Electron-Installer-Windows : Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined

Question

I am trying to create the .exe file in order to be able to run the application that I fixed on windows environment. Firstly, I use the command:

electron-packager . app --platform win32 --arch x64 --out dist/  

which it creates the dist folder as described here : https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-packager Finally, I run the command :

electron-installer-windows --src ./dist/app-win32-x64 --config config.json/

(as described here: https://github.com/unindented/electron-installer-windows). The config.json file contains : { "authors": ["auth"], "dest": "/dist/installers/" }

Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined.

I have also seen this question : Electron Atom APP : Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined but it seems it does not work. Any suggestion? Thanks.

Answer 1

I believe this error is due to an incorrect path when trying to create the installer.

I still haven't been able to validate this, but if you have node_modules folder with its nested dependencies and you have paths longer than 260 characters that may just be the problem.

If I'm able to comfirm this or get a solution I'll post it here.

Answer 2

Had the same issue and it was resolved by setting the proper "url" field for the author in the package.json file.