Doesn't create shortcuts

[adamdebono]

The task is creating my installers fine, and the installers work, however the shortcuts are not getting added in the right spots so I can only run the app by going through the AppData and launching it from there.

I'm using windows 8.1

[kevinsawicki]

How are you creating the shortcuts? This library only creates the installer, the shortcut API is completely up to the app itself to call.

[adamdebono]

I'm talking about the shortcuts that should be created on installation, e.g. the ones that appear in the start menu or on the desktop. According to the Squirrel.Windows getting started guide, "Every EXE in your package will automatically get a shortcut"

[kevinsawicki]

Electron apps are configured to handle squirrel events themselves so you will need to follow https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/blob/master/docs/squirrel-events.md to setup the shortcuts

[adamdebono]

OK. I think it would help to add something in the readme explaining this.

[kevinsawicki]

I think it would help to add something in the readme explaining this.

Great point, I've added it there.

[anaisbetts]

@kevinsawicki Added a few more notes around this as well: https://github.com/atom/grunt-electron-installer/commit/3795ea33a67efb67fecdc27d8ab1cf9a0f2369ca

[zh99998]

i still don't know how to generate shortcuts, is there any document or example?

is there any shortcut api or i have to use something like https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-win-shortcut manually ?

[anaisbetts]

@zh99998 You can ask Squirrel to create shortcuts for you, by spawn'ing Update.exe with the --createShortcuts parameter and the name of your executable

[bisol]

Hello, I'm running Update.exe --createShortcut app/app.exe>, but instead of creating a shortcut with my app's name, it's created a shortcut called 'Electron' (with the right icon and target).

I think I tryed every option on the Gruntfile.js package.json. Any ideas?

[pyro2927]

I'm having the same issue as @bisol.

[bisol]

I found out I was misconfiguring electron-packager: you must use the --version-string.ProductName parameter. Or if your are using grunt-electron: 'electron': { win32: { options: { 'version-string': { ProductName: 'Your App'

PS. Sorry for posting on a closed issue ...

[pyro2927]

Oh awesome, thanks @bisol!

[enahum]

@kevinsawicki can you provide some input here, cause the Updater.exe --createShortcut is not invoke nor the squirrel-events getting fired, I'm using the installer version 1.1.0.

Thanks.

[kevinsawicki]

can you provide some input here, cause the Updater.exe --createShortcut is not invoke nor the squirrel-events getting fired, I'm using the installer version 1.1.0.

@paulcbetts might be better able to do that.

[anaisbetts]

Update.exe --createShortcuts is never automatically invoked, you must do it yourself. Can you paste in the code you're using to handle Squirrel events?

[aleasto]

@bisol I'm using grunt-electron-installer. How to achieve the same result?

[bisol]

@YoDevil , my gruntfile.js ended up like this

'electron': {
    win32: {
        options: {
        name: __appName,
        dir: 'app',
        out: 'build/win32/',
        version: __electronVersion,
        platform: 'win32',
        arch: 'ia32',
        asar: true,
        icon: 'logo.ico',
        'app-version': __appVersion,
        'version-string': {
            CompanyName: 'my company',
            ProductName: 'app name'

// LegalCopyright // FileDescription // OriginalFilename // FileVersion // ProductVersion // InternalName } } },

'create-windows-installer': {
    ia32: {
        appDirectory: 'build/win32/' + __appName + '-win32-ia32',
        outputDirectory: 'releases/win32',
        authors: __author,
        iconUrl: 'https://localohost/logo.ico',
        setupIcon: 'logo.ico',
        exe: __appName + '.exe',
        noMsi: true
    }
}

[aleasto]

@bisol Thanks! That worked :)