etcher: The Writer Process Ended Unexpectedly - Etcher

get error - the writer process ended unexpectedly, when clicking write, windows 10 and ntfs 8gb pen drive, also same when run as administrator

tried latest version installed and portable, both do the same

windows 10 X64 recalbox.img - file capture

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Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

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State: closed
Created 6 years ago
Comments: 39 (9 by maintainers)

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https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2833#issuecomment-511152047

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

This worked for me

1.5.57 macOS Catalina Beta (19A573a)

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CDeLeon94 on Oct 1, 2019

Just had this issue - it was the Windows 10 Ransomware Protection. Windows Security | Virus & threat protection | Ransomware protection (at the bottom) Then you can either:

temporarily disable Controlled folder access (easier) or
click on “Allow an app through Controlled folder access”, and then choose “Add an allowed app”. I find choosing the recently blocked apps is easiest. Then just select balena-etcher (NOT the installer, that won’t help).

I hope that helps,

Robert

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Robert923 on Aug 22, 2019

Had same issue on catalina prod this command worked for me as well

    sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

lcrostarosa on Oct 19, 2019

quit the app and reopen it, if it doesn’t work then quit the app and run it as administrator, and I am sure I am the only one who wrote /issues/2020 lol the worst year

cuj on Aug 19, 2020

Just had this issue - it was the Windows 10 Ransomware Protection. Windows Security | Virus & threat protection | Ransomware protection (at the bottom) Then you can either:

temporarily disable Controlled folder access (easier) or

click on “Allow an app through Controlled folder access”, and then choose “Add an allowed app”. I find choosing the recently blocked apps is easiest. Then just select balena-etcher (NOT the installer, that won’t help).

I hope that helps,

Robert

Thanks a lot!, you save me!

faaps on Apr 12, 2020

uninstall and install the beta.

ghost on Aug 27, 2019