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Electron Version

40.6.1

What operating system(s) are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

macOs 26.3

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

No response

Does the issue also appear in Chromium / Google Chrome?

I don't know how to test

Expected Behavior

npm install electron will postinstall the install.js, and this if statement always return fail:

function isInstalled () {
  try {
    if (fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'dist', 'version'), 'utf-8').replace(/^v/, '') !== version) {
      return false;
    }

    if (fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'path.txt'), 'utf-8') !== platformPath) {
      return false;
    }
  } catch (ignored) {
    return false;
  }

  const electronPath = process.env.ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH || path.join(__dirname, 'dist', platformPath);

  return fs.existsSync(electronPath);
}

as the dist of electron package does not exits the path.txt, in the electron v28, the path.txt is exist.

Actual Behavior

ignore the if statement, if the path.txt file is not exist as expected, why the install.js should be used ?

Testcase Gist URL

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Additional Information

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