Properly fix brave/brave-browser#1867

Author: bsclifton

app/windowsInit.js

@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ if (process.platform === 'win32') {
     // Sync to avoid file path in use on uninstall
     spawnSync(getBraveDefaultsBinPath(), ['-uninstall'])
   }
+
+  // This actually creates the shortcut
+  if (shouldQuit(channel)) {
+    process.exit(0)
+  }
+
   // silent install brave-core
   if (isSquirrelFirstRun || isSquirrelInstall || isSquirrelUpdate) {
     if (InstallBraveCore()) {
@@ -151,10 +157,6 @@ if (process.platform === 'win32') {
     }
   }
 
-  if (shouldQuit(channel)) {
-    process.exit(0)
-  }
-
   const userDataDirSwitch = '--user-data-dir-name=brave-' + channel
   if (channel !== 'dev' && !process.argv.includes(userDataDirSwitch) &&
       !process.argv.includes('--relaunch') &&