From 08969a913819af1d57bdea8a41fcf08db77d1f4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MrGarlic <bsamans@samans.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 23:03:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] detect if installation is portable for persistent vesktop
 settings

---
 src/main/constants.ts | 10 ++++++++--
 src/updater/main.ts   |  5 ++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/constants.ts b/src/main/constants.ts
index 1a02d5e..b19e95d 100644
--- a/src/main/constants.ts
+++ b/src/main/constants.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
 
 import { app } from "electron";
 import { existsSync, readdirSync, renameSync, rmdirSync } from "fs";
-import { join } from "path";
+import { join, resolve } from "path";
+
+const vesktopDir = resolve("..", "..", "..", "..", __dirname);
+export const PORTABLE = process.platform === "win32" && !readdirSync(vesktopDir).includes("Uninstall Vesktop.exe");
 
 const LEGACY_DATA_DIR = join(app.getPath("appData"), "VencordDesktop", "VencordDesktop");
-export const DATA_DIR = process.env.VENCORD_USER_DATA_DIR || join(app.getPath("userData"));
+export const DATA_DIR = PORTABLE
+    ? resolve(vesktopDir + "Data")
+    : process.env.VENCORD_USER_DATA_DIR || join(app.getPath("userData"));
+
 // TODO: remove eventually
 if (existsSync(LEGACY_DATA_DIR)) {
     try {
diff --git a/src/updater/main.ts b/src/updater/main.ts
index 207687e..a8f45fb 100644
--- a/src/updater/main.ts
+++ b/src/updater/main.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { app, BrowserWindow, shell } from "electron";
+import { PORTABLE } from "main/constants";
 import { Settings, State } from "main/settings";
 import { handle } from "main/utils/ipcWrappers";
 import { makeLinksOpenExternally } from "main/utils/makeLinksOpenExternally";
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@ let updateData: UpdateData;
 
 handle(IpcEvents.UPDATER_GET_DATA, () => updateData);
 handle(IpcEvents.UPDATER_DOWNLOAD, () => {
-    const portable = !!process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_FILE;
-
     const { assets } = updateData.release;
     const url = (() => {
         switch (process.platform) {
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ handle(IpcEvents.UPDATER_DOWNLOAD, () => {
                     if (!a.name.endsWith(".exe")) return false;
 
                     const isSetup = a.name.includes("Setup");
-                    return portable ? !isSetup : isSetup;
+                    return PORTABLE ? !isSetup : isSetup;
                 })!.browser_download_url;
             case "darwin":
                 return assets.find(a =>