From 58b9ad0125104f259302b2b2f17444b7c4180f83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Rappl <florian.rappl@smapiot.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 21:10:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved argument forwarding

---
 Changelog.md                 | 8 +++++++-
 src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index d1d740a..f20bad9 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-## 0.5.0
+# 0.5.1
+
+## ElectronNET.Core
+
+- Fixed slicing of arguments for packaged applications (#1072)
+
+# 0.5.0
 
 ## ElectronNET.Core
 
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js b/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js
index 09b3b01..47168da 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js
+++ b/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ if (manifestJsonFile.singleInstance) {
 // Collect user supplied command line args (excluding those handled by Electron host itself)
 function getForwardedArgs() {
     const skipSwitches = new Set(['unpackedelectron', 'unpackeddotnet', 'dotnetpacked']);
-    return process.argv.slice(2).filter(arg => {
+    const sliceIndex = app.isPackaged ? 1 : 2;
+    return process.argv.slice(sliceIndex).filter(arg => {
         if (!arg) return false;
         // Node/Electron internal or we already process them
         if (arg.startsWith('--manifest')) return false;