# Beta 12 Windows desktop didn't restart

**URL:** <https://forum.photostructure.com/t/beta-12-windows-desktop-didnt-restart/822>\
**Category:** 🪲 Bug\
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.photostructure.com/t/beta-12-windows-desktop-didnt-restart/822 "2021-07-21T07:54:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![harrisc](https://forum.photostructure.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@harrisc](https://forum.photostructure.com/u/harrisc)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.photostructure.com/t/beta-12-windows-desktop-didnt-restart/822/1 "2021-07-21T07:54:23Z")

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## Expected Behavior

After upgrade to beta 12, I would have thought that the program would have started as part of the upgrade

## Current Behavior

## Steps to Reproduce

Windows 10

PhotoStructure edition:   
PhotoStructure for Desktop, beta 11 upgrading to beta 12

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**Author:** ![mrm](https://forum.photostructure.com/user_avatar/forum.photostructure.com/mrm/32/1881_2.png) [@mrm](https://forum.photostructure.com/u/mrm)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.photostructure.com/t/beta-12-windows-desktop-didnt-restart/822/2 "2021-07-21T16:52:15Z")

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Thanks for reporting!

@rodger [reported this a while ago](https://forum.photostructure.com/t/version-1-0-0-beta-3-reporting-for-duty/615/2), and when I “fixed” it, I was referencing the javascript docs. I just checked the [site docs](https://www.electron.build/auto-update#module_electron-updater.AppUpdater+quitAndInstall), and it has the nuance that if “silent” is false, it quietly ignores `isForceRunAfter`.

I now set `isSilent` to true, so the next, _next_ build (beta.14) should fix this issue (it won’t be fixed in the next upgrade because the bugfix needs to be in the running version before the upgrade)…

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**Author:** ![support-bot](https://forum.photostructure.com/user_avatar/forum.photostructure.com/support-bot/32/2013_2.png) [@support-bot](https://forum.photostructure.com/u/support-bot)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.photostructure.com/t/beta-12-windows-desktop-didnt-restart/822/3 "2026-04-13T22:36:54Z")

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Thanks to @harrisc for reporting this issue. Apologies for the delayed follow-up.

- **v1.0.0-beta.14** : The original `quitAndInstall` auto-restart bug was fixed by setting `isSilent` to true so Electron no longer ignored `isForceRunAfter`.
- **v2026.4** : The desktop app has been rebuilt on a new packaging stack (electron-forge) with OS-native installers — `.exe` (Squirrel) for Windows, `.dmg` for macOS, and `.deb`/`.rpm` for Linux. Windows and macOS continue to auto-update via Electron’s `autoUpdater` (through [`update-electron-app`](https://github.com/electron/update-electron-app)); Linux updates flow through `apt`/`dnf` from the PhotoStructure repository.

Release notes: [PhotoStructure v2026.4 | PhotoStructure](https://photostructure.com/about/v2026.4/)  
Install page: [Install PhotoStructure | PhotoStructure](https://photostructure.com/install/)

Please upgrade to v2026.4 or later and open a new topic if an update ever fails to apply and then restart as expected.