import * as path from 'path'; const Module = require('module'); // Clear Node's global search paths. Module.globalPaths.length = 0; // Prevent Node from adding paths outside this app to search paths. const resourcesPathWithTrailingSlash = process.resourcesPath + path.sep; const originalNodeModulePaths = Module._nodeModulePaths; Module._nodeModulePaths = function (from: string) { const paths: string[] = originalNodeModulePaths(from); const fromPath = path.resolve(from) + path.sep; // If "from" is outside the app then we do nothing. if (fromPath.startsWith(resourcesPathWithTrailingSlash)) { return paths.filter(function (candidate) { return candidate.startsWith(resourcesPathWithTrailingSlash); }); } else { return paths; } }; // Make a fake Electron module that we will insert into the module cache const makeElectronModule = (name: string) => { const electronModule = new Module('electron', null); electronModule.id = 'electron'; electronModule.loaded = true; electronModule.filename = name; Object.defineProperty(electronModule, 'exports', { get: () => require('electron') }); Module._cache[name] = electronModule; }; makeElectronModule('electron'); makeElectronModule('electron/common'); if (process.type === 'browser') { makeElectronModule('electron/main'); } if (process.type === 'renderer') { makeElectronModule('electron/renderer'); } const originalResolveFilename = Module._resolveFilename; Module._resolveFilename = function (request: string, parent: NodeModule, isMain: boolean, options?: { paths: Array}) { if (request === 'electron' || request.startsWith('electron/')) { return 'electron'; } else { return originalResolveFilename(request, parent, isMain, options); } };