GameList: Remove invalid characters when creating a desktop shortcut

Fixes shortcut creation for games that have e.g. : in names.
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Silent 2021-03-27 16:57:37 +01:00
parent 8d2b0fff8a
commit 0fb8f735e5
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@ -685,7 +685,18 @@ bool GameList::AddShortcutToDesktop()
if (FAILED(SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_Desktop, KF_FLAG_NO_ALIAS, nullptr, &desktop)))
return false;
const auto& game_name = game->GetLongName();
std::string game_name = game->GetLongName();
// Sanitize the string by removing all characters that cannot be used in NTFS file names
game_name.erase(std::remove_if(game_name.begin(), game_name.end(),
[](char ch) {
static constexpr char illegal_characters[] = {
'<', '>', ':', '\"', '/', '\\', '|', '?', '*'};
return std::find(std::begin(illegal_characters),
std::end(illegal_characters),
ch) != std::end(illegal_characters);
}),
game_name.end());
std::wstring desktop_path = std::wstring(desktop.get()) + UTF8ToTStr("\\" + game_name + ".lnk");
auto persist_file = shell_link.try_query<IPersistFile>();
if (!persist_file)