Merge pull request #60 from kokulansk/desktop-shortcut

Desktop shortcut implementation
electron-userland · Feb 20, 2020 · 3a1bcc6 · 3a1bcc6
2 parents b8ce356 + 70fcb44
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diff --git a/__tests__/mocks/mock-fs.ts b/__tests__/mocks/mock-fs.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 export const drive = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'C:' : '/';
 export const root = path.join(drive, 'Users', 'tester', 'Code', 'app');
-export const numberOfFiles = 14;
+export const numberOfFiles = 15;
 
 const staticDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../static');
 const staticContent: Record<string, Record<string, any>> = {};

diff --git a/src/creator.ts b/src/creator.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export class MSICreator {
       '{{ProgramFilesFolder}}': this.arch === 'x86' ? 'ProgramFilesFolder' : 'ProgramFiles64Folder',
       '{{ProcessorArchitecture}}' : this.arch,
       '{{Win64YesNo}}' : this.arch === 'x86' ? 'no' : 'yes',
+      '{{DesktopShortcutGuid}}': uuid()
     };
 
     const completeTemplate = replaceInString(this.wixTemplate, scaffoldReplacements);

diff --git a/static/wix.xml b/static/wix.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
       <Directory Id="{{ProgramFilesFolder}}">
 <!-- {{Directories}} -->
       </Directory>
+
+      <!-- Desktop -->
+      <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
+
       <!-- Start Menu -->
       <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
         <Directory Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder" Name="{{ShortcutFolderName}}"/>
@@ -72,10 +76,28 @@
       </Component>
     </DirectoryRef>
 
-    <!-- Step 4: Tell WiX to install the files -->
+   <!-- Step 4: Add app desktop shortcut --> 
+    <DirectoryRef Id="DesktopFolder">
+      <Component Id="DesktopShortcut" Guid="{{DesktopShortcutGuid}}" >
+          <Shortcut Id="MyDesktopShortcut"
+                    Name="{{ShortcutName}}"
+                    Description="{{ApplicationDescription}}"
+                    Target="[APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY]{{ApplicationBinary}}.exe"
+                    WorkingDirectory="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY"/>
+          <RegistryValue Root="HKCU"
+                    Key="Software\Microsoft\{{ApplicationShortName}}"
+                    Name="installed"
+                    Type="integer"
+                    Value="1"
+                    KeyPath="yes" />
+      </Component>
+    </DirectoryRef>
+
+    <!-- Step 5: Tell WiX to install the files -->
     <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="Main Application" Level="1">
 <!-- {{ComponentRefs}} -->
       <ComponentRef Id="ApplicationShortcut" />
+      <ComponentRef Id="DesktopShortcut" />
     </Feature>
   </Product>
 </Wix>