yarn start not works on Windows

[fidoman]

Steps to reproduce

git clone https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop
yarn install
yarn run fetch --noverify --cfgdir ""
yarn start

Outcome

What did you expect?

element runs

What happened instead?

Process runs but no any UI

yarn run v1.22.21
warning ....\package.json: No license field
$ yarn run build:ts && yarn run build:res && electron .
warning ....\package.json: No license field
$ tsc
warning ....\package.json: No license field
$ ts-node scripts/copy-res.ts

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Element exists: yes
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Riot exists: no
No update_base_url is defined: auto update is disabled
(node:1556) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Invalid GUID format
at Object.create (C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\element-desktop\lib\tray.js:83:16)
at C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\element-desktop\lib\electron-main.js:483:14
at Generator.next ()
at fulfilled (C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\element-desktop\lib\electron-main.js:46:58)
(Use electron --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
(node:1556) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag --unhandled-rejections=strict (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:1556) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'setAppLocale')
at IpcMainImpl. (C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\element-desktop\lib\ipc.js:101:40)
at Generator.next ()
at C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\element-desktop\lib\ipc.js:23:71
at new Promise ()
at __awaiter (C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\element-desktop\lib\ipc.js:19:12)
at IpcMainImpl. (C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\element-desktop\lib\ipc.js:79:12)
at IpcMainImpl.emit (node:events:517:28)
at IpcMainImpl.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at WebContents. (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:77364)
at WebContents.emit (node:events:517:28)
(node:1556) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag --unhandled-rejections=strict (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 2)

Operating system

Windows 2016

Application version

1.11.55

How did you install the app?

git clone from repo

Homeserver

No response

Will you send logs?

Yes

[fidoman]

Last version that I could run is 1.11.36

[t3chguy]

Your repro steps are invalid

git clone [element-hq/element-desktop](https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop)
yarn install
yarn run fetch --noverify --cfgdir ""
yarn start

You do not cd element-desktop so all later commands are invalid, ignoring that your run fetch command is also invalid, as running without a config will end up erroring unless you have a local config created which your repro steps do not claim you do - https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop#user-specified-configjson

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Last version that I could run is 1.11.36

Seems like your problem is caused by #1059