Error during signing when running as Windows SYSTEM user

[nicowiggersiv]

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• Version: 11.5.1

• Target: ia32

We have a Windows 7 host running jenkins and I'm trying to build an electron app with electron-builder. The Jenkins service is using the SYSTEM user. During the build process electron-builder creates a folder under C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local , the local app data folder of the SYSTEM user. From this folder C:\Users\at-builduser.SIV\AppData\Local\electron-builder\cache\winCodeSign\winCodeSign-1.6.0\windows-6\signtool.exe is called. This process fails which I can reproduce on the CMD when I start signtool.exe with no arguments (application error). If I put this folder in a different location I can execute signtool.exe. In addition, if I copy the electron-builder folder on my local machine from myuser\AppData\local to C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local I get the same error when trying to launch it from there. So it looks like that something is prohibiting to run it from the SYSTEM local app folder. Is it possible to change the folder where electron-builder puts it folder to?

[nicowiggersiv]

Just tried to build it without signing. In this case makensis.exe fails:

Error: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\electron-builder\cache\nsis\nsis-3.0.4\Bin\makensis.exe exited with code 3221225781

[develar]

Duplicates #1097 See solution — #503 (comment)

[nicowiggersiv]

It doesn't seem to be the environment variables. In one CMD I can't execute makensis/signtool but after copying it to a different folder I can run it from there. So in this case the environment does not change, neither does the working directory. However it look like the DLLs of these tools are not found. Perhaps this is a security restriction (so far I haven't found a cause for this restriction).

My current workaround that solves this is to change LOCALAPPDATA in the Jenkins batch file build step before running npm run dist:
SET LOCALAPPDATA=C:\electron-builder_localappdata

[develar]

Thanks for clear explanation.