From 33c869edaea5ef57874d70ab9d640047958872ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin Binnie <52460000+devinbinnie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 06:19:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [MM-22193] Workaround for app hang on Windows 10 dark mode
 (#1180)

---
 src/main.js | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index ef4dcd5a..ae73927b 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
 import electron from 'electron';
 import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
@@ -601,6 +602,20 @@ function initializeAfterAppReady() {
       catch((err) => console.log('An error occurred: ', err));
   }
 
+  // Workaround for MM-22193
+  // From this post: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/19468#issuecomment-549593139
+  // Electron 6 has a bug that affects users on Windows 10 using dark mode, causing the app to hang
+  // This workaround deletes a file that stops that from happening
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    const appUserDataPath = app.getPath('userData');
+    const devToolsExtensionsPath = path.join(appUserDataPath, 'DevTools Extensions');
+    try {
+      fs.unlinkSync(devToolsExtensionsPath);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // don't complain if the file doesn't exist
+    }
+  }
+
   // Protocol handler for win32
   if (process.platform === 'win32') {
     const args = process.argv.slice(1);