diff --git a/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 57f900140c..50ea3362e1 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ set(TARGET_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 set_packaging_parameters()
 if (WIN32)
-  add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${src_files} ${RES_SOURCES})
+  set(CONFIGURE_ICON_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/images/interface.ico")
+  message(${CONFIGURE_ICON_PATH})
+  set(CONFIGURE_ICON_RC_OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Icon.rc")
+  configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/templates/Icon.rc.in" ${CONFIGURE_ICON_RC_OUTPUT})
+  add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} WIN32 ${src_files} ${RES_SOURCES} ${CONFIGURE_ICON_RC_OUTPUT})
 elseif (APPLE)
   set_target_properties(${this_target} PROPERTIES
     MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST MacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in)
diff --git a/launchers/qt/cmake/templates/Icon.rc.in b/launchers/qt/cmake/templates/Icon.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cd04a60de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launchers/qt/cmake/templates/Icon.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "@CONFIGURE_ICON_PATH@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/launchers/qt/deps/miniz/miniz.cpp b/launchers/qt/deps/miniz/miniz.cpp
index 96d7cc106a..a7e3e3d520 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/deps/miniz/miniz.cpp
+++ b/launchers/qt/deps/miniz/miniz.cpp
@@ -3228,6 +3228,7 @@ struct mz_zip_internal_state_tag
 static MZ_FORCEINLINE mz_uint mz_zip_array_range_check(const mz_zip_array *pArray, mz_uint index)
 {
     MZ_ASSERT(index < pArray->m_size);
+    (void)(pArray);
     return index;
 }
 #define MZ_ZIP_ARRAY_ELEMENT(array_ptr, element_type, index) ((element_type *)((array_ptr)->m_p))[mz_zip_array_range_check(array_ptr, index)]
diff --git a/launchers/qt/resources/images/Launcher.rc2 b/launchers/qt/resources/images/Launcher.rc2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..098b026372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launchers/qt/resources/images/Launcher.rc2
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//
+// Launcher.rc2 - resources Microsoft Visual C++ does not edit directly
+//
+
+#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+#error this file is not editable by Microsoft Visual C++
+#endif //APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Add manually edited resources here...
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/launchers/qt/resources/images/interface.ico b/launchers/qt/resources/images/interface.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09a97956a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/launchers/qt/resources/images/interface.ico differ
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/Helper.h b/launchers/qt/src/Helper.h
index 65f68ec41d..a72b9a2d7a 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/Helper.h
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/Helper.h
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@ bool isLauncherAlreadyRunning();
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 HRESULT createSymbolicLink(LPCSTR lpszPathObj, LPCSTR lpszPathLink, LPCSTR lpszDesc, LPCSTR lpszArgs = (LPCSTR)"");
+bool insertRegistryKey(const std::string& regPath, const std::string& name, const std::string& value);
+bool insertRegistryKey(const std::string& regPath, const std::string& name, DWORD value);
+bool deleteRegistryKey(const std::string& regPath);
 #endif
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/Helper_windows.cpp b/launchers/qt/src/Helper_windows.cpp
index 5295943a4e..a61db77f85 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/Helper_windows.cpp
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/Helper_windows.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "objbase.h"
 #include "objidl.h"
 #include "shlguid.h"
+#include <tlhelp32.h>
+#include <strsafe.h>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 
 void launchClient(const QString& clientPath, const QString& homePath, const QString& defaultScriptsPath,
@@ -113,3 +115,35 @@ HRESULT createSymbolicLink(LPCSTR lpszPathObj, LPCSTR lpszPathLink, LPCSTR lpszD
     CoUninitialize();
     return SUCCEEDED(hres);
 }
+
+bool insertRegistryKey(const std::string& regPath, const std::string& name, const std::string& value) {
+    HKEY key;
+    auto status = RegCreateKeyExA(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regPath.c_str(), 0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_WRITE | KEY_QUERY_VALUE, NULL, &key, NULL);
+    if (status == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        status = RegSetValueExA(key, name.c_str(), 0, REG_SZ, (const BYTE*)value.c_str(), (DWORD)(value.size() + 1));
+        return (bool) (status == ERROR_SUCCESS);
+    }
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool insertRegistryKey(const std::string& regPath, const std::string& name, DWORD value) {
+    HKEY key;
+    auto status = RegCreateKeyExA(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regPath.c_str(), 0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_WRITE | KEY_QUERY_VALUE, NULL, &key, NULL);
+    if (status == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        status = RegSetValueExA(key, name.c_str(), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE*)&value, sizeof(value));
+        return (bool) TRUE;
+    }
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool deleteRegistryKey(const std::string& regPath) {
+    TCHAR szDelKey[MAX_PATH * 2];
+    StringCchCopy(szDelKey, MAX_PATH * 2, regPath.c_str());
+    auto status = RegDeleteKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, szDelKey);
+    if (status == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        return (bool) TRUE;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp b/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp
index 0b51328aef..af90507db6 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Launcher::Launcher(int& argc, char**argv) : QGuiApplication(argc, argv) {
     _launcherWindow = std::make_unique<LauncherWindow>();
     _launcherWindow->rootContext()->setContextProperty("LauncherState", _launcherState.get());
     _launcherWindow->rootContext()->setContextProperty("PathUtils", new PathUtils());
-    _launcherWindow->setFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
+    _launcherWindow->setFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint | Qt::Window);
     LauncherState::declareQML();
     _launcherWindow->setSource(QUrl(PathUtils::resourcePath("qml/root.qml")));
     _launcherWindow->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.cpp b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.cpp
index ea35e86c64..1bbceb61e7 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.cpp
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ void LauncherInstaller::install() {
 
         createSymbolicLink((LPCSTR)oldLauncherPath.toStdString().c_str(), (LPCSTR)appStartLinkPath.toStdString().c_str(),
                            (LPCSTR)("Click to Setup and Launch HQ"));
+
+        createApplicationRegistryKeys();
     } else {
         qDebug() << "FAILED!!!!!!!";
     }
@@ -100,3 +102,26 @@ void LauncherInstaller::uninstall() {
         QFile::remove(desktopAppLinkPath);
     }
 }
+
+
+void LauncherInstaller::createApplicationRegistryKeys() {
+    const std::string REGISTRY_PATH = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\HQ";
+    bool success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "DisplayName", "HQ");
+    std::string installPath = _launcherInstallDir.absolutePath().toStdString();
+    success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "InstallLocation", installPath);
+    std::string applicationExe = installPath + "/HQ Launcher.exe";
+    std::string uninstallPath = '"' + applicationExe + '"' + " --uninstall";
+    success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "UninstallString", uninstallPath);
+    success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "DisplayVersion", "DEV");
+    success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "DisplayIcon", applicationExe);
+    success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "Publisher", "High Fidelity");
+    //success = LauncherUtils::insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "InstallDate", LauncherUtils::cStringToStd(CTime::GetCurrentTime().Format("%Y%m%d")));
+    //success = LauncherUtils::insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "EstimatedSize", (DWORD)size);
+    success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "NoModify", (DWORD)1);
+    success = insertRegistryKey(REGISTRY_PATH, "NoRepair", (DWORD)1);
+
+    qDebug() << "--------: " << success;
+}
+
+void LauncherInstaller::deleteApplicationRegistryKeys() {
+}
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.h b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.h
index 8791f9395f..6ddd74f53f 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.h
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherInstaller_windows.h
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ public:
     bool runningOutsideOfInstallDir();
 private:
     void createShortcuts();
+    void createApplicationRegistryKeys();
     void deleteShortcuts();
+    void deleteApplicationRegistryKeys();
 
     QDir _launcherInstallDir;
     QDir _launcherApplicationsDir;
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherWindow.h b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherWindow.h
index 02012dc342..79651e9e5e 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherWindow.h
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherWindow.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 class LauncherWindow : public QQuickView {
 public:
+    LauncherWindow() = default;
+    ~LauncherWindow() = default;
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* event) override;
     void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override;
     void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override;
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/main.cpp b/launchers/qt/src/main.cpp
index db69bfafe3..2f8e26d500 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/main.cpp
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/main.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         return 0;
     }
     closeInterfaceIfRunning();
-    // waitForInterfaceToClose();
-    // auto updater
     if (argc == 3) {
         if (hasSuffix(argv[1], "app") && hasSuffix(argv[2], "app")) {
             swapLaunchers(argv[1], argv[2]);