Don't recreate desktop shortcut on update if it doesn't already exist

[khionu]

Each time Riot updates, it recreates the shortcut on my desktop. This is quite annoying, as I keep my desktop pretty clean.

[t3chguy]

electron-builder does not give us control over this: https://www.electron.build/configuration/squirrel-windows

[khionu]

Discord uses Squirrel as well, and does not have this issue.

[t3chguy]

Is there any certainty in them using electron-builder though or are they rocking some custom in-house thing?

[khionu]

I'll get back to you on that.

[aaronraimist]

@t3chguy the link you sent says

Squirrel.Windows target is maintained, but deprecated. Please use nsis instead.

and nsis does have an option you can set https://www.electron.build/configuration/nsis

createDesktopShortcut = true Boolean | “always” - Whether to create desktop shortcut. Set to always if to recreate also on reinstall (even if removed by user).

[t3chguy]

@aaronraimist this is known but Riot at least disliked nsis due to its update mechanism which was basically an uninstall followed by a new install which wasn't the most friendly flow.

[BloodyIron]

Surely there's some way to get this done, cmon this is really frustrating.

[ajayyy]

Yea, this is very frustrating