From 5da926c4e57e9f4148b725799972ff09cf9add99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Northon <northon_patrick3@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:47:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add new environment variable: HEROIC_EXEC. This variable
 tells heroic what executable should be used to launch itself, if defined.

---
 src/backend/shortcuts/nonesteamgame/nonesteamgame.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/backend/shortcuts/nonesteamgame/nonesteamgame.ts b/src/backend/shortcuts/nonesteamgame/nonesteamgame.ts
index 1e308c3396..5481e6910a 100644
--- a/src/backend/shortcuts/nonesteamgame/nonesteamgame.ts
+++ b/src/backend/shortcuts/nonesteamgame/nonesteamgame.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ async function addNonSteamGame(props: {
       newEntry.StartDir = `"${process.env.PORTABLE_EXECUTABLE_DIR}"`
     }
 
+    if (process.env.HEROIC_EXEC) {
+      newEntry.Exe = `"${process.env.HEROIC_EXEC}"`
+    }
+
     newEntry.appid = generateShortcutId(newEntry.Exe, newEntry.AppName)
 
     await getIcon(props.gameInfo.app_name, props.gameInfo)