diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3704e7bf..9c9029dc5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ localization/packages
 localization/*.lnk
 localization/*.zip
 buildDate.json
+electron-builder.yml
 env-config/env-files*.zip
 src/renderer/index.html
 *.log*
diff --git a/electron-builder.yml b/electron-builder.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7663fbc16..000000000
--- a/electron-builder.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-appId: com.electron.app
-productName: apm-vite
-directories:
-  buildResources: build
-files:
-  - '!**/.vscode/*'
-  - '!src/*'
-  - '!electron.vite.config.{js,ts,mjs,cjs}'
-  - '!{.eslintcache,eslint.config.mjs,.prettierignore,.prettierrc.yaml,dev-app-update.yml,CHANGELOG.md,README.md}'
-  - '!{.env,.env.*,.npmrc,pnpm-lock.yaml}'
-  - '!{tsconfig.json,tsconfig.node.json,tsconfig.web.json}'
-asarUnpack:
-  - resources/**
-  - node_modules/ffmpeg-static/**
-  - node_modules/ffprobe-static/**
-win:
-  executableName: apm
-nsis:
-  artifactName: ${name}-${version}-setup.${ext}
-  shortcutName: ${productName}
-  uninstallDisplayName: ${productName}
-  createDesktopShortcut: always
-mac:
-  entitlementsInherit: env-config/entitlements.mac.plist
-  extendInfo:
-    - NSCameraUsageDescription: Application requests access to the device's camera.
-    - NSMicrophoneUsageDescription: Application requests access to the device's microphone.
-    - NSDocumentsFolderUsageDescription: Application requests access to the user's Documents folder.
-    - NSDownloadsFolderUsageDescription: Application requests access to the user's Downloads folder.
-  notarize: false
-dmg:
-  artifactName: ${name}-${version}.${ext}
-linux:
-  target:
-    - AppImage
-    - snap
-    - deb
-  maintainer: electronjs.org
-  category: Utility
-appImage:
-  artifactName: ${name}-${version}.${ext}
-npmRebuild: false
-publish:
-  provider: generic
-  url: https://example.com/auto-updates
diff --git a/env-config/genLogoAssets.cjs b/env-config/genLogoAssets.cjs
index ddbd92d83..09a256e97 100644
--- a/env-config/genLogoAssets.cjs
+++ b/env-config/genLogoAssets.cjs
@@ -49,7 +49,33 @@ const cropped = (svg) =>
 const TARGETS = [
   // Full-bleed favicon frames: at 16px every spare pixel counts, so the mark's
   // own padding is cropped away rather than shrinking it further.
-  { out: null, sizes: [16, 32, 48, 64], pad: 1, bg: null, ico: true },
+  {
+    sizes: [16, 32, 48, 64],
+    pad: 1,
+    bg: null,
+    ico: true,
+    // favicon.ico is read from three places: the web root, the Electron auth
+    // window, and the packaged resources.
+    icoOutputs: [
+      'src/renderer/public/favicon.ico',
+      'src/renderer/favicon.ico',
+      'resources/favicon.ico',
+    ],
+  },
+
+  // The Windows app/installer icon. Pre-generated and committed rather than
+  // left for electron-builder to derive from resources/icon.png at build
+  // time: that derivation shells out to a tool it downloads from GitHub on
+  // every build, which is one more thing that can go wrong (or differ) on a
+  // given build agent. Rendered directly from the vector source per size,
+  // same as the favicon, rather than downscaled from a raster.
+  {
+    sizes: [16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256],
+    pad: ART.size / VIEWBOX,
+    bg: null,
+    ico: true,
+    icoOutputs: ['resources/icon.ico'],
+  },
 
   // iOS draws its own rounded-rect mask and never adds padding, and it
   // composites any alpha over black — so this one must be opaque.
@@ -81,8 +107,9 @@ const TARGETS = [
     bg: WHITE,
   },
 
-  // electron-builder derives .icns/.ico from this; 1024 gives macOS a real
-  // retina source instead of upscaling 512.
+  // electron-builder derives macOS's .icns from this (and it's the mac build
+  // icon directly); 1024 gives it a real retina source instead of upscaling
+  // 512. Windows uses the pre-generated resources/icon.ico above instead.
   {
     out: 'resources/icon.png',
     sizes: [1024],
@@ -97,14 +124,6 @@ const TARGETS = [
   },
 ];
 
-// favicon.ico is read from three places: the web root, the Electron auth
-// window, and the packaged resources.
-const ICO_OUTPUTS = [
-  'src/renderer/public/favicon.ico',
-  'src/renderer/favicon.ico',
-  'resources/favicon.ico',
-];
-
 /** Pack PNG buffers into an ICO. PNG-compressed entries are read by every
  *  browser and by Windows Vista and later. */
 function buildIco(entries) {
@@ -230,7 +249,7 @@ async function main() {
 
     if (target.ico) {
       const ico = buildIco(rendered);
-      for (const out of ICO_OUTPUTS) {
+      for (const out of target.icoOutputs) {
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, out), ico);
         written.push([out, ico.length]);
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 956d99656..32b62f273 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "audio-project-manager",
   "version": "4.5.1",
-  "description": "An Electron application with React and TypeScript",
+  "description": "A flexible audio-text orality solution",
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",
   "homepage": "./out",
   "scripts": {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     "productName": "Audio Project Manager",
     "copyright": "Copyright © 2020-2026 ${author}",
     "win": {
-      "icon": "resources/icon.png"
+      "icon": "resources/icon.ico"
     },
     "linux": {
       "icon": "debian/audio-project-manager.png",
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
           "Encoding": "UTF-8",
           "Name": "Audio Project Manager",
           "Name[fr]": "Audio Project Manager",
-          "Comment": "Flexible audio-text orality solution",
-          "Comment[fr]": "Solution flexible d'oralité audio-textuelle",
+          "Comment": "A flexible audio-text orality solution",
+          "Comment[fr]": "Une solution flexible d'oralité audio-textuelle",
           "Icon": "audio-project-manager",
           "Categories": "GTK;GNOME;Education;Utility;",
           "Keywords": "audio;obt;transcribe;ai",
diff --git a/resources/icon.ico b/resources/icon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..deb916d86
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/icon.ico differ