module.exports = function () { if (process.platform === 'win32') { registerProtocolHandler('magnet', 'BitTorrent Magnet URL', process.execPath) registerFileHandler('.torrent', 'io.webtorrent.torrent', 'BitTorrent Document', process.execPath) } } /** * To add a protocol handler on Windows, the following keys must be added to the Windows * registry: * * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT * $PROTOCOL * (Default) = "URL:$NAME" * URL Protocol = "" * shell * open * command * (Default) = "$COMMAND" "%1" * * Source: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914.aspx * * However, the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" key can only be written by the Administrator user. * So, we instead write to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes", which is inherited by * "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" anyway, and can be written by unprivileged users. */ function registerProtocolHandler (protocol, name, command) { var Registry = require('winreg') var protocolKey = new Registry({ hive: Registry.HKCU, // HKEY_CURRENT_USER key: '\\Software\\Classes\\' + protocol }) protocolKey.set('', Registry.REG_SZ, 'URL:' + name, callback) protocolKey.set('URL Protocol', Registry.REG_SZ, '', callback) var commandKey = new Registry({ hive: Registry.HKCU, key: '\\Software\\Classes\\' + protocol + '\\shell\\open\\command' }) commandKey.set('', Registry.REG_SZ, '"' + command + '" "%1"', callback) function callback (err) { if (err) console.error(err.message || err) } } function registerFileHandler (ext, id, name, command) { var Registry = require('winreg') var extKey = new Registry({ hive: Registry.HKCU, // HKEY_CURRENT_USER key: '\\Software\\Classes\\' + ext }) extKey.set('', Registry.REG_SZ, id, callback) var idKey = new Registry({ hive: Registry.HKCU, key: '\\Software\\Classes\\' + id }) idKey.set('', Registry.REG_SZ, name, callback) var commandKey = new Registry({ hive: Registry.HKCU, key: '\\Software\\Classes\\' + id + '\\shell\\open\\command' }) commandKey.set('', Registry.REG_SZ, '"' + command + '" "%1"', callback) function callback (err) { if (err) console.error(err.message || err) } }