Merge pull request #1645 from hydralauncher/feat/create-start-menu-shortcut-on-windows

feat: create start menu shortcut on windows

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hydralauncher",
-  "version": "3.4.6",
+  "version": "3.4.7",
   "description": "Hydra",
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",
   "author": "Los Broxas",

src/locales/en/translation.json

@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@
     "download_error_not_cached_on_hydra": "This download is not available on Nimbus.",
     "game_removed_from_favorites": "Game removed from favorites",
     "game_added_to_favorites": "Game added to favorites",
-    "automatically_extract_downloaded_files": "Automatically extract downloaded files"
+    "automatically_extract_downloaded_files": "Automatically extract downloaded files",
+    "create_start_menu_shortcut": "Create Start Menu shortcut"
   },
   "activation": {
     "title": "Activate Hydra",

src/locales/pt-BR/translation.json

@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@
     "download_error_not_cached_on_hydra": "Este download não está disponível no Nimbus.",
     "game_removed_from_favorites": "Jogo removido dos favoritos",
     "game_added_to_favorites": "Jogo adicionado aos favoritos",
-    "automatically_extract_downloaded_files": "Extrair automaticamente os arquivos baixados"
+    "automatically_extract_downloaded_files": "Extrair automaticamente os arquivos baixados",
+    "create_start_menu_shortcut": "Criar atalho no Menu Iniciar"
   },
   "activation": {
     "title": "Ativação",

src/locales/pt-PT/translation.json

@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@
     "download_error_not_cached_on_real_debrid": "Este download não está disponível no Real-Debrid e a verificação do status do download não está disponível.",
     "download_error_not_cached_on_torbox": "Este download não está disponível no TorBox e a verificação do status do download não está disponível.",
     "game_removed_from_favorites": "Jogo removido dos favoritos",
-    "game_added_to_favorites": "Jogo adicionado aos favoritos"
+    "game_added_to_favorites": "Jogo adicionado aos favoritos",
+    "create_start_menu_shortcut": "Criar atalho no Menu Iniciar"
   },
   "activation": {
     "title": "Ativação",

src/main/constants.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ export const defaultDownloadsPath = SystemPath.getPath("downloads");
 
 export const isStaging = import.meta.env.MAIN_VITE_API_URL.includes("staging");
 
+export const windowsStartMenuPath = path.join(
+  SystemPath.getPath("appData"),
+  "Microsoft",
+  "Windows",
+  "Start Menu",
+  "Programs"
+);
+
 export const levelDatabasePath = path.join(
   SystemPath.getPath("userData"),
   `hydra-db${isStaging ? "-staging" : ""}`

src/main/events/library/create-game-shortcut.ts

@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ import createDesktopShortcut from "create-desktop-shortcuts";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { app } from "electron";
 import { removeSymbolsFromName } from "@shared";
-import { GameShop } from "@types";
+import { GameShop, ShortcutLocation } from "@types";
 import { gamesSublevel, levelKeys } from "@main/level";
 import { SystemPath } from "@main/services/system-path";
+import { windowsStartMenuPath } from "@main/constants";
 
 const createGameShortcut = async (
   _event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent,
   shop: GameShop,
-  objectId: string
+  objectId: string,
+  location: ShortcutLocation
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
   const gameKey = levelKeys.game(shop, objectId);
   const game = await gamesSublevel.get(gameKey);
@@ -25,7 +27,10 @@ const createGameShortcut = async (
     const options = {
       filePath,
       name: removeSymbolsFromName(game.title),
-      outputPath: SystemPath.getPath("desktop"),
+      outputPath:
+        location === "desktop"
+          ? SystemPath.getPath("desktop")
+          : windowsStartMenuPath,
     };
 
     return createDesktopShortcut({

src/main/events/user-preferences/auto-launch.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 import { registerEvent } from "../register-event";
 import AutoLaunch from "auto-launch";
 import { app } from "electron";
-import path from "path";
-import fs from "node:fs";
 import { logger } from "@main/services";
-import { SystemPath } from "@main/services/system-path";
-
-const windowsStartupPath = path.join(
-  SystemPath.getPath("appData"),
-  "Microsoft",
-  "Windows",
-  "Start Menu",
-  "Programs",
-  "Startup"
-);
 
 const autoLaunch = async (
   _event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent,
@@ -31,10 +19,6 @@ const autoLaunch = async (
       logger.error(err);
     });
   } else {
-    if (process.platform == "win32") {
-      fs.rm(path.join(windowsStartupPath, "Hydra.vbs"), () => {});
-    }
-
     appLauncher.disable().catch((err) => {
       logger.error(err);
     });

src/main/services/common-redist-manager.ts

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class CommonRedistManager {
     for (const redist of this.redistributables) {
       const filePath = path.join(commonRedistPath, redist);
 
-      if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+      if (fs.existsSync(filePath) && redist !== "install.bat") {
         continue;
       }
 

src/preload/index.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type {
   GameAchievement,
   Theme,
   FriendRequestSync,
+  ShortcutLocation,
 } from "@types";
 import type { AuthPage, CatalogueCategory } from "@shared";
 import type { AxiosProgressEvent } from "axios";
@@ -122,8 +123,11 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electron", {
     ),
   addGameToLibrary: (shop: GameShop, objectId: string, title: string) =>
     ipcRenderer.invoke("addGameToLibrary", shop, objectId, title),
-  createGameShortcut: (shop: GameShop, objectId: string) =>
-    ipcRenderer.invoke("createGameShortcut", shop, objectId),
+  createGameShortcut: (
+    shop: GameShop,
+    objectId: string,
+    location: ShortcutLocation
+  ) => ipcRenderer.invoke("createGameShortcut", shop, objectId, location),
   updateExecutablePath: (
     shop: GameShop,
     objectId: string,

src/renderer/src/declaration.d.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type {
   Theme,
   Badge,
   Auth,
+  ShortcutLocation,
 } from "@types";
 import type { AxiosProgressEvent } from "axios";
 import type disk from "diskusage";
@@ -101,7 +102,11 @@ declare global {
       objectId: string,
       title: string
     ) => Promise<void>;
-    createGameShortcut: (shop: GameShop, objectId: string) => Promise<boolean>;
+    createGameShortcut: (
+      shop: GameShop,
+      objectId: string,
+      location: ShortcutLocation
+    ) => Promise<boolean>;
     updateExecutablePath: (
       shop: GameShop,
       objectId: string,

src/renderer/src/features/toast-slice.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const toastSlice = createSlice({
       state.title = action.payload.title;
       state.message = action.payload.message;
       state.type = action.payload.type;
-      state.duration = action.payload.duration ?? 2000;
+      state.duration = action.payload.duration ?? 3000;
       state.visible = true;
     },
     closeToast: (state) => {

src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/modals/game-options-modal.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useContext, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Button, CheckboxField, Modal, TextField } from "@renderer/components";
-import type { LibraryGame } from "@types";
+import type { LibraryGame, ShortcutLocation } from "@types";
 import { gameDetailsContext } from "@renderer/context";
 import { DeleteGameModal } from "@renderer/pages/downloads/delete-game-modal";
 import { useDownload, useToast, useUserDetails } from "@renderer/hooks";
@@ -107,15 +107,18 @@ export function GameOptionsModal({
     }
   };
 
-  const handleCreateShortcut = async () => {
+  const handleCreateShortcut = async (location: ShortcutLocation) => {
     window.electron
-      .createGameShortcut(game.shop, game.objectId)
+      .createGameShortcut(game.shop, game.objectId, location)
       .then((success) => {
         if (success) {
           showSuccessToast(t("create_shortcut_success"));
         } else {
           showErrorToast(t("create_shortcut_error"));
         }
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        showErrorToast(t("create_shortcut_error"));
       });
   };
 
@@ -176,6 +179,9 @@ export function GameOptionsModal({
   const shouldShowWinePrefixConfiguration =
     window.electron.platform === "linux";
 
+  const shouldShowCreateStartMenuShortcut =
+    window.electron.platform === "win32";
+
   const handleResetAchievements = async () => {
     setIsDeletingAchievements(true);
     try {
@@ -278,9 +284,20 @@ export function GameOptionsModal({
                   >
                     {t("open_folder")}
                   </Button>
-                  <Button onClick={handleCreateShortcut} theme="outline">
+                  <Button
+                    onClick={() => handleCreateShortcut("desktop")}
+                    theme="outline"
+                  >
                     {t("create_shortcut")}
                   </Button>
+                  {shouldShowCreateStartMenuShortcut && (
+                    <Button
+                      onClick={() => handleCreateShortcut("start_menu")}
+                      theme="outline"
+                    >
+                      {t("create_start_menu_shortcut")}
+                    </Button>
+                  )}
                 </div>
               )}
             </div>

src/types/game.types.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 export type GameShop = "steam" | "epic";
 
+export type ShortcutLocation = "desktop" | "start_menu";
+
 export interface UnlockedAchievement {
   name: string;
   unlockTime: number;