Cannot install Joplin 3.2 on Windows

[laurent22]

I cannot install 3.2.4 - I get "Joplin cannot be closed. Please close it manually and click Retry to continue." But I did close it manually before installing 3.2.4. I looked through the Task Manager (I'm on Windows 10) and do not see any Joplin processes. I also tried rebooting and running the 3.2.4 install first thing before starting anything else, same result. Any suggestions?

Ref: https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/desktop-pre-release-v3-2-is-now-available-updated-12-12-2024/41898/23?u=laurent

I think it may be due to this issue? electron-userland/electron-builder#8131

Which has a fix here:

electron-userland/electron-builder#8133

But for now only available on an alpha version. Maybe we can try to use yarn patch to fix this?

[laurent22]

Note: it looks like it was working fine in the previous pre-releases?

Yes, I’ve never had a problem installing the new versions until this one. (I install each new one when the notification comes.) I closed Joplin, checked Task Manager to see if anything was running, rebooted, and got the same message every time. I don’t want to uninstall the existing version that works fine.

Ref: https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/desktop-pre-release-v3-2-is-now-available-updated-12-12-2024/41898/28?u=laurent

[personalizedrefrigerator]

This may be related to 9e89357.

[laurent22]

Could it actually be related? This is from one year ago while it seems recent versions < 3.2.4 were working fine

[personalizedrefrigerator]

Could it actually be related? This is from one year ago while it seems recent versions < 3.2.4 were working fine

No, I was wrong about the commit date. Thank you for noticing that!

[personalizedrefrigerator]

Which has a fix here:

electron-userland/electron-builder#8133

But for now only available on an alpha version. Maybe we can try to use yarn patch to fix this?

The fix seems to be in electron-builder >= v25. We're currently on electron-builder v24.13.3. electron-builder v25.1.8 seems to be stable, so upgrading might help.

[personalizedrefrigerator]

I'm re-opening this — a user is reporting that 3.2.5 still can't be installed on Windows: https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/desktop-pre-release-v3-2-is-now-available-updated-18-12-2024/41898/34

[manderss99]

confirm, neither 3.2.4 or 3.2.5 installs on windows 11. "Joplin cannot be closed" but have closed Joplin manually before trying to install.

[manderss99]

Still having this problem on 3.2.6, windows 11.

[badabing2005]

Is there a manual way to workaround this issue?
It's impossible to install updates.
Happens with 3.2.6

[laurent22]

Hello, manually uninstalling and installing again seems to work for some users

[badabing2005]

Hello, manually uninstalling and installing again seems to work for some users
Thank you,

Just want to make sure I will not lose any of my settings if I uninstall / reinstall?
Thanks

[manderss99]

manually uninstalling 3.2.3 and then installing 3.2.6 worked for me, all settings and plugins was preserved.
all good for now, thanks for an excellent program.

[badabing2005]

Thanks, manual uninstall / resinstall worked fine, all settings were preserved.