Disable the native Windows frame at startup and render in-app window controls so packaged builds use Firelink's own titlebar placement instead of the default OS chrome.
Apply CREATE_NO_WINDOW to raw child processes used by the aria2 daemon and shared engine version checks. Route ffmpeg and deno checks through the same hidden version-check helper so Settings > Engine does not flash console windows.
Normalize Windows extended-length paths before returning approved download roots to the UI, while keeping canonicalization for backend safety checks. Detect yt-dlp's embedded runtime per platform so Windows onedir builds look for python*.dll instead of macOS Python.framework.
Verification: npm run build; cargo check --manifest-path src-tauri/Cargo.toml; cargo test --manifest-path src-tauri/Cargo.toml --lib; node --check scripts/smoke-packaged-app.js; Ruby YAML parse for .github/workflows/release.yml; git diff --check.
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