public void CreateShortcutsForExecutable(string exeName, ShortcutLocation locations, bool updateOnly, string programArguments, string icon, bool allUsers = false) { this.Log().Info("About to create shortcuts for {0}, rootAppDir {1}", exeName, rootAppDirectory); var releases = Utility.LoadLocalReleases(Utility.LocalReleaseFileForAppDir(rootAppDirectory)); var thisRelease = Utility.FindCurrentVersion(releases); var zf = new ZipPackage(Path.Combine( Utility.PackageDirectoryForAppDir(rootAppDirectory), thisRelease.Filename)); var exePath = Path.Combine(Utility.AppDirForRelease(rootAppDirectory, thisRelease), exeName); var fileVerInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(exePath); foreach (var f in (ShortcutLocation[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(ShortcutLocation))) { if (!locations.HasFlag(f)) { continue; } var file = linkTargetForVersionInfo(f, zf, fileVerInfo, allUsers); var fileExists = File.Exists(file); // NB: If we've already installed the app, but the shortcut // is no longer there, we have to assume that the user didn't // want it there and explicitly deleted it, so we shouldn't // annoy them by recreating it. if (!fileExists && updateOnly) { this.Log().Warn("Wanted to update shortcut {0} but it appears user deleted it", file); continue; } this.Log().Info("Creating shortcut for {0} => {1}", exeName, file); ShellLink sl; this.ErrorIfThrows(() => Utility.Retry(() => { File.Delete(file); var target = Path.Combine(rootAppDirectory, exeName); sl = new ShellLink { Target = target, IconPath = icon ?? target, IconIndex = 0, WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(exePath), Description = zf.Description, }; if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(programArguments)) { sl.Arguments += String.Format(" -a \"{0}\"", programArguments); } var appUserModelId = String.Format("com.squirrel.{0}.{1}", zf.Id.Replace(" ", ""), exeName.Replace(".exe", "").Replace(" ", "")); var toastActivatorCLSID = Utility.CreateGuidFromHash(appUserModelId).ToString(); sl.SetAppUserModelId(appUserModelId); sl.SetToastActivatorCLSID(toastActivatorCLSID); this.Log().Info("About to save shortcut: {0} (target {1}, workingDir {2}, args {3}, toastActivatorCSLID {4})", file, sl.Target, sl.WorkingDirectory, sl.Arguments, toastActivatorCLSID); if (ModeDetector.InUnitTestRunner() == false) { sl.Save(file); } }, 4), "Can't write shortcut: " + file); } fixPinnedExecutables(zf.Version); }