i'm packaging my application using electron-packager but isn't changing its name, and still display "Electron".
it's supposed to use the productName
in my package.json
but it doesn't change.
even if i made an installer, the name of the app installed, shortcut and process still is Electron
i've read that maybe the problem is electron-prebuilt
but i didn't have it as a dependency on my project.
Any idea what is wrong?
Edit:
reading more on the documentation of electron-packager
there's an options especially to windows. but when i use them throws me an error:
Fatal error: Unable to commit changes
undefined
the first time i used them was "working" good packaging my app, but still displaying wrong the appname
electron-packager ./ --platform=win32 --arch=ia32 --overwrite=true --appname="TierraDesktop" --version-string.ProductName="TierraDesktop" --version-string=InternalName="TierraDesktop" --version-string.CompanyName="Cosmica" --version-string.FileDescription="Sistema de gestion comercial" --version-string.OriginalFilename="TierraDesktop"
before was working with --version-string.ProductName
but now even with it still throws that error.
here i'll leave you my packager.json
that's on the root of my project
{
"name": "TierraDesktop",
"productName": "TierraDesktop",
"version": "2.0.5",
"description": "Aplicacion de escritorio tierra de colores",
"main": "main.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron main.js"
},
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "git+https://github.com/xxxx/xxxxx.git"
},
"author": "xxxxx",
"devDependencies": {
"debug-menu": "^0.4.0",
"electron-winstaller": "^2.3.3"
},
"dependencies": {
"electron-json-storage": "^2.0.0"
}
}
Ok after trying and researching i've decided to package my application via programmatic API
with this script i can achieve all what i want. hope this help someone with the same problem.
var packager = require('electron-packager');
var options = {
'arch': 'ia32',
'platform': 'win32',
'dir': './',
'app-copyright': 'Paulo Galdo',
'app-version': '2.0.5',
'asar': true,
'icon': './app.ico',
'name': 'TierraDesktop',
'ignore': ['./releases', './.git'],
'out': './releases',
'overwrite': true,
'prune': true,
'version': '1.3.2',
'version-string':{
'CompanyName': 'Paulo Galdo',
'FileDescription': 'Tierra de colores', /*This is what display windows on task manager, shortcut and process*/
'OriginalFilename': 'TierraDesktop',
'ProductName': 'Tierra de colores',
'InternalName': 'TierraDesktop'
}
};
packager(options, function done_callback(err, appPaths) {
console.log(err);
console.log(appPaths);
});