Shorcut Target Is Wrong

[leandroribeiro]

Hey guys,

The shortcut target is wrong, instead of C:\Users\kbailey\AppData\Local\MyApp\Update.exe --processStart MyApp.exe is created C:\Users\kbailey\AppData\Local\MyApp\MyApp.exe.

Then this shortcut created doesnt works. =\

[aaababei]

This is intended. The behaviour was changed a while ago. More details in PR #868

[leandroribeiro]

Right, but after this change the shortcut doesn't works and crash my application before run it.

My temporary fix was to get back to 1.4.4 version.

[gregsdennis]

I may be experiencing this as well. Please see my question on SO and see if you're experiencing the same thing.

[gregsdennis]

Confirmed that reverting to v1.4.4 fixed the issue.

[PushOrigin]

Is there any resolution to this? I am migrating our app from 1.4.4 to 1.7.5 and when it updates the shortcut points to appname.exe in the root folder but the stub is never copied there. The appname_ExecutionStub.exe remains in the app-x.x.x directory. It appears that that is the only step that is missed. If I copy and rename the execution stub the shortcut works fine.

If I uninstall and install the new version it works fine so it only appears to be a problem on updates. Am I missing something on upgrading Squirrel beyond 1.4.4? Or am I looking at reinstalling on each desktop?

[PhilJenson]

Please see #1075 for a solution

[Thieum]

@shiftkey duplicate of #1075 , which has more information than this issue. I would close this one in favor of #1075

[shiftkey]

Closing this out in favour of #1075