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[Package Issue]: EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher adds desktop shortcut
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Description
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- I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
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Category of the issue
Installation issue.
Brief description of your issue
There's a desktop shortcut added which is unexpected and unnecessary.
If this is not a bug could there be a command line switch added to toggle this behavior?
(This also happens for Ubisoft.Connect (will open an issue for that one based on the outcome of this one) but not for ElectronicArts.EADesktop). Also happens for Zen-Team.Zen-Browser so I created a bug here for that https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/6784 and here https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/243546 and got a PR merged here to fix it https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/243547
Seems to be an instance of https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/1545 but not sure if the specific installer has a flag for it. And the antithesis of https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/3314
Steps to reproduce
Run winget upgrade --all when there's an update available for EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher and the installer adds a desktop shortcut.
(I suspect this is reproducible with winget install EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher as well)
Actual behavior
A desktop shortcut is added
Expected behavior
A desktop shortcut is not added
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.10.340
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.5487
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.25.340.0
Winget Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules
Links
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Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale
Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the behavior with winget install EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher or winget upgrade --all, then inspect the EpicGames.EpicGamesLauncher package manifest and the referenced winget-cli issues. Determine whether the installer exposes a shortcut-control option; done means the package no longer adds the unexpected desktop shortcut or the limitation is documented.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100