Add help when running the exe file directly

Author: minisbett

minitool/Program.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using minitool.Models;
 using minitool.Utils;
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 
@@ -23,6 +24,21 @@ public class Program
 
     public static void Main(string[] args)
     {
+      // If the application was ran by executing the exe file from the desktop environment, rather than the commandline,
+      // open a new commandline window and run the application from there. This helps users that are not that familiar with CLI.
+      // This check can be done by looking whether no args are specified and the cursor is all the way at the top.
+      if(args.Length == 0 && Console.CursorTop == 0)
+      {
+        
+        // Run a CMD session and initially print the help text to guide the user on how to start.
+        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe", "/k minitool help")
+        {
+          UseShellExecute = false
+        });
+
+        return;
+      }
+
       // Set the culture for the whole application to invariant to allow consistent parsing.
       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
 

minitool/Properties/launchSettings.json

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "profiles": {
     "minitool": {
-      "commandName": "Project",
-      "commandLineArgs": "console 4"
+      "commandName": "Project"
     }
   }
 }

minitool/minitool.csproj

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         <RootNamespace>minitool</RootNamespace>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <Authors>minisbett</Authors>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>