diff --git a/src/main/about.ts b/src/main/about.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import { BrowserWindow } from "electron";
+import { join } from "path";
+import { ICON_PATH, VIEW_DIR } from "shared/paths";
+
+import { makeLinksOpenExternally } from "./utils/makeLinksOpenExternally";
+
+export function createAboutWindow() {
+    const about = new BrowserWindow({
+        center: true,
+        autoHideMenuBar: true,
+        icon: ICON_PATH,
+        webPreferences: {
+            preload: join(__dirname, "updaterPreload.js")
+        }
+    });
+
+    makeLinksOpenExternally(about);
+
+    about.loadFile(join(VIEW_DIR, "about.html"));
+
+    return about;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/appBadge.ts b/src/main/appBadge.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import { app, NativeImage, nativeImage } from "electron";
+import { join } from "path";
+import { BADGE_DIR } from "shared/paths";
+
+const imgCache = new Map<number, NativeImage>();
+function loadBadge(index: number) {
+    const cached = imgCache.get(index);
+    if (cached) return cached;
+
+    const img = nativeImage.createFromPath(join(BADGE_DIR, `${index}.ico`));
+    imgCache.set(index, img);
+
+    return img;
+}
+
+let lastIndex: null | number = -1;
+
+export function setBadgeCount(count: number) {
+    switch (process.platform) {
+        case "linux":
+            if (count === -1) count = 0;
+            app.setBadgeCount(count);
+            break;
+        case "darwin":
+            if (count === 0) {
+                app.dock.setBadge("");
+                break;
+            }
+            app.dock.setBadge(count === -1 ? "•" : count.toString());
+            break;
+        case "win32":
+            const [index, description] = getBadgeIndexAndDescription(count);
+            if (lastIndex === index) break;
+
+            lastIndex = index;
+
+            // circular import shenanigans
+            const { mainWin } = require("./mainWindow") as typeof import("./mainWindow");
+            mainWin.setOverlayIcon(index === null ? null : loadBadge(index), description);
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+function getBadgeIndexAndDescription(count: number): [number | null, string] {
+    if (count === -1) return [11, "Unread Messages"];
+    if (count === 0) return [null, "No Notifications"];
+
+    const index = Math.max(1, Math.min(count, 10));
+    return [index, `${index} Notification`];
+}
diff --git a/src/main/arrpc.ts b/src/main/arrpc.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import Server from "arrpc";
+import { IpcEvents } from "shared/IpcEvents";
+
+import { mainWin } from "./mainWindow";
+import { Settings } from "./settings";
+
+let server: any;
+
+const inviteCodeRegex = /^(\w|-)+$/;
+
+export async function initArRPC() {
+    if (server || !Settings.store.arRPC) return;
+
+    try {
+        server = await new Server();
+        server.on("activity", (data: any) => mainWin.webContents.send(IpcEvents.ARRPC_ACTIVITY, JSON.stringify(data)));
+        server.on("invite", (invite: string, callback: (valid: boolean) => void) => {
+            invite = String(invite);
+            if (!inviteCodeRegex.test(invite)) return callback(false);
+
+            mainWin.webContents
+                // Safety: Result of JSON.stringify should always be safe to equal
+                // Also, just to be super super safe, invite is regex validated above
+                .executeJavaScript(`Vesktop.openInviteModal(${JSON.stringify(invite)})`)
+                .then(callback);
+        });
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error("Failed to start arRPC server", e);
+    }
+}
+
+Settings.addChangeListener("arRPC", initArRPC);
diff --git a/src/main/autoStart.ts b/src/main/autoStart.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import { app } from "electron";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, renameSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import { join } from "path";
+
+interface AutoStart {
+    isEnabled(): boolean;
+    enable(): void;
+    disable(): void;
+}
+
+function makeAutoStartLinux(): AutoStart {
+    const configDir = process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(process.env.HOME!, ".config");
+    const dir = join(configDir, "autostart");
+    const file = join(dir, "vesktop.desktop");
+
+    // IM STUPID
+    const legacyName = join(dir, "vencord.desktop");
+    if (existsSync(legacyName)) renameSync(legacyName, file);
+
+    // "Quoting must be done by enclosing the argument between double quotes and escaping the double quote character,
+    // backtick character ("`"), dollar sign ("$") and backslash character ("\") by preceding it with an additional backslash character"
+    // https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#exec-variables
+    const commandLine = process.argv.map(arg => '"' + arg.replace(/["$`\\]/g, "\\$&") + '"').join(" ");
+
+    return {
+        isEnabled: () => existsSync(file),
+        enable() {
+            const desktopFile = `
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=Vesktop
+Comment=Vesktop autostart script
+Exec=${commandLine}
+StartupNotify=false
+Terminal=false
+`.trim();
+
+            mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+            writeFileSync(file, desktopFile);
+        },
+        disable: () => rmSync(file, { force: true })
+    };
+}
+
+const autoStartWindowsMac: AutoStart = {
+    isEnabled: () => app.getLoginItemSettings().openAtLogin,
+    enable: () => app.setLoginItemSettings({ openAtLogin: true }),
+    disable: () => app.setLoginItemSettings({ openAtLogin: false })
+};
+
+export const autoStart = process.platform === "linux" ? makeAutoStartLinux() : autoStartWindowsMac;
diff --git a/src/main/constants.ts b/src/main/constants.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import { app } from "electron";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, renameSync, rmdirSync } from "fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "path";
+
+const vesktopDir = dirname(process.execPath);
+
+export const PORTABLE =
+    process.platform === "win32" &&
+    !process.execPath.toLowerCase().endsWith("electron.exe") &&
+    !existsSync(join(vesktopDir, "Uninstall Vesktop.exe"));
+
+const LEGACY_DATA_DIR = join(app.getPath("appData"), "VencordDesktop", "VencordDesktop");
+export const DATA_DIR =
+    process.env.VENCORD_USER_DATA_DIR || (PORTABLE ? join(vesktopDir, "Aerocord_Data") : join(app.getPath("userData")));
+
+mkdirSync(DATA_DIR, { recursive: true });
+
+// TODO: remove eventually
+if (existsSync(LEGACY_DATA_DIR)) {
+    try {
+        console.warn("Detected legacy settings dir", LEGACY_DATA_DIR + ".", "migrating to", DATA_DIR);
+        for (const file of readdirSync(LEGACY_DATA_DIR)) {
+            renameSync(join(LEGACY_DATA_DIR, file), join(DATA_DIR, file));
+        }
+        rmdirSync(LEGACY_DATA_DIR);
+        renameSync(
+            join(app.getPath("appData"), "VencordDesktop", "IndexedDB"),
+            join(DATA_DIR, "sessionData", "IndexedDB")
+        );
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error("Migration failed", e);
+    }
+}
+app.setPath("sessionData", join(DATA_DIR, "sessionData"));
+
+export const VENCORD_SETTINGS_DIR = join(DATA_DIR, "settings");
+export const VENCORD_QUICKCSS_FILE = join(VENCORD_SETTINGS_DIR, "quickCss.css");
+export const VENCORD_SETTINGS_FILE = join(VENCORD_SETTINGS_DIR, "settings.json");
+export const VENCORD_THEMES_DIR = join(DATA_DIR, "themes");
+
+// needs to be inline require because of circular dependency
+// as otherwise "DATA_DIR" (which is used by ./settings) will be uninitialised
+export const VENCORD_FILES_DIR =
+    (require("./settings") as typeof import("./settings")).Settings.store.vencordDir || join(DATA_DIR, "vencordDist");
+
+export const USER_AGENT = `Vesktop/${app.getVersion()} (https://git.randomserver.top/aiek/aerocord)`;
+
+// dimensions shamelessly stolen from Discord Desktop :3
+export const MIN_WIDTH = 940;
+export const MIN_HEIGHT = 500;
+export const DEFAULT_WIDTH = 1280;
+export const DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 720;
+
+export const DISCORD_HOSTNAMES = ["discord.com", "canary.discord.com", "ptb.discord.com"];
+
+const BrowserUserAgents = {
+    darwin: "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
+    linux: "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
+    windows:
+        "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
+};
+
+export const BrowserUserAgent = BrowserUserAgents[process.platform] || BrowserUserAgents.windows;
+
+export const enum MessageBoxChoice {
+    Default,
+    Cancel
+}
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