I have an electron app. Pretty basic app. It doesn't use ffmpeg for anything it does play an mp3 chime from time to time. I build my app with electron-forge using squirrel format. I then sign it using the SafeNet Authentication app. It's always worked flawlessly.
It's been a couple months since I last released a version. Only thing that has changed is some html ui updates within my electron app and of course lots of Windows 10 updates.
My app builds fine using electron-forge, it installs and runs without issue. I then sign it like usual from the command line and SafeNet confirms it was signed. Right clicking on the file shows it has been signed by my organization. However, once I execute the signed app I get this error: "The code execution cannot proceed because ffmpeg.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem."
Here is what I have tried so far:
- Building/Signing on a different windows 10 machine.
- Uninstall/Reinstall SafeNet.
- Running signed .exe on a different Windows 10 instance
- Building/Signing with a cmd session ran as administrator
I am at a loss, why is it screaming about ffmpeg.dll which my app doesn't depend on? Why only after the .exe has been signed do I get this error?
OS: Windows 10
Electron v7.3.2
Electron-Forge/cli v6.0.0-beta.47
SafeNet x64 v10.3
I feel really stupid. I was trying sign the wrong .exe file. Electron-forge creates two output directories when building an app, a directory called "make" and a directory with the name of your app. I should have been signing the .exe in the make folder. The .exe in the app name folder is a stand alone .exe that doesn't have any of the supported .dll files built into it.