Update Windows installer to use FarmControl.exe and enhance process handling

- Replaced references to launcher.exe with FarmControl.exe in the installer script, ensuring consistency in application execution.
- Added taskkill command to stop running FarmControl processes during installation.
- Updated shortcut creation to point to FarmControl.exe for both desktop and start menu.
- Enhanced cleanup process to remove old executable backups and ensure proper application state after updates.
- Refactored updater logic to check for the presence of FarmControl.exe, improving application launch reliability.

packaging/windows/installer.nsh

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Var RestartAfterInstall
   !insertmacro progressPhase "Stopping Farm Control"
   !insertmacro progressStatus "Stopping running Farm Control processes..."
   DetailPrint "Stopping running Farm Control processes..."
+  ExecWait 'taskkill /F /IM FarmControl.exe /T' $R0
   ExecWait 'taskkill /F /IM launcher.exe /T' $R0
 !macroend
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ Var RestartAfterInstall
     ClearErrors
     Rename "$INSTDIR\bin" "$INSTDIR\bin.old"
     ${If} ${Errors}
+      !insertmacro moveAsideIfPresent "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe"
       !insertmacro moveAsideIfPresent "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe"
       !insertmacro moveAsideIfPresent "$INSTDIR\bin\bun.exe"
       !insertmacro moveAsideIfPresent "$INSTDIR\bin\bspatch.exe"
@@ -179,14 +181,14 @@ Var RestartAfterInstall
 !macro createDesktopShortcut
   SetShellVarContext current
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\bin"
-  CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Farm Control.lnk" "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe" 0 SW_SHOWNORMAL "" "Farm Control"
+  CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Farm Control.lnk" "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe" 0 SW_SHOWNORMAL "" "Farm Control"
 !macroend
 
 !macro createStartMenuShortcut
   SetShellVarContext current
   CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\Farm Control"
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\bin"
-  CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Farm Control\Farm Control.lnk" "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe" 0 SW_SHOWNORMAL "" "Farm Control"
+  CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Farm Control\Farm Control.lnk" "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe" 0 SW_SHOWNORMAL "" "Farm Control"
 !macroend
 
 !macro removeDesktopShortcut
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ Var RestartAfterInstall
 !macro cleanupUpdateBackups
   ; Best-effort; may fail while the previous process still holds handles.
   RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\bin.old"
+  Delete "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe.old"
   Delete "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe.old"
   Delete "$INSTDIR\bin\bun.exe.old"
   Delete "$INSTDIR\bin\bspatch.exe.old"
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ Var RestartAfterInstall
   DeleteRegKey HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol"
   WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol" "" "URL:farmcontrol"
   WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol" "URL Protocol" ""
-  WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol\DefaultIcon" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe"
+  WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol\DefaultIcon" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe"
   WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol\shell" "" ""
   WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol\shell\Open" "" ""
   WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\farmcontrol\shell\Open\command" "" '"$INSTDIR\bin\bun.exe" "$INSTDIR\bin\deeplink.js" "%1"'
@@ -248,6 +251,11 @@ Function restartFarmControlAfterUpdate
   Sleep 1000
 
   restart_wait_loop:
+    ExecWait 'cmd.exe /c tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq FarmControl.exe" 2>nul | find /I "FarmControl.exe"' $R0
+    ${If} $R0 == 0
+      Sleep 1000
+      Goto restart_wait_loop
+    ${EndIf}
     ExecWait 'cmd.exe /c tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq launcher.exe" 2>nul | find /I "launcher.exe"' $R0
     ${If} $R0 == 0
       Sleep 1000
@@ -256,5 +264,5 @@ Function restartFarmControlAfterUpdate
 
   !insertmacro progressStatus "Starting Farm Control..."
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\bin"
-  Exec "$INSTDIR\bin\launcher.exe"
+  Exec "$INSTDIR\bin\FarmControl.exe"
 FunctionEnd

scripts/build-windows-nsis.ps1

@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ if ($stagedAppBytes -lt 5242880) {
   throw "Staged application is only $([math]::Round($stagedAppBytes / 1KB, 1)) KiB. Expected a full Electrobun app bundle before building the installer."
 }
 
-$requiredExe = Join-Path $stagingAppDir "bin\launcher.exe"
+$requiredExe = Join-Path $stagingAppDir "bin\FarmControl.exe"
 $requiredDeeplinkScript = Join-Path $stagingAppDir "bin\deeplink.js"
 if (-not (Test-Path $requiredExe)) {
-  throw "Staged application is missing bin\launcher.exe"
+  throw "Staged application is missing bin\FarmControl.exe"
 }
 if (-not (Test-Path $requiredDeeplinkScript)) {
   throw "Staged application is missing bin\deeplink.js"

scripts/finalize-desktop-artifacts.mjs

@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ async function main() {
       platformDir
     )
     stageWindowsDeeplinkScript(appDir)
-    await patchWindowsBinaries(appDir)
+    patchWindowsBinaries(appDir)
 
     let published
     try {

scripts/patch-windows-binaries.mjs

@@ -1,79 +1,37 @@
-import { copyFileSync, existsSync, unlinkSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { existsSync, renameSync } from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
-import rcedit from 'rcedit'
 
-const PATCH_TARGETS = new Set(['launcher.exe'])
+export const WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE = 'FarmControl.exe'
-const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 6
+const SOURCE_LAUNCHER_EXE = 'launcher.exe'
-const BASE_DELAY_MS = 500
-
-function sleep(ms) {
-  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
-}
-
-async function patchExecutable(executablePath) {
-  let lastError
-
-  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= MAX_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
-    const tempPath = `${executablePath}.rcedit-${process.pid}-${attempt}.tmp`
-
-    try {
-      // Patch a copy then replace — avoids AV/indexer locks on the live PE.
-      copyFileSync(executablePath, tempPath)
-      await rcedit(tempPath, {
-        'requested-execution-level': 'asInvoker'
-      })
-      copyFileSync(tempPath, executablePath)
-      return
-    } catch (error) {
-      lastError = error
-      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-      console.warn(
-        `patch-windows-binaries: attempt ${attempt}/${MAX_ATTEMPTS} failed for ${executablePath}: ${message}`
-      )
-
-      if (attempt < MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
-        await sleep(BASE_DELAY_MS * 2 ** (attempt - 1))
-      }
-    } finally {
-      try {
-        unlinkSync(tempPath)
-      } catch {
-        // Ignore cleanup failures.
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  throw lastError
-}
-
-export async function patchWindowsBinaries(appDir) {
-  if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
-    return
-  }
 
+export function patchWindowsBinaries(appDir) {
   const binDir = path.join(appDir, 'bin')
   if (!existsSync(binDir)) {
     throw new Error(`patch-windows-binaries: bin directory not found at ${binDir}`)
   }
 
-  for (const executable of PATCH_TARGETS) {
+  const sourcePath = path.join(binDir, SOURCE_LAUNCHER_EXE)
-    const executablePath = path.join(binDir, executable)
+  const destPath = path.join(binDir, WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE)
-    if (!existsSync(executablePath)) {
-      console.warn(`patch-windows-binaries: skipping missing ${executablePath}`)
-      continue
-    }
 
-    try {
+  if (existsSync(destPath) && !existsSync(sourcePath)) {
-      await patchExecutable(executablePath)
+    console.log(`patch-windows-binaries: ${WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE} already present`)
-      console.log(`patch-windows-binaries: set asInvoker on ${executablePath}`)
+    return
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.warn(
-        `patch-windows-binaries: failed to patch ${executablePath}:`,
-        error instanceof Error ? error.message : error
-      )
-    }
   }
+
+  if (!existsSync(sourcePath)) {
+    console.warn(`patch-windows-binaries: skipping missing ${sourcePath}`)
+    return
+  }
+
+  if (existsSync(destPath)) {
+    renameSync(destPath, `${destPath}.old`)
+  }
+
+  renameSync(sourcePath, destPath)
+  console.log(
+    `patch-windows-binaries: renamed ${SOURCE_LAUNCHER_EXE} -> ${WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE}`
+  )
 }
 
 if (process.argv[1] === fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) {
@@ -83,5 +41,5 @@ if (process.argv[1] === fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) {
     process.exit(1)
   }
 
-  await patchWindowsBinaries(path.resolve(appDirArg))
+  patchWindowsBinaries(path.resolve(appDirArg))
 }

src/bun/deeplink.js

@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ console.log('[deeplink] no running instance found, launching Farm Control')
 
 writeDeeplinkSignal(payload)
 
-const launcherPath = join(dirname(process.execPath), 'launcher.exe')
+const binDir = dirname(process.execPath)
-if (!existsSync(launcherPath)) {
+const launcherPath = ['FarmControl.exe', 'launcher.exe']
-  console.error('[deeplink] launcher.exe not found at', launcherPath)
+  .map((name) => join(binDir, name))
+  .find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate))
+
+if (!launcherPath) {
+  console.error('[deeplink] FarmControl.exe not found in', binDir)
   process.exit(1)
 }
 

src/desktop/updater-runner.js

@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ const WINDOWS_INSTALL_DIR_KEYS = [
   'HKCU\\Software\\Tom Butcher\\Farm Control',
   'HKLM\\Software\\Tom Butcher\\Farm Control'
 ]
-const WINDOWS_DEFAULT_LAUNCHER = path.join(
+const WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE = 'FarmControl.exe'
+const WINDOWS_LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE = 'launcher.exe'
+const WINDOWS_DEFAULT_BIN_DIR = path.join(
   process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local'),
   'Programs',
   'Farm Control',
-  'bin',
+  'bin'
-  'launcher.exe'
 )
 
+const resolveExistingLauncher = (...candidates) =>
+  candidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate)) || null
+
 const quoteBatchArg = (value) => `"${String(value).replaceAll('"', '""')}"`
 
 const findMacAppBundle = (startPath) => {
@@ -81,32 +85,44 @@ export const resolveAppLaunchPath = () => {
     // (in-app updates may leave the running process under bin.old).
     const installDir = readWindowsInstallDirFromRegistry()
     if (installDir) {
-      const launcherFromRegistry = path.join(installDir, 'bin', 'launcher.exe')
+      const launcherFromRegistry = resolveExistingLauncher(
-      if (existsSync(launcherFromRegistry)) {
+        path.join(installDir, 'bin', WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE),
+        path.join(installDir, 'bin', WINDOWS_LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE)
+      )
+      if (launcherFromRegistry) {
         return launcherFromRegistry
       }
     }
 
-    if (existsSync(WINDOWS_DEFAULT_LAUNCHER)) {
+    const defaultLauncher = resolveExistingLauncher(
-      return WINDOWS_DEFAULT_LAUNCHER
+      path.join(WINDOWS_DEFAULT_BIN_DIR, WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE),
+      path.join(WINDOWS_DEFAULT_BIN_DIR, WINDOWS_LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE)
+    )
+    if (defaultLauncher) {
+      return defaultLauncher
     }
 
     const execBase = path.basename(process.execPath).toLowerCase()
-    if (execBase === 'launcher.exe') {
+    if (
+      execBase === WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE.toLowerCase() ||
+      execBase === WINDOWS_LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE
+    ) {
       return process.execPath
     }
 
-    const launcherBesideExec = path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), 'launcher.exe')
+    const launcherBesideExec = resolveExistingLauncher(
-    if (existsSync(launcherBesideExec)) {
+      path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE),
+      path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), WINDOWS_LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE)
+    )
+    if (launcherBesideExec) {
       return launcherBesideExec
     }
 
-    const launcherInBin = path.join(
+    const launcherInBin = resolveExistingLauncher(
-      path.dirname(process.execPath),
+      path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), 'bin', WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE),
-      'bin',
+      path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), 'bin', WINDOWS_LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE)
-      'launcher.exe'
     )
-    if (existsSync(launcherInBin)) {
+    if (launcherInBin) {
       return launcherInBin
     }
 

src/desktop/windows-app-paths.js

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 
 const NATIVE_WRAPPER_DLL = 'libNativeWrapper.dll'
+export const WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE = 'FarmControl.exe'
+const LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE = 'launcher.exe'
 
 export function resolveWindowsBinDir() {
   const candidates = [
@@ -13,7 +15,8 @@ export function resolveWindowsBinDir() {
 
   for (const candidate of candidates) {
     if (
-      existsSync(join(candidate, 'launcher.exe')) ||
+      existsSync(join(candidate, WINDOWS_LAUNCHER_EXE)) ||
+      existsSync(join(candidate, LEGACY_LAUNCHER_EXE)) ||
       existsSync(join(candidate, NATIVE_WRAPPER_DLL))
     ) {
       return candidate