From e808c181c96710d102ec31ef942b156643d87f89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cj <161484149+CJ-SPT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:26:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add error handling for improper shortcut creation...

---
 SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
index 4b1bc28d..9ac13704 100644
--- a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ public static class Program
 {
     public static async Task Main(string[] args)
     {
+        // Some users don't know how to create a shortcut...
+        if (!IsRunFromInstallationFolder())
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("You have not created a shortcut properly. Please hold alt when dragging to create a shortcut.");
+            await Task.Delay(-1);
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Initialize the program variables
         ProgramStatics.Initialize();
 
@@ -156,6 +164,14 @@ public static class Program
         }
     }
 
+    private static bool IsRunFromInstallationFolder()
+    {
+        var dirFiles =  Directory.GetFiles(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
+
+        // This file is guaranteed to exist if ran from the correct location, even if the game does not exist here.
+        return dirFiles.Any(dirFile => dirFile.EndsWith("sptLogger.json"));
+    }
+
     [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
     private static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);