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Copy XREExeF and paste as file shortcut

In my addon I was launching Firefox profiles by doing this:

var exe = FileUtils.getFile('XREExeF', []); //this gives path to executable
var process = Cc['@mozilla.org/process/util;1'].createInstance(Ci.nsIProcess);
process.init(exe);

var args = ['-P', profName, '-no-remote']; //-new-instance
if (url) {
    args.push('about:home');
    args.push(url);
}
process.run(false, args, args.length);

So this adds command line arguments and launches it. However this leads to some problems. Users want to pin the icon and it just pins another firefox.exe. Users also try to change the icon.

Wikipedia says all OS support shortcuts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_shortcut

So I wanted to copy XREExeF and paste it as a shortcut and then add command line arguments to it.

Edit: Thanks to @nmaier I now know there is no cross-os method. Can you please show me os specific methods.

Solution

  • Windows

    In this example the shortcut created will be called "Mozilla Firef ya" and will open up a profile named "ya ya".

    Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/FileUtils.jsm');
var exe = FileUtils.getFile('XREExeF', []);

var myShortcut = FileUtils.getFile('Desk', ['Mozilla Firef ya.lnk']);
var myShortcutWin = myShortcut.QueryInterface(Ci.nsILocalFileWin);

var myScIcon = new FileUtils.File('C:\\Users\\Noitidart\\Downloads\\amo-puzzle.ico'); //myScIcon must be converted to ico if it isnt an ico
myShortcutWin.setShortcut(exe, null, '-P "ya ya"', 'Launches Mozilla Firefox with "ya ya" Profile', myScIcon);

    *nix (Desktop) (FF doesnt work on non-desktop *nix's anyways i think)

    https://stackoverflow.com/a/25516219/1828637

    Mac

    Use AppleScript here: https://ask.mozilla.org/question/1126/shortcut-created-on-mac-with-osfile-but-cant-get-around-unidentified-developer-error/