Fatal error: Unable to commit changes

[hatton]

Electron-builder Version: 22.9.1
OS: windows 10
Node: 12.14.0

C:\dev\lameta\node_modules\.bin\electron-builder --win --x64
  • electron-builder  version=22.9.1 os=10.0.18363
  • loaded configuration  file=package.json ("build" field)
  • writing effective config  file=release\builder-effective-config.yaml
  • packaging       platform=win32 arch=x64 electron=10.1.0 appOutDir=release\win-unpacked
  ⨯ cannot execute  cause=exit status 1
                    errorOut=Fatal error: Unable to commit changes

                    command='C:\Users\hatto\AppData\Local\electron-builder\Cache\winCodeSign\winCodeSign-2.6.0\rcedit-x64.exe' 'C:\dev\lameta\release\win-unpacked\lameta.exe' --set-version-string FileDescription lameta --set-version-string ProductName lameta --set-version-string LegalCopyright 'Copyright © 2020 lameta' --set-file-version 0.9.2 --set-product-version 0.9.2.0 --set-version-string InternalName lameta --set-version-string OriginalFilename '' --set-version-string CompanyName lameta --set-icon 'C:\dev\lameta\build\windows.ico'
                    workingDir=
  • Above command failed, retrying 3 more times

Based on a similar report here electron/packager#590, I excluded rcedit-x64.exe from Windows Defender. Also just turned off defender entirely. No improvement.

I'm not actually doing an code signing. Not using docker or anything else interesting. I've used electron-builder for years and but I haven't run it in a few weeks (may have upgraded some component) and it just started giving me this error.

Any ideas for troubleshooting this?

[sivert-io]

Restart your computer or do this: electron/packager#590 (comment)

[cjackson234]

Running VSCode as admin fixed it for me