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 electronModule = new Module('electron', null) electronModule.id = 'electron' electronModule.loaded = true electronModule.filename = 'electron' Object.defineProperty(electronModule, 'exports', { get: () => require('electron') }) Module._cache.electron = electronModule const originalResolveFilename = Module._resolveFilename Module._resolveFilename = function (request: string, parent: NodeModule, isMain: boolean) { if (request === 'electron') { return 'electron' } else { return originalResolveFilename(request, parent, isMain) } }