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Recommend electron-forge in auto-updater, fix some Windows stuffs
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@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ This is a requirement of `Squirrel.Mac`.
On Windows, you have to install your app into a user's machine before you can
use the `autoUpdater`, so it is recommended that you use the
[electron-winstaller][installer-lib], [electron-builder][electron-builder-lib] or the [grunt-electron-installer][installer] package to generate a Windows installer.
[electron-winstaller][installer-lib], [electron-forge][electron-forge-lib] or the [grunt-electron-installer][installer] package to generate a Windows installer.
When using [electron-winstaller][installer-lib] or [electron-builder][electron-builder-lib] make sure you do not try to update your app [the first time it runs](https://github.com/electron/windows-installer#handling-squirrel-events) (Also see [this issue for more info](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/7155)). It's also recommended to use [electron-squirrel-startup](https://github.com/mongodb-js/electron-squirrel-startup) to get desktop shortcuts for your app.
When using [electron-winstaller][installer-lib] or [electron-forge][electron-forge-lib] make sure you do not try to update your app [the first time it runs](https://github.com/electron/windows-installer#handling-squirrel-events) (Also see [this issue for more info](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/7155)). It's also recommended to use [electron-squirrel-startup](https://github.com/mongodb-js/electron-squirrel-startup) to get desktop shortcuts for your app.
The installer generated with Squirrel will create a shortcut icon with an
[Application User Model ID][app-user-model-id] in the format of
@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ The installer generated with Squirrel will create a shortcut icon with an
same ID for your app with `app.setAppUserModelId` API, otherwise Windows will
not be able to pin your app properly in task bar.
The server-side setup is also different from macOS. You can read the documents of
[Squirrel.Windows][squirrel-windows] to get more details.
Unlike Squirrel.Mac, Windows can host updates on S3 or any other static file host.
You can read the documents of [Squirrel.Windows][squirrel-windows] to get more details
about how Squirrel.Windows works.
### Linux
@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ from the normal quit event sequence.
[squirrel-windows]: https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows
[installer]: https://github.com/electron/grunt-electron-installer
[installer-lib]: https://github.com/electron/windows-installer
[electron-builder-lib]: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder
[electron-forge-lib]: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge
[app-user-model-id]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378459(v=vs.85).aspx
[electron-release-server]: https://github.com/ArekSredzki/electron-release-server
[squirrel-updates-server]: https://github.com/Aluxian/squirrel-updates-server