System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified when running on azure agent
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### Forge version
7.6.1
### Electron version
35.0.2
### Operating system
Windows server 2019, Windows server 2022, Windows server 2025
### Last known working Forge version
7.6.1
### Expected behavior
When running electron forge make script on azure pipeline agent, forge should create the distributable files for the application
### Actual behavior
When I run 'make' script on azure pipeline agent, it fails on step 'Making a squirrel distributable for win32/x64'. The exception trace is:
`
× Making a squirrel distributable for win32/x64 [FAILED: Failed with exit code: 4294967295
Output:
System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified
at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at Squirrel.Utility.d__11.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Squirrel.Utility.d__23.MoveNext()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Squirrel.ReleasePackage.CreateReleasePackage(String outputFile, String packagesRootDir, Func`2 releaseNotesProcessor, Action`1 contentsPostProcessHook)
at Squirrel.Update.Program.Releasify(String package, String targetDir, String packagesDir, String bootstrapperExe, String backgroundGif, String signingOpts, String baseUrl, String setupIcon, Boolean generateMsi, Boolean packageAs64Bit, String frameworkVersion, Boolean generateDeltas)
at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine(String[] args)
at Squirrel.Update.Program.main(String[] args)
at Squirrel.Update.Program.Main(String[] args)
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The system cannot find the file specified
at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at Squirrel.Utility.d__11.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Squirrel.Utility.d__23.MoveNext()<---
`
### Steps to reproduce
1. Create an electron application and push it to a repo on azure devops
2. Configure squirrel maker
3. Run make script
### Additional information
The process was working before, my last successful run was on October 18th, 2024. I searched for similar issues and I found [that GitHub issue](https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/issues/1454), and also [that StackOverflow question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58918027/electron-winstaller-throws-the-system-cannot-find-the-path-specified-at-squirre), but none of the proposed fixes worked. It works fine on my machine, using Windows 11. I also tried to run that on an ubuntu agent, with mono and wine installed, and I got an error related to the graphics driver. I really don't know what's that related to, I tried running my previous commit, which triggered the last successful run and it also failed.
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