[BUG] Windows installer doesn't query for install folder - Windows updaters duplicates installation

[OrsoEric]

Description

Windows installer is deficient and will automatically install on the C drive user local folder, which can be full and will fail.

A properly designed installer must query for an install folder

D:\Programs\@opencode-aidesktop

MANUALLY transplanting the files to an install folder works, it seem portable because the backend seems to use electron, and electron is properly implemented.

TODO: add a wizard in the installer, it should prompt for install folder

TODO: config files should be in the install folder

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This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• Windows auto-update stopped preserving custom install directory and reinstalls to %LocalAppData%\\Programs #26818: Windows auto-update stopped preserving custom install directory and reinstalls to %LocalAppData%\Programs (same root concern: installer defaults to C drive / LocalAppData instead of allowing a custom directory)
• [FEATURE]: (opencode-desktop) Support system-wide installation and system-wide silent install on Windows #20036: [FEATURE] Support system-wide installation and system-wide silent install on Windows (requests installer support for non-default install locations)
• [FEATURE]:Customizable Data Storage Location for Windows Desktop Application #22829: [FEATURE] Customizable Data Storage Location for Windows Desktop Application (same underlying concern about C drive space and lack of installer path choice)

Please check whether your issue is already covered by one of the above before proceeding.

[OrsoEric]

Bot, all three are related, but it's a BUG not a FEATURE to have an installer without an install folder selection. 20036 is the most related.

[OrsoEric]

The problem extends to the updater. The updater will fail to update the folder where it0's actually installed, and pollute the C local folder and move the installer.

This results in two versions being installed on the same system.

Workaround is deleting the correct folder, cut the polluted C local folder and paste it in the local folder.

Since this is an Electron based application, and Electron is competently designed, it will work locally without issues when moved to the appropriate folder.

The application also pollutes the C local folder with a standalone updater process

My suggestion is to replace the installer, with a zip, since it works locally, and rip out the bugged update executable.

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