From 2e2a95c3146cb92f5d32506fc5e7b3bbb107ff7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moyasee <terranoiz@icloud.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:38:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: implement automatic shortcut creation upon
 automatic path binding

---
 src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts b/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts
index 722e1c9e..307903aa 100644
--- a/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { publishExtractionCompleteNotification } from "./notifications";
 import { logger } from "./logger";
 import { GameExecutables } from "./game-executables";
+import createDesktopShortcut from "create-desktop-shortcuts";
+import { app } from "electron";
+import { removeSymbolsFromName } from "@shared";
+import { SystemPath } from "./system-path";
 
 const PROGRESS_THROTTLE_MS = 1000;
 
@@ -204,6 +208,8 @@ export class GameFilesManager {
         });
 
         WindowManager.mainWindow?.webContents.send("on-library-batch-complete");
+
+        await this.createDesktopShortcutForGame(game.title, foundExePath);
       }
     } catch (err) {
       logger.error(
@@ -213,6 +219,40 @@ export class GameFilesManager {
     }
   }
 
+  private async createDesktopShortcutForGame(
+    gameTitle: string,
+    executablePath: string
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const windowVbsPath = app.isPackaged
+        ? path.join(process.resourcesPath, "windows.vbs")
+        : undefined;
+
+      const options = {
+        filePath: executablePath,
+        name: removeSymbolsFromName(gameTitle),
+        outputPath: SystemPath.getPath("desktop"),
+      };
+
+      const success = createDesktopShortcut({
+        windows: { ...options, VBScriptPath: windowVbsPath },
+        linux: options,
+        osx: options,
+      });
+
+      if (success) {
+        logger.info(
+          `[GameFilesManager] Created desktop shortcut for ${this.objectId}`
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error(
+        `[GameFilesManager] Error creating desktop shortcut: ${this.objectId}`,
+        err
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   private async findExecutableInFolder(
     folderPath: string,
     executableNames: string[]

From 8bf70cd2b4d0d5b22b9c1aa5c612d4133af597e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moyasee <terranoiz@icloud.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:43:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: multiple imports

---
 src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts b/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts
index 307903aa..6b700986 100644
--- a/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/game-files-manager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import type { GameShop } from "@types";
 import { downloadsSublevel, gamesSublevel, levelKeys } from "@main/level";
-import { FILE_EXTENSIONS_TO_EXTRACT } from "@shared";
+import { FILE_EXTENSIONS_TO_EXTRACT, removeSymbolsFromName } from "@shared";
 import { SevenZip, ExtractionProgress } from "./7zip";
 import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { publishExtractionCompleteNotification } from "./notifications";
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { logger } from "./logger";
 import { GameExecutables } from "./game-executables";
 import createDesktopShortcut from "create-desktop-shortcuts";
 import { app } from "electron";
-import { removeSymbolsFromName } from "@shared";
 import { SystemPath } from "./system-path";
 
 const PROGRESS_THROTTLE_MS = 1000;