Inkscape 1.4.0 to 1.4.2: Silent install fails

[conquerist]

Hi all,

using Home Updater v5.3.3.0 the update from Inkscape 1.4.0 to 1.4.2 fails.

Here's the relevant part of the log:

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[2025-11-07 16:02:43]  DEBUG  [Inkscape]: Started downloading: 'https://media.inkscape.org/dl/resources/file/inkscape-1.4.2_2025-05-08_ebf0e94-x64.msi'.
[2025-11-07 16:02:45]  DEBUG  [Gpg4win]: 'C:\ProgramData\PatchMyPC\Gpg4win-4.4.1.exe' has been removed.
[2025-11-07 16:03:18]  DEBUG  [Inkscape]: File 'C:\ProgramData\PatchMyPC\Inkscape-1.4.2.msi' downloaded successfully.
[2025-11-07 16:03:18]  DEBUG  [Inkscape]: Started installing 'C:\ProgramData\PatchMyPC\Inkscape-1.4.2.msi' with arguments '/qn ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress'.
[2025-11-07 16:03:22]  ERROR  System.InvalidOperationException: [Inkscape]: Failed to install application: 1603 .
   at ModernHomeUpdater.ClientApp.Services.Implementations.InstallationManager.InstallApplicationAsync(InstallCommandArgs installArgs, IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
[2025-11-07 16:03:22]  ERROR  System.InvalidOperationException: [Inkscape]: Failed to install application: 1603 .
   at ModernHomeUpdater.ClientApp.Services.Implementations.InstallationManager.InstallApplicationAsync(InstallCommandArgs installArgs, IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at ModernHomeUpdater.ClientApp.ViewModels.ApplicationViewModel.<>c__DisplayClass86_0.<<InternalApplicationUpdateAsync>g__InstallAppAsync|0>d.MoveNext()
[2025-11-07 16:03:22]  ERROR  Failed to update application due to error [Inkscape]: Failed to install application: 1603 ..
[2025-11-07 16:03:22]  INFO  Start update for IrfanView application...
When updating manually, the following message presents, which may be causing the silent install to fail.

1)

Clicking "OK" does not trigger the uninstall, instead it leads to:

2)

After uninstalling 1.4.0 manually (over appwiz.cpl), Home Updater still detects Inkscape 1.4.0 and the update to 1.4.2 succeeds.

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

That's interesting it's requiring a manual uninstall. Curious if you currently have the 32-bit version installed? Maybe that's why it wants a manual uninstall since we would default to the 64-bit

[conquerist]

Thanks for the reply. Regarding 32-bit vs. 64-bit, I'm not sure about having the 32-bit version installed before (I think I had 64-bit), but (!) turns out it's reproducible.

Step 0: Remove Inkscape 1.4.2 ("uninstall" button in appwiz.cpl)

Step 1: Install Inkscape 1.4 (64-bit) from https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.4/windows/64-bit/exe/dl/
(inkscape-1.4_2024-10-11_86a8ad7-x64.exe)

Step 2: Install Inkscape 1.4.2 from https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.4.2/windows/64-bit/msi/dl/ (inkscape-1.4.2_2025-05-08_ebf0e94-x64.msi)

Looking at the installer extension (.msi vs. .exe), that may be the cause? In both cases I selected the default installer provided by inkscape.org.

[duncanpt]

I also had a fail on Inkscape and did it manually. Same symptoms as OP.
I assume I had 64 bit originally as I have no reason to change it.