Installer not running.

I run the installer and a black terminal looking screen pops up but then nothing more no installer opens. And nothing is installed into the created directory.
I'm on steam deck if that makes a difference.

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 12:12 PM

what is that game? the installer is trying to copy a file in the place of the same file, seems like a bug of that installer

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 2:22 PM

Are you installing the Windows version of Discord?

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 9:57 PM

Yes I'm trying to install windows version discord

Aawake-maroon what is that game? the installer is trying to copy a file in the place of the sa...

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 9:57 PM

Discord

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 9:59 PM

why? you have linux version of discord what will work better

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 9:59 PM

Yh that's what I use but streaming is broken on it

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 9:59 PM

it's going to be worse with the windows version

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:00 PM

Really I heard it's meant to be better

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 10:00 PM

I guess you can try, I don't have experience with that, I just can't imagine the streaming through wine being better

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 10:01 PM

about the error, I don't know how you added discord, maybe go back some steps and share how you actually added it

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:01 PM

Well if it works it's better than nothing currently audio doesn't steam and only non steam games actually display video

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:05 PM

So the way I installed it was download the discordsetup.exe, set executable to that, then run when I click play normally this runs the installer and once installed I change the executable to the application exe that launches the gam but it doesn't actually install so.

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 10:07 PM

the normal way is:

click Add Game
set title to Discord (so it gets the image, etc)
then click
```
Run Installer First
```
```
Run Installer First
```
after the installation ends, click the select exe and look for the discord exe
then
```
Finish
```
```
Finish
```

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:08 PM

Yh the run installer first hasnt work for me

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:09 PM

I had to do my method for another game that I got working by doing it

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:17 PM

Trying now with another game and when I hit run installer first and select the exe nothing happens

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:19 PM

And I can't click finish until I put an executable in which I don't have the proper one yet as nothing has installed

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:23 PM

It makes the directory (prefixes folder) but doesn't actually put anything I there

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:26 PM

And just put the set up exe in executable and the installer works fine but not for discord

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:41 PM

Launching "Discord" (sideload)
Native? No
Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518

System Info:
CPU: 8x AMD Custom APU 0932
Memory: 15.53 GB (used: 3.51 GB)
GPUs:
GPU 0:
Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sephiroth [AMD Custom GPU 0405]
IDs: D=1435 V=1002 SD=0123 SV=1002
Driver: amdgpu
OS: SteamOS 3.6.22 holo (linux)

The current system is a Steam Deck (model: OLED) in desktop mode
We are running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:
Heroic: 2.16.0 Scopper Gaban
Legendary: 0.20.36 Urban Flight (Heroic)
gogdl: 1.1.2
comet: comet 0.2.0
Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

Game Settings: {
"autoInstallDxvk": true,
"autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,
"autoInstallVkd3d": true,
"preferSystemLibs": false,
"enableEsync": true,
"enableMsync": false,
"enableFsync": true,
"nvidiaPrime": false,
"enviromentOptions": [],
"wrapperOptions": [],
"showFps": false,
"useGameMode": true,
"battlEyeRuntime": true,
"eacRuntime": true,
"language": "",
"beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",
"afterLaunchScriptPath": "",
"verboseLogs": false,
"wineVersion": {
"bin": "",
"name": "Default Wine - Not Found",
"type": "wine"
},
"winePrefix": "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Discord",
"wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}

Game launched at: Wed Mar 05 2025 22:33:54 GMT+0000 (Greenwich Mean Time)

Winetricks packages:

============= End of log =============

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:51 PM

Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518

Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518

    "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,

    "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,

"name": "Default Wine - Not Found",

"name": "Default Wine - Not Found",

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:52 PM

all this is in combination plus the note that you should be using Discord Canary or Vesktop instead

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:53 PM

Okay I'll try it thanks

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:54 PM

U was trying to avoid any alternative clients as discord could maybe ban account or something

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:54 PM

Canary isn't one of them is it ?

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:55 PM

Discord Canary is the official experimental build https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035675191-Discord-Testing-Clients

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:55 PM

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/

GamingOnLinux

Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing wit...

A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.

Ccolossal-harlequin U was trying to avoid any alternative clients as discord could maybe ban account...

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:55 PM

Vesktop is an Electron wrapper. it is not an alternative client in the strict sense of being a Discord rewrite

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:56 PM

So no chance of them deleting my account then

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:58 PM

it wouldn't be a surprise to you if they decided to nuke your account for using an alternative client

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:58 PM

it makes poor business sense to ban accounts for that reason

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 11:02 PM

Okay I'll try it then but would still be nice to know why I have this issue as I had the same with Roblox but not a problem for that as I just used sober now but worries I'll have it again in the future with something else

Nnursing-lime `Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518` ` "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,` ...

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 11:02 PM

you're outside of the permitted folders

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 11:03 PM