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Fix update from creating desktop shortcut #333

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Fix update from creating desktop shortcut
elibroftw Apr 9, 2022
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Merge branch 'develop' into develop
t3chguy Apr 27, 2022
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41 changes: 6 additions & 35 deletions src/squirrelhooks.ts
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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
import path from "path";
import { spawn } from "child_process";
import { app } from "electron";
import { promises as fsProm } from "fs";

function runUpdateExe(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
// Invokes Squirrel's Update.exe which will do things for us like create shortcuts
Expand All @@ -35,44 +34,16 @@ function runUpdateExe(args: string[]): Promise<void> {

function checkSquirrelHooks(): boolean {
if (process.platform !== 'win32') return false;

const cmd = process.argv[1];
const target = path.basename(process.execPath);
if (cmd === '--squirrel-install' || cmd === '--squirrel-updated') {
runUpdateExe(['--createShortcut=' + target]).then(() => {
// remove the old 'Riot' shortcuts, if they exist (update.exe --removeShortcut doesn't work
// because it always uses the name of the product as the name of the shortcut: the only variable
// is what executable you're linking to)
const appDataDir = process.env.APPDATA;
if (!appDataDir) return;
const startMenuDir = path.join(
appDataDir, 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'Start Menu', 'Programs', 'New Vector Ltd',
);
return fsProm.rmdir(startMenuDir, { recursive: true });
}).then(() => {
// same for 'Element (Riot) which is old now too (we have to try to delete both because
// we don't know what version we're updating from, but of course we do know this version
// is 'Element' so the two old ones are all safe to delete).
const appDataDir = process.env.APPDATA;
if (!appDataDir) return;
const oldStartMenuLink = path.join(
appDataDir, 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'Start Menu', 'Programs', 'Element', 'Element (Riot).lnk',
);
return fsProm.unlink(oldStartMenuLink).catch(() => {});
}).then(() => {
const oldDesktopShortcut = path.join(app.getPath('desktop'), 'Element (Riot).lnk');
return fsProm.unlink(oldDesktopShortcut).catch(() => {});
}).then(() => {
const oldDesktopShortcut = path.join(app.getPath('desktop'), 'Riot.lnk');
return fsProm.unlink(oldDesktopShortcut).catch(() => {});
}).then(() => {
app.quit();
});
if (cmd === '--squirrel-install') {
runUpdateExe(['--createShortcut=' + target]).then(() => app.quit());
return true;
} else if (cmd === '--squirrel-updated') {
app.quit();
return true;
} else if (cmd === '--squirrel-uninstall') {
runUpdateExe(['--removeShortcut=' + target]).then(() => {
app.quit();
});
runUpdateExe(['--removeShortcut=' + target]).then(() => app.quit());
return true;
} else if (cmd === '--squirrel-obsolete') {
app.quit();
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