fix(installer): refresh Windows icon cache after in-place update - #55
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Windows keeps the pre-update .exe icon in the shell icon cache (iconcache_*.db) after Tauri's auto-updater swaps the binary in place, so the taskbar / Start Menu / pinned shortcuts keep showing the old logo until the user manually refreshes. Add an NSIS_HOOK_POSTINSTALL macro that runs ie4uinit.exe -show and broadcasts SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED). Wire it via bundle.windows.nsis.installerHooks in tauri.conf.json. Belt-and-suspenders: ie4uinit rebuilds the on-disk cache DB, SHChangeNotify signals Explorer to re-query icons for our executable's associations. Together they cover the cases where either signal alone is ignored. Note: this does not clear Explorer's per-session in-memory icon cache; users with badly stuck pins may still need to restart explorer.exe or log out. That's a Windows limitation, not something an installer can work around cleanly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace all 5 screenshots (main view, new session, grid, settings, profiles) with fresh captures matching the current design, and add the profiles dialog to the Screenshots section. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
NSIS_HOOK_POSTINSTALLthat runsie4uinit.exe -show+ broadcastsSHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED)so Windows drops the pre-update icon fromiconcache_*.dbafter Tauri's auto-updater swaps the binary in place.bundle.windows.nsis.installerHooksintauri.conf.json.Why
After installing a new version, the taskbar / Start Menu / pinned shortcuts kept showing the previous logo. Root cause: Windows caches icons per-.exe-path and the auto-updater's in-place
.exeswap doesn't invalidate that cache.ie4uinit.exe -showrebuilds the on-disk DB,SHChangeNotifysignals Explorer to re-query icon associations for our executable — belt-and-suspenders coverage for the cases where either signal alone gets ignored.Caveat
This does NOT clear Explorer's per-session in-memory icon cache. Users with a stubbornly stale pin may still need to restart
explorer.exe(Task Manager → Windows Explorer → Restart) or log out/in once. That's a Windows limitation that no installer hook can work around cleanly without also killing Explorer during install (bad UX for a silent auto-update).Test plan
npm run tauri buildsucceeds; NSIS installer produced atsrc-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis/Agentrium_1.33.0_x64-setup.exeinstaller.nsiincludes!include ".../installer-hooks.nsh"and invokesNSIS_HOOK_POSTINSTALLat the standard post-install site🤖 Generated with Claude Code