diff --git a/cmake/macros/GenerateInstallers.cmake b/cmake/macros/GenerateInstallers.cmake
index cea767fec9..fc95da6be3 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/GenerateInstallers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/GenerateInstallers.cmake
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ macro(GENERATE_INSTALLERS)
     DISPLAY_NAME "High Fidelity Client"
   )
 
-  if (WIN32 AND DDE_APP_PATH)
+  if (WIN32 AND DEFINED ENV{DDE_ARCHIVE_DIR})
     # add a download component for DDE
     cpack_add_component(
       ${DDE_COMPONENT}
diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 4dcc86f03c..802e409d04 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,13 +245,20 @@ fixup_interface()
 # which will be presented as an option during install
 if (APPLE AND DEFINED ENV{DDE_APP_PATH})
   install(
-    DIRECTORY $ENV{DDE_APP_PATH}
-    DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS
+    DIRECTORY ENV{DDE_APP_PATH}
     DESTINATION ${INTERFACE_INSTALL_APP_PATH}/Contents/MacOS
     COMPONENT ${DDE_COMPONENT}
   )
 endif ()
 
+if (WIN32 AND DEFINED ENV{DDE_ARCHIVE_DIR})
+  install(
+    DIRECTORY $ENV{DDE_APP_PATH}
+    DESTINATION ${INTERFACE_INSTALL_DIR}/dde
+    COMPONENT ${DDE_COMPONENT}
+  )
+endif ()
+
 if (WIN32)
     set(EXTRA_DEPLOY_OPTIONS "--qmldir  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/qml")
 endif()