App Detection, Paper Bin Extension

Description:

[x] App Detection (Detecting various Apps or Programs installed on the Users PC to suggest them when configuring the Hex UI)
- [ ] Via the Windows.edb index File - This provides most of the information, as Windows indexes your PC automatically. However the Exchange Database format is pretty hard to read and I haven't found a API yet.
- [x] Via a CMD or Powershell command (Get-WMIObject or wmic or Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall*) - This is pretty powerful, however the paths sometimes might seem a bit off and the amount of Apps found is questionable. Additionally, this feature origins in way older Windows files and is hardly supported in Windows and documention is certainly no longer updated.
- [ ] Via node.fs - The alternative to Windows.edb is to just index the PC ourselves. However this is likely the most resource intensive and therefore certainly the least efficient.
- [x] Via Drap & Drop - Grab an item from your Desktop, FileSystem and just drop it into the App. Pretty effective, pretty manual.
- [x] Via detecting active processes - Not researched yet, but guaranteed to be possible using Node APIs. Running this check in the background every so often is unlikely resource intensive and will automatically build up a library of all apps installed. Doesn't check for uninstalling programs and for initial runs of a program, kinda defeats the purpose of having an App launcher...
[ ] ~~Bluetooth Extension - Detect all Bluetooth devices and save them. When setup as a shortcut, connect to this device upon clicking.~~
[x] Paper Bin Extension - clear the Paper bin upon clicking.

TimeFrame:

GanttStart: 2022-11-10 GanttDue: 2022-11-20

Additional Information:

The library: https://www.npmjs.com/package/search-index might come in Handy when creating a custom search index.

I ended up creating 2-3 .json files for temporary app storage and re-querying it every startup. I also realized that I had to think ahead and already work on the Search feature, so I would not have to change my storage type later on. I ended up using Lyra, though I did check out a couple other approuches like lunr and entire modern databases such as SurrealDB and edgeDB. However the simple json and JS fulltext search approach is likely fast enough, more lightweight and simpler to setup with way fewer things to install.

Quick summary of the App detection methods I ended up using:

Uninstall Registy
detecting currently running Apps
apps linked in the startMenu
detecting steam games
detecting epic games
finding executables in the program files folders
finding linked files on the (public & useres) desktop
Using drag & drop to add any additional executable to the mix. Currently only .exe's are supported.

ElitoGame / HexaLaunch