[Bug] BetterDiscord is not repairing or installing

[Astrepio]

Before Reporting

• I found no existing issues matching my bug
• My issue is not caused by a plugin or theme

Describe the Bug

When I open BetterDiscord and click Install/Reinstall, it says

Starting Install...

Creating required directories...
✅ Directory exists: AppData\Roaming\BetterDiscord
✅ Directory exists: AppData\Roaming\BetterDiscord\data
✅ Directory exists: AppData\Roaming\BetterDiscord\themes
✅ Directory exists: AppData\Roaming\BetterDiscord\plugins
✅ Directories created

Downloading asar file

And after saying Downloading asar file nothing happens. I waited for 2 hours and nothing worked. I even decided to fully reinstall (downloaded the latest version from the site) and did everything over again = no work.

Expected Behavior

Should install betterdiscord and work.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Open BetterDiscord
2. Click Repair/Install

Operating System

Windows

Discord Version

Stable

BetterDiscord Version

v1.3.0

Anything else?

No response

[GH0STP4WZ]

Do you happen to live in Russia by chance?

[Astrepio]

Do you happen to live in Russia by chance?

I came to Russia for a few days and like 4 hours ago I tried to use VPN and everything worked fine. The last time when I was in Russia everything worked fine lol.

[GH0STP4WZ]

Apologies for the delayed response, but just putting this here for future reference — in case others are having similar issues and are looking for for information.

If you're using Zapret then follow these steps:

1. Open your Zapret configuration directory
2. Go to the lists folder
3. Edit the file named list-general
4. Add this domain on a new line: betterdiscord.app
5. Close the installer and re-run it and do the process of installing again.

If not using Zapret, then give Warp a try. https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/devices/warp/download-warp/ and connect to another country like the US, or whichever VPN that works for your specific machine/country.