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Restore missing IA32 7-Zip binary required by install script - #613

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Restore missing IA32 7-Zip binary required by install script#613
oalfroukh wants to merge 4 commits into
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ALE-Rainbow:fix-ia32-7z

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Summary

The install script (script/select-7z-arch.js) still attempts to select the IA32 7-Zip binary, but vendor/7z-ia32.exe and vendor/7z-ia32.dll are missing from the repository/package, causing installation to fail when targeting IA32.

This PR restores the missing binary required by the existing IA32 installation logic.

Fixes #612

However, these files ares no longer present in the repository/package, causing installation to fail with:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile
'node_modules\electron-winstaller\vendor\7z-ia32.exe'
->
'node_modules\electron-winstaller\vendor\7z.exe'

Reproduction

  • Node.js 22.22.3 (32-bit)
  • Windows
  • IA32 Electron build
  • electron-builder 26.15.7 (through transitive dependency)

The installation fails during the electron-winstaller install script.

Adding back vendor/7z-ia32.exe and vendor/7z-ia32.dll fix the installation and allows the build to complete successfully.

This PR restores the missing binary required by the existing IA32 installation logic.

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oalfroukh requested a review from a team as a code owner August 6, 2026 13:56
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Hi @oalfroukh, thanks for the PR! We've clarified our support for building on 32-bit hosts in #614 (it's not supported), so I'm going to close this out.

@dsanders11 dsanders11 closed this Aug 19, 2026
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IA32 build fails because vendor/7z-ia32.exe is missing

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