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The Writer Process Ended Unexpectedly - Etcher #2020

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cavalier666-uk opened this issue Feb 6, 2018 · 39 comments
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The Writer Process Ended Unexpectedly - Etcher #2020

cavalier666-uk opened this issue Feb 6, 2018 · 39 comments

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@cavalier666-uk
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get error - the writer process ended unexpectedly, when clicking write, windows 10 and ntfs 8gb pen drive, also same when run as administrator

tried latest version installed and portable, both do the same

windows 10 X64
recalbox.img - file
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  • Etcher version:
  • Operating system and architecture:
  • Image flashed:
  • Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?
@jhermsmeier
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@cavalier666-uk is there any place we can obtain the image in question? Would like to give it a run & see if we can reproduce this.

@lurch
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lurch commented Feb 7, 2018

@jhermsmeier I'd guess it's one of these? https://archive.recalbox.com/

@cavalier666-uk
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Hi yes that's the image. The pc x64 version

@l4gu5
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l4gu5 commented Feb 8, 2018

I had the same issue regarding NOOBS and Raspbian stretch image.
I removed the new version of etcher and installed the old 1.2.1 version and it works fine again, I hope that helps. My system is a Windows 10 64 bit

@cavalier666-uk
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thanks @l4gu5 will give that a go see if it works

@cavalier666-uk
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thanks again, confirmed working fine on 1.2.1

@lurch lurch added the type:bug label Feb 8, 2018
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lurch commented Feb 8, 2018

Labelling this as a bug, as it appears to be a regression from v1.2.1

@emon0509
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Please help me to find the 1.2.1 version or explain how to fix this issue

@lurch
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lurch commented Mar 20, 2018

Older releases of Etcher can be found at https://github.com/resin-io/etcher/releases

@jhermsmeier
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@l4gu5 NOOBS cannot be flashed with Etcher, NOOBS is not a disk image, and needs a different installation procedure as described in https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/noobs.md

@kphillipsjr1101
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Can confirm that this bug also occurs with the ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso on Windows 10 Pro 1803 using Etcher 1.4.4. Using 1.2.1 also produces errors regarding bluebird.js.

@jviotti jviotti closed this as completed Oct 15, 2018
@famaia
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famaia commented May 25, 2019

I also had this problem today burning the latest version of RETROPIE (retropie-4.4-rpi2_rpi3.img) with the latest version of Etcher-Portable-1.5.39-x64 on Windows 10 x64.

After downloading Etcher 1.2.1, I was able to write the IMG successfully.

@thundron
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@famaia closed in favor of this one #2757 please write there the output you see in Etcher's console (see last comment)

@mk-ultron
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right-click zip file > properties > check "unblock". Worked for me after that

@MaXiNom1
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Getting the same error vr 1.5.51 mac OSX HighSierra

@ghost
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ghost commented Aug 7, 2019

same for me homeboy

@daton89
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daton89 commented Aug 8, 2019

Getting this error on Windows10 with 1.5.53

@Robert923
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Robert923 commented Aug 22, 2019

Just had this issue - it was the Windows 10 Ransomware Protection.
Windows Security | Virus & threat protection | Ransomware protection (at the bottom)
Then you can either:

  • temporarily disable Controlled folder access (easier) or
  • click on "Allow an app through Controlled folder access", and then choose "Add an allowed app". I find choosing the recently blocked apps is easiest. Then just select balena-etcher (NOT the installer, that won't help).

I hope that helps,

Robert

@DominoX
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DominoX commented Aug 23, 2019

Etcher 1.5.6 is still giving this error first reported here last year. Win 10 Pro with latest updates (10.0.18362 Build 18362)

1.2.1 still works

The 'Ransomware protection' work-around listed by @Robert923 did not work for me. Neither of the 2 methods shown

@anw1986
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anw1986 commented Aug 27, 2019

Running windows 7. Getting the same error. Copying/transferring Raspbian Buster Lite version. Any help would be appreciated

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@ghost
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ghost commented Aug 27, 2019

uninstall and install the beta.

@CDeLeon94
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CDeLeon94 commented Oct 1, 2019

#2833 (comment)

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

This worked for me

1.5.57
macOS Catalina Beta (19A573a)

@ReubenBTalbott
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#2833 (comment)

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

This worked for me

1.5.57
macOS Catalina Beta (19A573a)

That won't work on windows since windows does not have sudo, and windows stores apps in a different location than a Mac.

@ghost
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ghost commented Oct 3, 2019

#2833 (comment)

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

This worked for me

1.5.57
macOS Catalina Beta (19A573a)

Thanks that worked for me on macOS Catalina Beta (19A578c)

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[karaxuna] This issue has attached support thread https://jel.ly.fish/#/support-thread~771cb130-bab1-4633-bb1a-46fe4d46ec42

@lcrostarosa
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Had same issue on catalina prod this command worked for me as well

    sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

@lurch
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lurch commented Oct 19, 2019

@lcrostarosa For problems with Catalina, see #2833

@AlexandruBuhai
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#2833 (comment)

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

This worked for me

1.5.57
macOS Catalina Beta (19A573a)

Thanks! This was helpful!

@mightym
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mightym commented Oct 30, 2019

Assumed that its a permission issue. And

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher

worked. Thanks!

@Borewit
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Borewit commented Dec 23, 2019

I had the same issue on Windows 10.
Downgraded from v1.5.70 to v1.2.1 which allowed me to flash.

@sushah
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sushah commented Mar 19, 2020

I had the same issue with portable version 1.5.79. Tried native windows installation - resulting in same error. Tried other versions, all with different errors. In the end, burned image with rufus and this worked without any issues.

@EmnaX
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EmnaX commented Mar 23, 2020

I also ran into the same issue with 1.5.79. I'm running on macOS Catalina 10.15.3 (19D76). Running BalenaEtcher with sudo worked.

Edit: I'm a goof and read the version wrong. I was actually using 1.5.57 for my comment above. After updating to 1.5.79, I was able to burn the image correctly. Not sure if it matters, but I was trying to write the Home Assistant image for a Raspberry Pi. After selecting the image and sd card, I clicked "Flash" and a the popup shown below appeared. I typed in my user password and everything worked perfectly. My user account is an "Admin" account.

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@lurch
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lurch commented Mar 23, 2020

@EmnaX Your feedback may be useful on #3107 ?

@faaps
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faaps commented Apr 12, 2020

Just had this issue - it was the Windows 10 Ransomware Protection.
Windows Security | Virus & threat protection | Ransomware protection (at the bottom)
Then you can either:

  • temporarily disable Controlled folder access (easier) or
  • click on "Allow an app through Controlled folder access", and then choose "Add an allowed app". I find choosing the recently blocked apps is easiest. Then just select balena-etcher (NOT the installer, that won't help).

I hope that helps,

Robert

Thanks a lot!, you save me!

@cuj
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cuj commented Aug 19, 2020

quit the app and reopen it, if it doesn't work then quit the app and run it as administrator, and I am sure I am the only one who wrote /issues/2020 lol the worst year

@longletian
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image
system version win10 2004, I've already used the administrator

@thundron
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@longletian please update to the latest version and retry. If it still doesn't work, check for an already open issue, this one is quite polluted with many other issues of old versions

@longletian
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thanks,The answer has been found

@stijojoseph
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Just had this issue - it was the Windows 10 Ransomware Protection.
Windows Security | Virus & threat protection | Ransomware protection (at the bottom)
Then you can either:

  • temporarily disable Controlled folder access (easier) or
  • click on "Allow an app through Controlled folder access", and then choose "Add an allowed app". I find choosing the recently blocked apps is easiest. Then just select balena-etcher (NOT the installer, that won't help).

I hope that helps,

Robert

u saved my 125mb etched download LOL thanks a lot

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