Merge pull request #709 from hydralauncher/hyd-192-select-lnk-as-parse-target-executable

feat: make it possible to select shortcuts (.lnk) on game executable

src/main/events/helpers/parse-executable-path.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { shell } from "electron";
+
+export const parseExecutablePath = (path: string) => {
+  if (process.platform === "win32" && path.endsWith(".lnk")) {
+    const { target } = shell.readShortcutLink(path);
+
+    return target;
+  }
+  return path;
+};

src/main/events/library/open-game.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ import { gameRepository } from "@main/repository";
 
 import { registerEvent } from "../register-event";
 import { shell } from "electron";
+import { parseExecutablePath } from "../helpers/parse-executable-path";
 
 const openGame = async (
   _event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent,
   gameId: number,
   executablePath: string
 ) => {
-  await gameRepository.update({ id: gameId }, { executablePath });
+  const parsedPath = parseExecutablePath(executablePath);
 
-  shell.openPath(executablePath);
+  await gameRepository.update({ id: gameId }, { executablePath: parsedPath });
+
+  shell.openPath(parsedPath);
 };
 
 registerEvent("openGame", openGame);

src/main/events/library/update-executable-path.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { gameRepository } from "@main/repository";
 
 import { registerEvent } from "../register-event";
+import { parseExecutablePath } from "../helpers/parse-executable-path";
 
 const updateExecutablePath = async (
   _event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent,
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ const updateExecutablePath = async (
       id,
     },
     {
-      executablePath,
+      executablePath: parseExecutablePath(executablePath),
     }
   );
 };