force run after silent update doesn't work. using appUpdater.quitAndInstall(isSilent=true, isForceRunAfter=true)

[alondanoch]

• Version:
  "electron": "^1.7.2",
  "electron-builder": "^19.9.1",
  "electron-updater": "^2.4.3",

• Target:
  win (NSIS)
  (tested on windows 10 latest)

• Issue:
  using the new isForceRunAfter feature with appUpdater.quitAndInstall(isSilent=true, isForceRunAfter=true), to force reopen app after update doesnt work (update works, but doesnt run).

please see example code and package.json in the following repo:
https://github.com/alondanoch/sparkdownload

[develar]

Works for me.

Your code is not fully correct, please see #1604 (comment)

You need to use setImmediate

[Kunze]

Did not work for me on windows, even using setImmediate. The app closes but not reopen.

[ghost]

For me, quitAndInstall with isForceRunAfter=true works in some occasions and fails on the others.

It works when I run checkForUpdates before launching the Electron main window.

However, after the the main window is launched, this function fails to force run the app. In details, it downloaded the update, installed the new version, closed the app, but failed to launch the app again after installing.

setImmediate or setTimeout didn't help to resolve this issues.

I also tried replicate the source code like below:

autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', info => {
   spawn(info.downloadedFile, ['--force-run'], {
        detached: true,
      })
})

It still wouldn't force run the app after installing.