer. Todo: I want to run some commands during the installing the app. What I tried: Put code inside squirrel events to execute commands: case…
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Download customized setup from url with the query string parameters

I made a windows service application that I want to create a setup file. When User request application via our website url with query parameters, (Eg: http://test.com/setup.exe?id=1212) I need to change the current app.config key value to that query…
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How to Run Squirrel Releasify on Visual Studio Team Services?

I am setting up the build process for a desktop application on Visual Studio Team Services (i.e. Visual Studio Online) and would like to run the squirrel installer Releasify command automatically under some build cases. So far I have created the…
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Electron application auto updating using Squirrel

I am trying to build an application using Node.js and Electron. I know the automatic updates are possible for these applications since applications like Slack and Atom are using this feature. This can be achieved using Squirrel or electron-updater…
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Using F# Fake SquirrelHelper to create Squirrel.Windows packages

Attempting to create a SquirrelPack target however it does not seem to be working for me using the docs: // line 84 Target "CreateSquirrelPackage" (fun _ -> SquirrelPack (fun p -> {p with WorkingDir = "./tmp"}) "./my.nuget" ) …
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