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How to deploy an Electron app as an executable or installable in Windows?
I want to generate a unique .exe file to execute the app or a .msi to install the application. How to do that?
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Frameless window with controls in electron (Windows)
I want my app to have no title bar but still be closeable, draggable, minimizable, maximizable, and resizable like a regular window. I can do this in OS X since there is a [titleBarStyle] 1 option ...
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set color of windows titlebar - electron.js
I would like to change the color of the titlebar for the windows version of my electron app. currently it is white, how do I change it to, for example, blue?
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Integrate an option to explorer context menu with Electron
I'm building an app which should be integrated through an option in the context menu of Windows explorer and Mac finder. I couldn't find a relevant option in Electron's documentation.
For example, ...
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Windows Defender slowing down Electron startup
Context
I have setup a trivial Electron app which shows a plain html file and it consistently takes more than two seconds to start up. The key performance measurements are:
170 ms: a blank window ...
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Install electron on node for windows hangs
I am following the quick installtion guide on electron :http://electron.atom.io/
Script:
Clone the Quick Start repository
git clone https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start
Go into the ...
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License Generation for Electron-based apps [closed]
OK, so I'm experimenting a bit with Electron (formerly Atom Shell) and trying to see how this could work in a real app.
Now, given that the app is going to be commercial, I'll also have to think of ...
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electron and node on windows, kill a spawned process
i'm starting a background process (on windows) from electron main, something like this:
app_exe = require("child_process").spawn(
"app.exe" ,
[ "--params", ... ],
{ stdio: "ignore" }
);
this ...
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Electron: electron-builder config
Can somebody explain to me how electron-builder config work? I can't understand 95% of the things. Everything bellow API is somehow confusing. There are 0 examples of actually how something should be ...
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Node.js Electron Applications for Single Core Windows 7 machines are slow on file I/O
I'm running an electron application on a single core windows 7 machine. It seems whenever I do almost any file I/O with the fs library, the CPU spikes to ~100% for the electron process and it can take ...
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Check if electron app is launched with admin privileges on windows
Is there a way to check if an electron app is launched with the admin rights?
I only found electron-sudo lib to execute commands with admin privileges.
But I have multiple commands to execute and I ...
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Electron app.on('ready'... never being called and electron window never showing. Seemingly tied to specific Git repository
Summary
I'm new to Electron development, and helping to lead a small project at work creating an electron application. After working inside the Git repository for a day or so, the electron window ...
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11
votes
1
answer
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Electron get or set Environment variables in Windows?
I know that from JavaScript it is not possible to get or set Windows Environment Variables. I have deployed a Electron app as a executable (as suggested here), is it possible now to get or modify a ...
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'Unknown stdin file type' error in windows
I've been struggling with this errors for 2 days and can't realize why electron renderer process.stdin fails in windows os.
How to reproduce:
type npm install devtool -g
then type devtool
inside ...
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Auto-updates to Electron
I'm looking to deploy an auto-update feature to an Electron installation that I have, however I am finding it difficult to find any resources on the web.
I've built a self contained application ...
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