GUI app installation failed or showing blank screen.

Symptom:

Users may encounter issues when installing and launching the SFDMU GUI App on the Electron platform. Common problems include error messages during installation or a blank window upon attempting to run the app.

Solution:

For Windows OS:

  • Delete the SFDMU GUI app folder.
  • Ensure Visual Studio Build Tools or Visual Studio Community is installed.
  • In the Visual Studio installer, enable Desktop development with C++.
  • Ensure Python is installed and available in PATH.
  • Re-clone the SFDMU GUI App repository.
  • Run npm install, then npm run build, then npm start.

For MacOS:

  • Launch the GUI app from Terminal instead of opening it directly from the Applications folder.
  • Ensure node, npm, and sf are available in the same shell environment used to start the app.

For further details, refer to the GitHub issue: SFDX-Data-Move-Utility Issue #382.

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Last updated on 7th May 2026