setup program - windows use a vbs to generate a shortcut

instead of the 💩.url

cesetup/cesetup.coedit

@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ object CurrentProject: TCENativeProject
   Sources.Strings = (
     'cesetup.d'
   )
-  ConfigurationIndex = 2
+  ConfigurationIndex = 0
 end

cesetup/cesetup.d

@@ -255,12 +255,17 @@ bool uninstallResource(Resource resource, string path)
 { 
     const string fname = extractedName(resource, path);
     if (!fname.exists) return true;
-    try remove(fname);
+    tryRemove(fname);
-    catch (FileException e) return false;
     return true;  
 }
 
-void nuxPostInstall()
+void tryRemove(string fname)
+{
+    try remove(fname);
+    catch (FileException e) {}  
+}
+
+version(linux) void nuxPostInstall()
 {
     File f = new File(shortCutPath ~ "coedit.desktop", FileMode.OutNew);
     f.writeLine("[Desktop Entry]");
@@ -273,30 +278,42 @@ void nuxPostInstall()
     f.close;    
 }
 
-void nuxPostUninstall()
+version(linux) void nuxPostUninstall()
 {
-    try remove(shortCutPath ~ "coedit.desktop");
+    tryRemove(shortCutPath ~ "coedit.desktop");
-    catch (FileException e) {}
 }
 
-void win32PostInstall()
+version (win32) void win32PostInstall()
 {
-    // note: this is not a true shortcut, other options are
+    import std.conv: to;
-    // - create a true lnk by generating and executing a vbs
+    import std.random: uniform;
-    // - use winapi...
+    
+    // shortcut prior to v 1 upd 2 was actually and url.
+    tryRemove(shortCutPath ~ "Coedit.url");
+    
     string target = exePath ~ "coedit.exe";
-    File f = new File(shortCutPath ~ "Coedit.url", FileMode.OutNew);
+    string vbsName;
-    f.writeLine("[InternetShortcut]");
+    do vbsName = environment.get("TEMP") ~ r"\cesh" ~ uniform(0,int.max).to!string ~ ".vbs";
-    f.writeString("URL=");
+    while (vbsName.exists);
-    f.writeLine("\"" ~ target ~ "\"");
+    
-    f.writeString("IconFile=");
+    string vbsCode = "
-    f.writeLine("\"" ~ target ~ "\"");
+        set WshShell = CreateObject(\"WScript.shell\")
-    f.writeLine("IconIndex=0");
+        strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders(\"Desktop\")
-    f.close;
+        set lnk = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + \"\\Coedit.lnk\")
+        lnk.TargetPath = \"%s\" 
+        lnk.Save
+    ";
+    File vbs = new File(vbsName, FileMode.OutNew);
+    vbs.writefln(vbsCode, target);
+    vbs.close;
+    executeShell(vbsName);
+    
+    tryRemove(vbsName); 
 }
 
-void win32PostUninstall()
+version (win32) void win32PostUninstall()
 {
-    try remove(shortCutPath ~ "Coedit.url");
+    // shortcut prior to v 1 upd 2 was actually and url.
-    catch (FileException e) {}
+    tryRemove(shortCutPath ~ "Coedit.url"); 
+    tryRemove(shortCutPath ~ "Coedit.lnk");
 }