4 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/launcher/FileSystem.cpp b/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
index 2bd0cf52..714af4a0 100644
--- a/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void create_link::runPrivileged(const QString& offset)
 
     make_link_list(offset);
 
-    QString serverName = BuildConfig.LAUNCHER_APP_BINARY_NAME + "_filelink_server" + StringUtils::getRandomAlphaNumeric(8);
+    QString serverName = BuildConfig.LAUNCHER_APP_BINARY_NAME + "_filelink_server" + StringUtils::getRandomAlphaNumeric();
 
     connect(&m_linkServer, &QLocalServer::newConnection, this, [&](){
 
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceList.cpp b/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
index 179bfb9a..5b33d678 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ Task* InstanceList::wrapInstanceTask(InstanceTask* task)
 
 QString InstanceList::getStagedInstancePath()
 {
-    QString key = QUuid::createUuid().toString().remove("{").remove("}");
+    QString key = QUuid::createUuid().toString(QUuid::WithoutBraces);
     QString tempDir = ".LAUNCHER_TEMP/";
     QString relPath = FS::PathCombine(tempDir, key);
     QDir rootPath(m_instDir);
diff --git a/launcher/StringUtils.cpp b/launcher/StringUtils.cpp
index 93a44d4c..2fa56501 100644
--- a/launcher/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/launcher/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "StringUtils.h"
 
-#include <QRandomGenerator>
+#include <QUuid>
 
 /// If you're wondering where these came from exactly, then know you're not the only one =D
 
@@ -77,15 +77,7 @@ int StringUtils::naturalCompare(const QString& s1, const QString& s2, Qt::CaseSe
     return QString::compare(s1, s2, cs);
 }
 
-QString StringUtils::getRandomAlphaNumeric(const int length)
+QString StringUtils::getRandomAlphaNumeric()
 {
-    const QString possibleCharacters("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789");
-    QString randomString;
-    for(int i=0; i < length; ++i)
-    {
-        int index = QRandomGenerator::global()->bounded(0, possibleCharacters.length());
-        QChar nextChar = possibleCharacters.at(index);
-        randomString.append(nextChar);
-    }
-    return randomString;
+    return QUuid::createUuid().toString(QUuid::Id128);
 }
diff --git a/launcher/StringUtils.h b/launcher/StringUtils.h
index 1ba19555..c4a6ab31 100644
--- a/launcher/StringUtils.h
+++ b/launcher/StringUtils.h
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ inline QString fromStdString(string s)
 
 int naturalCompare(const QString& s1, const QString& s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
 
-QString getRandomAlphaNumeric(const int length);
+QString getRandomAlphaNumeric();
 }  // namespace StringUtils