Fail on clean, first install -> (must be installed first)

[Arvidas]

v3

2022-05-31 11:27:43.3066 [INFO] - Program: Starting Squirrel Updater: --setup C:\Users\Kasutaja\source\repos\WebRoot\bin\Debug\net6.0\wwwroot-custom\updates\WPFAppFrameworkSetup.exe --setupOffset 181760
2022-05-31 11:27:43.3984 [INFO] - Program: Updater location is: C:\Users\Kasutaja\AppData\Local\Temp\squB9A0.tmp.exe
2022-05-31 11:27:43.3984 [INFO] - Program: Extracting bundled app data from 'C:\Users\Kasutaja\source\repos\WebRoot\bin\Debug\net6.0\wwwroot-custom\updates\WPFAppFrameworkSetup.exe'.
2022-05-31 11:27:43.5918 [INFO] - Program: Starting package install from directory C:\Users\Kasutaja\AppData\Local\Temp\Clowd.Squirrel\temp.1
2022-05-31 11:27:43.7318 [INFO] - Program: Starting install, writing to C:\Users\Kasutaja\AppData\Local\Temp\Clowd.Squirrel\temp.1
2022-05-31 11:27:43.8066 [INFO] - Program: About to install to: C:\Users\Kasutaja\AppData\Local\WPFAppFramework
2022-05-31 11:27:43.8066 [WARN] - Program: Install path C:\Users\Kasutaja\AppData\Local\WPFAppFramework already exists, burning it to the ground
2022-05-31 11:27:43.8066 [INFO] - PlatformUtil: Killing all processes in C:\Users\Kasutaja\AppData\Local\WPFAppFramework
2022-05-31 11:27:43.8346 [INFO] - PlatformUtil: Terminated 0 processes successfully.
2022-05-31 11:27:44.4755 [FATAL] - Program: Encountered fatal unhandled exception.: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Cannot perform this operation in a portable app (must be installed first).)
---> System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot perform this operation in a portable app (must be installed first).
at Squirrel.UpdateManager.acquireUpdateLock() in ./Squirrel/UpdateManager.cs:line 226
at Squirrel.UpdateManager.CheckForUpdate(Boolean ignoreDeltaUpdates, Action1 progress, UpdaterIntention intention) in ./Squirrel/UpdateManager.CheckForUpdates.cs:line 21 at Squirrel.UpdateManager.FullInstall(Boolean silentInstall, Action1 progress) in ./Squirrel/UpdateManager.cs:line 92
at Squirrel.Update.Program.Install(Boolean silentInstall, ProgressSource progressSource, String sourceDirectory) in ./Update.Windows/Program.cs:line 280
at Squirrel.Update.Program.Setup(String setupPath, Int64 setupBundleOffset, Boolean silentInstall, Boolean checkInstall) in ./Update.Windows/Program.cs:line 226
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean )
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 , CancellationToken )
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait()
at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine(String[] args) in ./Update.Windows/Program.cs:line 83
2022-05-31 11:27:46.0659 [INFO] - Program: Finished Squirrel Updater

Does it make sense?
private Task acquireUpdateLock()
{
if (!ModeDetector.InUnitTestRunner() && _config.CurrentlyInstalledVersion == null)
throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot perform this operation in a portable app (must be installed first).");

If I create filled "sq.version" file in "%localappdata%\WPFAppFramework\current" folder then it installs.

[caesay]

This is indeed a bug, thanks for reporting this.

[caesay]

Closed by 878fb99

[nazar322]

Having the same exception using CheckForUpdate method.
Clean install, running from the Visual Studio. The latest version from the develop branch as of today.
Cannot perform this operation in a portable app (must be installed first).
at Squirrel.UpdateManager.acquireUpdateLock() at Squirrel.UpdateManager.<CheckForUpdate>d__9.MoveNext()

To overcome it I actually packed the app and installed it, then copied Update.exe from the ...AppData\Local\AppId folder into the bin folder (above Debug folder where from my executable executed). It didn't help.
How can I debug Squirrel integration from Visual Studio?

[caesay]

The hint is in your error message and your problem is not the same as this issue.

Cannot perform this operation in a portable app (must be installed first).

Means that your app must actually be installed to CheckForUpdate.

[nazar322]

How can one debug it from the VS then?
I installed the app after like I mentioned and still I get this error.