Install electron-packager : run following command in windows cmd.

You can get debug messages from this package by running with the environment variable DEBUG=electron-windows-installer:main e.g. Electron Packager is a command line tool and Node.js library that bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution.

Another thing to be aware of is that, since the app is spawned by squirrel and squirrel acquires a file lock during installation, you won't be able to successfully check for app updates till a few seconds later when squirrel releases the lock. This allows you to do things like showing up a splash screen or presenting a settings UI. Notice that the first time the installer launches your app, your app will see a -squirrel-firstrun flag. oneClick true Boolean - Whether to create one-click installer or assisted.

These options also applicable for Web installer, use top-level nsisWeb key. NB: Use this syntax within an async function, Node does not have support for // top-level await as of Node 12. The top-level nsis key contains set of options instructing electron-builder on how it should build NSIS target (default target for Windows).

Electron windows installer