maybe created auto updater?

main.js

@@ -276,14 +276,14 @@ async function start() {
     if (release && release.installer && process.platform === 'win32' && process.env.VYLA_DEV !== '1') {
       const appVersion = process.env.VYLA_APP_VERSION || '0.0.0';
       const tried = updateClient.readCache().selfUpdate || {};
-      const recentlyTried = tried.version === release.installer.version && Date.now() - (tried.at || 0) < 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+      const recentlyTried = tried.version === release.installer.version && Date.now() - (tried.at || 0) < 10 * 60 * 1000;
       if (isNewer(release.installer.version, appVersion) && !recentlyTried) {
         try {
           const dest = path.join(APPDATA_DIR, `vyla-installer-${normalizeVer(release.installer.version)}.exe`);
           sendToTauri('status', { message: 'Downloading launcher update...' });
           await downloadVerified('launcher', release.installer, dest);
           updateClient.writeCache({ selfUpdate: { version: release.installer.version, at: Date.now() } });
-          sendToTauri('status', { message: 'Installing launcher update...' });
+          sendToTauri('status', { message: 'Removing old version and installing the latest...' });
           sendToTauri('self-update', { path: dest });
           await sleep(30000);
           sendToTauri('notice', { message: 'Launcher update did not start. Continuing on the current version.' });

src-tauri/src/main.rs

@@ -564,6 +564,87 @@ const LINK_HANDLER_SCRIPT: &str = r##"
     })();
 "##;
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+const REINSTALL_SCRIPT: &str = r##"
+param([int]$ProcId,[string]$Installer,[string]$InstallDir,[string]$ExePath)
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+function Log($m) { Add-Content -LiteralPath (Join-Path $env:TEMP 'vyla-reinstall.log') -Value "$(Get-Date -Format s) $m" }
+Log "start pid=$ProcId installer=$Installer dir=$InstallDir exe=$ExePath"
+$setup = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'vyla-setup.exe'
+Copy-Item -LiteralPath $Installer -Destination $setup -Force
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $setup)) { exit 1 }
+Wait-Process -Id $ProcId -Timeout 30
+Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.Path -and $_.Path.StartsWith($InstallDir, [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) } | Stop-Process -Force
+Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
+$un = Join-Path $InstallDir 'uninstall.exe'
+if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $un) {
+    Start-Process -FilePath $un -ArgumentList '/S', "_?=$InstallDir" -Wait
+}
+$targets = @($InstallDir, "$env:APPDATA\vyla-home", "$env:APPDATA\com.vyla.home", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\com.vyla.home", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\vyla-home")
+foreach ($t in $targets) {
+    for ($i = 0; $i -lt 5; $i++) {
+        if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $t)) { break }
+        Remove-Item -LiteralPath $t -Recurse -Force
+        if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $t) { Start-Sleep -Seconds 1 }
+    }
+}
+Log "uninstall and cleanup done, installing"
+Start-Process -FilePath $setup -ArgumentList '/S', "/D=$InstallDir" -Wait
+Log "installer finished"
+Remove-Item -LiteralPath $setup -Force
+$target = $null
+for ($i = 0; $i -lt 40; $i++) {
+    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $ExePath) { $target = $ExePath; break }
+    $found = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $InstallDir -Filter '*.exe' | Where-Object { $_.Name -notmatch 'uninstall|node' } | Select-Object -First 1
+    if ($found) { $target = $found.FullName; break }
+    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+}
+Log "launch target: $target"
+if ($target) {
+    Start-Process -FilePath $target -WorkingDirectory (Split-Path -Parent $target)
+    Start-Sleep -Seconds 4
+    if (-not (Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.Path -eq $target })) {
+        Log "not running, retrying via explorer"
+        Start-Process -FilePath 'explorer.exe' -ArgumentList "`"$target`""
+    }
+}
+Log "done"
+"##;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn run_clean_reinstall(installer: &std::path::Path) -> bool {
+    use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+    let exe = match std::env::current_exe() {
+        Ok(e) => e,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+    let dir = match exe.parent() {
+        Some(d) => d.to_path_buf(),
+        None => return false,
+    };
+    if !dir.join("uninstall.exe").exists() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let script = std::env::temp_dir().join("vyla-reinstall.ps1");
+    if std::fs::write(&script, REINSTALL_SCRIPT).is_err() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    Command::new("powershell")
+        .args(["-NoProfile", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass", "-WindowStyle", "Hidden", "-File"])
+        .arg(&script)
+        .arg("-ProcId")
+        .arg(std::process::id().to_string())
+        .arg("-Installer")
+        .arg(installer)
+        .arg("-InstallDir")
+        .arg(clean_path(&dir))
+        .arg("-ExePath")
+        .arg(clean_path(&exe))
+        .creation_flags(0x08000000 | 0x00000200)
+        .spawn()
+        .is_ok()
+}
+
 #[tauri::command]
 fn win_minimize(window: tauri::Window) -> Result<(), String> {
     window.minimize().map_err(|e| e.to_string())
@@ -949,21 +1030,18 @@ fn main() {
                                                 && name.ends_with(".exe")
                                                 && p.exists()
                                             {
-                                                let state: State<NodeServices> = w.state();
-                                                if let Ok(mut lock) = state.0.lock() {
-                                                    if let Some(mut child) = lock.take() {
-                                                        kill_child_process(&mut child);
-                                                    }
-                                                };
-                                                let mut installer = Command::new(&p);
-                                                installer.args(["/S", "/UPDATE"]);
                                                 #[cfg(windows)]
                                                 {
-                                                    use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+                                                    if run_clean_reinstall(&p) {
-                                                    installer.creation_flags(0x00000008 | 0x00000200);
+                                                        let state: State<NodeServices> = w.state();
+                                                        if let Ok(mut lock) = state.0.lock() {
+                                                            if let Some(mut child) = lock.take() {
+                                                                kill_child_process(&mut child);
+                                                            }
+                                                        };
+                                                        w.app_handle().exit(0);
+                                                    }
                                                 }
-                                                let _ = installer.spawn();
-                                                w.app_handle().exit(0);
                                             }
                                         }
                                     }

update-client.js

@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ class UpdateClient {
       }
       return 0;
     };
-    const release = releases.slice().sort((a, b) => cmp(b.tag_name, a.tag_name))[0];
+    const ordered = releases.slice().sort((a, b) => cmp(b.tag_name, a.tag_name));
+    const release = ordered[0];
     const links = release.assets && release.assets.links ? release.assets.links : [];
     const manifestAsset = links.find((a) => a.name === 'manifest.json');
 
@@ -403,6 +404,10 @@ class UpdateClient {
       }
     }
 
+    if (!installer) {
+      installer = await this.findInstaller(ordered, release.tag_name);
+    }
+
     const out = {
       version: release.tag_name,
       sha256: manifest.sha256 || null,
@@ -414,6 +419,28 @@ class UpdateClient {
     return out;
   }
 
+  async findInstaller(ordered, skipTag) {
+    for (const r of ordered.slice(0, 6)) {
+      if (r.tag_name === skipTag) continue;
+      const rl = r.assets && r.assets.links ? r.assets.links : [];
+      const ma = rl.find((a) => a.name === 'manifest.json');
+      if (!ma) continue;
+      try {
+        const m = await this.fetchAssetJson(ma.url);
+        if (!m.installer || !verifyManifest(m)) continue;
+        const link = rl.find((a) => a.name === m.installer.file);
+        if (!link) continue;
+        return {
+          url: link.url,
+          sha256: m.installer.sha256,
+          size: m.installer.size,
+          version: m.installer.version
+        };
+      } catch (e) { }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   async downloadUpdate(release, destPath, onProgress) {
     await this.downloadFile(release.url, destPath, onProgress);
     return destPath;