The *.exe file is not generated.

[ENNA-Egor]

Hello. I've uploaded the template. When I enter the command "npm run build:win" in the terminal, the *.exe file isn't generated. What could be the problem? I'm using VSCode. Thanks.

[guasam]

Hello @ENNA-Egor,

Could you share the following details:

• which operating system
• which node version
• any errors during npm run install or npm run build?
• made any changes to the electron-builder.yml file?

Just spun it up here and it seems to be working fine:

[ENNA-Egor]

Node version 9.6.7

When running the npm run build:win command, I received the following errors:
⨯ zip: not a valid zip file github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/archive/zipx.(*Extractor).extractAndWriteFile /Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/archive/zipx/unzip.go:234 github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/archive/zipx.Unzip.func1.1 /Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/archive/zipx/unzip.go:104 github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/util.MapAsyncConcurrency.func2 /Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/util/async.go:68 runtime.goexit /Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/go/1.21.13/arm64/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1650 ⨯ C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\node_modules\app-builder-bin\win\x64\app-builder.exe process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE Exit code: 1 failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\node_modules\app-builder-bin\win\x64\app-builder.exe process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE Exit code: 1 at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\node_modules\builder-util\src\util.ts:259:14) at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:626:26) at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:511:28) at ChildProcess.cp.emit (C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:34:29) at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1098:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5) ERROR: "electron:build:win" exited with 1.

The electron-builder.yml file was not modified.

[guasam]

It could be some corrupted electron cache. See if you have any zip file in this directory, try deleting that file & re-build the app.

C:\Users\YourUser\AppData\Local\electron\Cache

[ENNA-Egor]

Thank you. Everything worked out.

[ENNA-Egor]

I installed Node v22.20.0 but the problem persisted.
After reinstalling Node, there were fewer errors, but the exe file did not appear.
⨯ ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\dist\win-unpacked\electron.exe' -> 'C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\dist\win-unpacked\ElectronReactApp.exe' failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\dist\win-unpacked\electron.exe' -> 'C:\Users\KADRI-ZSS-2\Docs\electron-react-app\dist\win-unpacked\ElectronReactApp.exe' ERROR: "electron:build:win" exited with 1.

[guasam]

After upgrading the node version, make sure the npm version is also up to date.

Then you can try removing the existing node_modules directory from project and re-generate it via npm run install.

[ENNA-Egor]

Thank you. Everything worked out.