Must be error if file association is set, but perMachine not

[virror]

• Version: 7.3.0

• Target: win32

After updating to latest electron-builder, file association including icon stopped working. Worked perfectly before updating, i think last version was the last 6.x, but cant remember exactly.
Using NSIS
"fileAssociations": {
"ext": ".aepwx",
"name": "myName",
"icon": "build/icon.ico"
}

[develar]

Works for me. Nothing changed. Please provide sample project or set debug env DEBUG=electron-builder and attach logs.

"icon": "build/icon.ico"

Do not specify app icon — it is default value in any case.

[virror]

Sadly i cant send you the project, but im willing to help in other ways. We have tested on several machines now and non of them works. How do you set the debug variable?

[develar]

We have tested on several machines now and non of them works

Please try to not set icon at all. Since it is equal to app icon, no need to set it explicitly.

How do you set the debug variable?

It is an environment variable. Set DEBUG=electron-builder

[develar]

non of them works.

No icon? Could you please attach screenshot of file in the File Explorer?

Or your app is not opened on file double click?

[virror]

Yes, app does not open on double click and icon is just a white standard "no specific icon" icon.
When i check properties of the file it says that no program is associated to this file type.
I will try with the debug mode and see if i can get some data.
Were do the log file end up?

[develar]

Do you use perMachine: true?

[virror]

No.
"nsis": {
"oneClick": true,
"perMachine": false,
"installerHeaderIcon": "build/icon.ico"
},

[develar]

Because Windows is *** Windows, per-user installed program cannot register file associations.

Yes — it is not documented. Yes — we must throw error if file associations set, but perMachine (or boring installer) not.

[virror]

But you just said that "per-user installed program cannot register file associations", doesn't that mean that you should set error if file associations set and perMachine is TRUE? For my case its set to false?

[develar]

doesn't that mean that you should set error if file associations set and perMachine is TRUE?

perMachine: true means that app will be installed for all users. Ugly *** UAC in action — user cannot install app only per-user — admin rights is required to install.

For my case its set to false?

false is the default value.

[virror]

Ahh, i thought perMachine true was that it should install for one user only, i will try change this then : )

[virror]

Ok, now the association works : )
No icon though.

[develar]

No icon though.

Did you remove unnecessary "icon": "build/icon.ico"?

[virror]

No, but i think its just some cache issue, cause when i try to open a file inside of the program, the icon shows. Thanx for the help!

[jakubzitny]

I can see that it throws an error now, if I have fileAssociations set to true and perMachine to false. Can we set it for macOS only, so it does not fail when perMachine is false, but we still want it on Mac?

[develar]

@jakubzitny Just move fileAssociations to mac to apply it only for macOS.

[jakubzitny]

Thanks, it works.