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.
  • Uninstall Electron.
  • Install Windows Build Tools using npm install --global windows-build-tools.
  • Reinstall Electron globally with yarn global add electron.
  • Re-clone the SFDMU GUI App repository.
  • Run npm install followed by npm start.

For MacOS, there is currently no working solution available for this issue.

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

Last updated on 20th Apr 2024