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:
[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) (https://i.imgur.com/0UqDleD.png)
Clicking "OK" does not trigger the uninstall, instead it leads to:
2) (https://i.imgur.com/1FQF0pR.png)
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.
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
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.
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.