self restart

src/main.rs

@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ async fn main() {
     setup_env();
 
     let mut args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let original_args = args.clone();
 
     if arg_bool(&args, "--help") {
         println!("CLI Args:");
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ async fn main() {
     let mut cfg = config::load(install_path.join("alterware-launcher.json"));
 
     if !arg_bool(&args, "--skip-launcher-update") && !cfg.skip_self_update {
-        self_update::run(cfg.update_only);
+        self_update::run(cfg.update_only, original_args);
     } else {
         arg_remove(&mut args, "--skip-launcher-update");
     }

src/self_update.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn self_update_available() -> bool {
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
-pub fn run(_update_only: bool) {
+pub fn run(_update_only: bool, _args: Vec<String>) {
     if self_update_available() {
         println!("A new version of the AlterWare launcher is available.");
         println!(
@@ -26,7 +26,20 @@ pub fn run(_update_only: bool) {
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-pub fn run(update_only: bool) {
+pub fn restart(args: Vec<String>) -> std::io::Error {
+    use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+    match std::process::Command::new(std::env::current_exe().unwrap())
+        .args(args.into_iter().skip(1))
+        .creation_flags(0x00000010) // CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE
+        .spawn()
+    {
+        Ok(_) => std::process::exit(0),
+        Err(err) => err,
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn run(update_only: bool, args: Vec<String>) {
     use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
     use crate::http;
@@ -85,12 +98,12 @@ pub fn run(update_only: bool) {
 
         self_replace::self_replace("alterware-launcher-update.exe").unwrap();
         fs::remove_file(&file_path).unwrap();
-        println!(
+
-            "Launcher updated. View the changelog at https://github.com/{}/{}/releases/latest",
+        // restarting spawns a new console, automation should manually restart on exit code 201
-            GH_OWNER, GH_REPO,
-        );
-        println!("Please restart the launcher.");
         if !update_only {
+            let restart_error = restart(args).to_string();
+            println!("Failed to restart launcher: {}", restart_error);
+            println!("Please restart the launcher manually.");
             misc::stdin();
         }
         std::process::exit(201);