refactor(nsis): use nsis's built-in com plugin instead of Application…

…ID plugin (#9606)

* Use WinShell instead of ApplicationID

* Uninst shortcut before removing start menu one

* Use nsis's buit-in com plugin instead of WinShell

* Remove download ApplicationID code

* Add change file

* Clippy and format

* Allow dead code on extract_zip

* Qualify extract_zip path to make clippy happy

* Move macro up

Co-authored-by: Tony <68118705+Legend-Master@users.noreply.github.com>

.changes/drop-nsis-applicationid.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'tauri-bundler': 'patch:enhance'
+---
+
+Use nsis's built-in COM plugin instead of `ApplicationID` plugin, this reduces the installer size by 100 KB, and also fixes pinned shortcut not getting cleaned up on uninstall.

tooling/bundler/src/bundle/windows/nsis.rs

@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ use crate::{
   bundle::{
     common::CommandExt,
     windows::util::{
-      download, download_and_verify, download_webview2_bootstrapper,
-      download_webview2_offline_installer, extract_zip, verify_file_hash, HashAlgorithm,
-      NSIS_OUTPUT_FOLDER_NAME, NSIS_UPDATER_OUTPUT_FOLDER_NAME,
+      download_and_verify, download_webview2_bootstrapper, download_webview2_offline_installer,
+      verify_file_hash, HashAlgorithm, NSIS_OUTPUT_FOLDER_NAME, NSIS_UPDATER_OUTPUT_FOLDER_NAME,
     },
   },
   Settings,
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ use tauri_utils::config::{NSISInstallerMode, NsisCompression, WebviewInstallMode
 
 use std::{
   collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap},
-  fs::{copy, create_dir_all, remove_dir_all, rename, write},
+  fs::{create_dir_all, remove_dir_all, rename, write},
   path::{Path, PathBuf},
   process::Command,
 };
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ const NSIS_URL: &str =
   "https://github.com/tauri-apps/binary-releases/releases/download/nsis-3/nsis-3.zip";
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 const NSIS_SHA1: &str = "057e83c7d82462ec394af76c87d06733605543d4";
-const NSIS_APPLICATIONID_URL: &str = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/binary-releases/releases/download/nsis-plugins-v0/NSIS-ApplicationID.zip";
 const NSIS_TAURI_UTILS_URL: &str =
   "https://github.com/tauri-apps/nsis-tauri-utils/releases/download/nsis_tauri_utils-v0.3.0/nsis_tauri_utils.dll";
 const NSIS_TAURI_UTILS_SHA1: &str = "01E48D6429B48B640230C6CE8F257C84758943AA";
@@ -105,26 +103,13 @@ fn get_and_extract_nsis(nsis_toolset_path: &Path, _tauri_tools_path: &Path) -> c
   #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
   {
     let data = download_and_verify(NSIS_URL, NSIS_SHA1, HashAlgorithm::Sha1)?;
-    info!("extracting NSIS");
-    extract_zip(&data, _tauri_tools_path)?;
+    log::info!("extracting NSIS");
+    crate::bundle::windows::util::extract_zip(&data, _tauri_tools_path)?;
     rename(_tauri_tools_path.join("nsis-3.08"), nsis_toolset_path)?;
   }
 
   let nsis_plugins = nsis_toolset_path.join("Plugins");
 
-  let data = download(NSIS_APPLICATIONID_URL)?;
-  info!("extracting NSIS ApplicationID plugin");
-  extract_zip(&data, &nsis_plugins)?;
-
-  create_dir_all(nsis_plugins.join("x86-unicode"))?;
-
-  copy(
-    nsis_plugins
-      .join("ReleaseUnicode")
-      .join("ApplicationID.dll"),
-    nsis_plugins.join("x86-unicode").join("ApplicationID.dll"),
-  )?;
-
   let data = download_and_verify(
     NSIS_TAURI_UTILS_URL,
     NSIS_TAURI_UTILS_SHA1,

tooling/bundler/src/bundle/windows/templates/installer.nsi

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Unicode true
 !include x64.nsh
 !include WordFunc.nsh
 !include "StrFunc.nsh"
+!include "Win\COM.nsh"
+!include "Win\Propkey.nsh"
 ${StrCase}
 ${StrLoc}
 
@@ -621,6 +623,35 @@ Function un.onInit
   !insertmacro MUI_UNGETLANGUAGE
 FunctionEnd
 
+!macro DeleteAppUserModelId
+  !insertmacro ComHlpr_CreateInProcInstance ${CLSID_DestinationList} ${IID_ICustomDestinationList} r1 ""
+  ${If} $1 P<> 0
+    ${ICustomDestinationList::DeleteList} $1 '("${BUNDLEID}")'
+    ${IUnknown::Release} $1 ""
+  ${EndIf}
+  !insertmacro ComHlpr_CreateInProcInstance ${CLSID_ApplicationDestinations} ${IID_IApplicationDestinations} r1 ""
+  ${If} $1 P<> 0
+    ${IApplicationDestinations::SetAppID} $1 '("${BUNDLEID}")i.r0'
+    ${If} $0 >= 0
+      ${IApplicationDestinations::RemoveAllDestinations} $1 ''
+    ${EndIf}
+    ${IUnknown::Release} $1 ""
+  ${EndIf}
+!macroend
+
+; From https://stackoverflow.com/a/42816728/16993372
+!macro UnpinShortcut shortcut
+  !insertmacro ComHlpr_CreateInProcInstance ${CLSID_StartMenuPin} ${IID_IStartMenuPinnedList} r0 ""
+  ${If} $0 P<> 0
+      System::Call 'SHELL32::SHCreateItemFromParsingName(ws, p0, g "${IID_IShellItem}", *p0r1)' "${shortcut}"
+      ${If} $1 P<> 0
+          ${IStartMenuPinnedList::RemoveFromList} $0 '(r1)'
+          ${IUnknown::Release} $1 ""
+      ${EndIf}
+      ${IUnknown::Release} $0 ""
+  ${EndIf}
+!macroend
+
 Section Uninstall
   !insertmacro CheckIfAppIsRunning
 
@@ -646,6 +677,10 @@ Section Uninstall
   {{/each}}
   RMDir "$INSTDIR"
 
+  !insertmacro DeleteAppUserModelId
+  !insertmacro UnpinShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\$AppStartMenuFolder\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk"
+  !insertmacro UnpinShortcut "$DESKTOP\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk"
+
   ; Remove start menu shortcut
   !insertmacro MUI_STARTMENU_GETFOLDER Application $AppStartMenuFolder
   Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\$AppStartMenuFolder\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk"
@@ -687,13 +722,39 @@ Function SkipIfPassive
   ${IfThen} $PassiveMode == 1  ${|} Abort ${|}
 FunctionEnd
 
+!macro SetLnkAppUserModelId shortcut
+  !insertmacro ComHlpr_CreateInProcInstance ${CLSID_ShellLink} ${IID_IShellLink} r0 ""
+  ${If} $0 P<> 0
+    ${IUnknown::QueryInterface} $0 '("${IID_IPersistFile}",.r1)'
+    ${If} $1 P<> 0
+      ${IPersistFile::Load} $1 '("${shortcut}", ${STGM_READWRITE})'
+      ${IUnknown::QueryInterface} $0 '("${IID_IPropertyStore}",.r2)'
+      ${If} $2 P<> 0
+        System::Call 'Oleaut32::SysAllocString(w "${BUNDLEID}") i.r3'
+        System::Call '*${SYSSTRUCT_PROPERTYKEY}(${PKEY_AppUserModel_ID})p.r4'
+        System::Call '*${SYSSTRUCT_PROPVARIANT}(${VT_BSTR},,&i4 $3)p.r5'
+        ${IPropertyStore::SetValue} $2 '($4,$5)'
+
+        System::Call 'Oleaut32::SysFreeString($3)'
+        System::Free $4
+        System::Free $5
+        ${IPropertyStore::Commit} $2 ""
+        ${IUnknown::Release} $2 ""
+        ${IPersistFile::Save} $1 '("${shortcut}",1)'
+      ${EndIf}
+      ${IUnknown::Release} $1 ""
+    ${EndIf}
+    ${IUnknown::Release} $0 ""
+  ${EndIf}
+!macroend
+
 Function CreateDesktopShortcut
   CreateShortcut "$DESKTOP\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${MAINBINARYNAME}.exe"
-  ApplicationID::Set "$DESKTOP\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk" "${BUNDLEID}"
+  !insertmacro SetLnkAppUserModelId "$DESKTOP\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk"
 FunctionEnd
 
 Function CreateStartMenuShortcut
   CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\$AppStartMenuFolder"
   CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\$AppStartMenuFolder\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${MAINBINARYNAME}.exe"
-  ApplicationID::Set "$SMPROGRAMS\$AppStartMenuFolder\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk" "${BUNDLEID}"
+  !insertmacro SetLnkAppUserModelId "$SMPROGRAMS\$AppStartMenuFolder\${MAINBINARYNAME}.lnk"
 FunctionEnd

tooling/bundler/src/bundle/windows/util.rs

@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ pub fn verify_file_hash<P: AsRef<Path>>(
   verify_hash(&data, hash, hash_algorithm)
 }
 
-/// Extracts the zips from memory into a useable path.
+/// Extracts the zips from memory into a usable path.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub fn extract_zip(data: &[u8], path: &Path) -> crate::Result<()> {
   let cursor = Cursor::new(data);