[BUG] Desktop shortcuts on Public desktop not being deleted

[Uj947nXmRqV2nRaWshKtHzTvckUUpD]

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UniGetUI Version

UniGetUI 3.2.0 beta 3

Windows version, edition, and architecture

11

Describe your issue

desktop shortcuts not cleaned up

Steps to reproduce the issue

ask to delete shortcuts: on
when shortcuts detected, auto delete: on

UniGetUI Log

same as #3615

Package Managers Logs

same as #3615

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[marticliment]

You will need to provide more context, the feature is working for me

[Uj947nXmRqV2nRaWshKtHzTvckUUpD]

eg. firefox, thunderbird shortcuts were not deleted automatically from desktop on this version. on previous versions worked fine

[marticliment]

Do other packages work? Or no icons are getting deleted?

[Uj947nXmRqV2nRaWshKtHzTvckUUpD]

i just updated right now only firefox, and this time the shortcut was deleted automatically
so it seems the problem only happens sometimes
btw, when the shortcuts remained on desktop, i even tried to refresh on desktop, but the did not dissapear (were actually present in explorer on desktop folder)

[Uj947nXmRqV2nRaWshKtHzTvckUUpD]

i installed now unigetui 3.2.0 beta 4 and seems to be working fine... will keep an eye on it for now

[gDansel]

For me, uniget failes to clean up shortcuts that are placed in C:\Users\Public\Desktop. I.e. those that trigger an UAC prompt/require admin to delete. On the top of my head this includes for example Thunderbird, Epic Games Launcher, and Firefox.

Log excerpt:

[2025-06-18 15:31:36] WinGet package EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher requires elevation, forcing administrator rights...
[2025-06-18 15:31:36] Loaded operation parameters for package id=EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher on manager Winget and operation Update: update --id "EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher" --exact --source winget --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --silent  --include-unknown --accept-package-agreements --force
[2025-06-18 15:32:34] Deleting shortcut C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Epic Games Launcher.lnk
[2025-06-18 15:32:34] Failed to delete shortcut {shortcutPath=C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Epic Games Launcher.lnk}: Access to the path 'C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Epic Games Launcher.lnk' is denied.
[2025-06-18 15:32:34] Loaded operation parameters for package id=flux on manager Scoop and operation Update: update main/flux
[2025-06-18 15:32:39] Deleting shortcut C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Epic Games Launcher.lnk
[2025-06-18 15:32:39] Failed to delete shortcut {shortcutPath=C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Epic Games Launcher.lnk}: Access to the path 'C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Epic Games Launcher.lnk' is denied.

[marticliment]

Oh, this makes sense. I will check what I can do