Fix auto-updates on desktop not working since v2.2.2 #3451
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In v2.2.2 we introduced a lint rule called no-floating-promises. This was generally good, but introduced an unexpected issue where auto-updates failed to work. The reason being is we
await
the 'loadURL' method in electron startup, but the code attaches a 'ready-to-show' event handler after the loadURL method, which caused it to never get firedThis moves the 'ready-to-show' event handler above the loadURL method, so that it gets fired