const electron = require('electron') const app = electron.app module.exports = { handleSquirrelEvent: function() { if (process.argv.length === 1) { return false; } const ChildProcess = require('child_process'); const path = require('path'); const appFolder = path.resolve(process.execPath, '..'); const rootAtomFolder = path.resolve(appFolder, '..'); const updateDotExe = path.resolve(path.join(rootAtomFolder, 'Update.exe')); const exeName = path.basename(process.execPath); const spawn = function(command, args) { let spawnedProcess, error; try { spawnedProcess = ChildProcess.spawn(command, args, {detached: true}); } catch (error) {} return spawnedProcess; }; const spawnUpdate = function(args) { return spawn(updateDotExe, args); }; const squirrelEvent = process.argv[1]; switch (squirrelEvent) { case '--squirrel-install': case '--squirrel-updated': // Optionally do things such as: // - Add your .exe to the PATH // - Write to the registry for things like file associations and // explorer context menus // Install desktop and start menu shortcuts spawnUpdate(['--createShortcut', exeName]); setTimeout(app.quit, 1000); return true; case '--squirrel-uninstall': // Undo anything you did in the --squirrel-install and // --squirrel-updated handlers // Remove desktop and start menu shortcuts spawnUpdate(['--removeShortcut', exeName]); setTimeout(app.quit, 1000); return true; case '--squirrel-obsolete': // This is called on the outgoing version of your app before // we update to the new version - it's the opposite of // --squirrel-updated app.quit(); return true; } } }