apphandler
App installation utilities for Windows Python apps.
Installation
pip install apphandler
Usage
from apphandler import first_launch, create_shortcut, create_start_menu
# First launch — returns True if first launch, False otherwise
if first_launch():
create_shortcut("MyApp")
create_start_menu("MyApp")
# Create desktop shortcut manually
create_shortcut("MyApp")
# Create Start Menu shortcut manually
create_start_menu("MyApp")
Functions
first_launch(exe_path=None, flag=None)
Validates if the app is launched for the first time by checking for a flag file.
exe_path— defaults tosys.argv[0](current running file)flag— defaults toinstalled.flagnext to the exe- Returns
Trueon first launch,Falseon subsequent launches
create_shortcut(app_name, exe_path=None)
Creates a desktop shortcut for the app.
app_name— name of the shortcut fileexe_path— defaults tosys.argv[0](current running file)
create_start_menu(app_name, exe_path=None)
Creates a Start Menu shortcut for the app.
app_name— name of the shortcut fileexe_path— defaults tosys.argv[0](current running file)
Requirements
- Windows only
- Python 3.x
Author
Manish Maharana
- GitHub: @Manish-Maharana-0g
1 maintainer
Metadata
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