desktop: Windows installer never completes installation
Description
Installer goes into a loop, never finishing the install. No UI is shown at all.
Version
GitHub Desktop version: 0.5.9
OS version: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
Steps to Reproduce
- Clean install of Windows 10 Pro
- Download and install
- Installer never completes, looping a squirrel-task appoximately once per second
It looks like all the files are installed, but running GitHub Desktop.exe does not start the program.
Expected behaviour: Installer completes
Actual behaviour: Installer loops indefinitely
Reproduces how often: 100%
Logs
Contents of C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.5.9\SquirrelSetup.log: (complete)
2017-06-01 17.28.23> Program: Starting Squirrel Updater: --updateSelf=C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe
2017-06-01 17.28.23> Program: About to wait for parent PID 8960
Content of C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\SquirrelSetup.log: (partial)
2017-06-01 17.28.23> Program: Starting Squirrel Updater: --createShortcut GitHub Desktop.exe
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: About to create shortcuts for GitHub Desktop.exe, rootAppDir C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: Creating shortcut for GitHub Desktop.exe => C:\Users\fr\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc.\GitHub Desktop.lnk
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: About to save shortcut: C:\Users\fr\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc.\GitHub Desktop.lnk (target C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\GitHub Desktop.exe, workingDir C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.5.9, args , toastActivatorCSLID 27d44d0c-a542-5b90-bcdb-ac3126048ba2)
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: Creating shortcut for GitHub Desktop.exe => C:\Users\fr\Desktop\GitHub Desktop.lnk
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: About to save shortcut: C:\Users\fr\Desktop\GitHub Desktop.lnk (target C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\GitHub Desktop.exe, workingDir C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.5.9, args , toastActivatorCSLID 27d44d0c-a542-5b90-bcdb-ac3126048ba2)
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: Examining Pin: Google Chrome.lnk
2017-06-01 17.28.23> Program: Starting Squirrel Updater: --createShortcut GitHub Desktop.exe
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: About to create shortcuts for GitHub Desktop.exe, rootAppDir C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: Creating shortcut for GitHub Desktop.exe => C:\Users\fr\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc.\GitHub Desktop.lnk
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: About to save shortcut: C:\Users\fr\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc.\GitHub Desktop.lnk (target C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\GitHub Desktop.exe, workingDir C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.5.9, args , toastActivatorCSLID 27d44d0c-a542-5b90-bcdb-ac3126048ba2)
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: Creating shortcut for GitHub Desktop.exe => C:\Users\fr\Desktop\GitHub Desktop.lnk
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: About to save shortcut: C:\Users\fr\Desktop\GitHub Desktop.lnk (target C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\GitHub Desktop.exe, workingDir C:\Users\fr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.5.9, args , toastActivatorCSLID 27d44d0c-a542-5b90-bcdb-ac3126048ba2)
2017-06-01 17.28.23> ApplyReleasesImpl: Examining Pin: Google Chrome.lnk
[repeatedly]
Additional Information
New machine with AMD Ryzen CPU.
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 7 years ago
- Reactions: 3
- Comments: 19 (3 by maintainers)
Same problem here. Tried two different systems. I couldn’t even kill the processes that kept popping back up. I had to logout and log back in again. However, after I logged back in, it appeared to be installed.