diff --git a/scripts/expand-windows-installer.mjs b/scripts/expand-windows-installer.mjs
index 120e37c..1061c9b 100644
--- a/scripts/expand-windows-installer.mjs
+++ b/scripts/expand-windows-installer.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  cpSync,
   existsSync,
   mkdirSync,
   readdirSync,
@@ -13,27 +14,8 @@ const rootDir = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..")
 const electrobunDir = path.join(rootDir, "node_modules/electrobun");
 
 function findZstdDecompressCommand() {
-  const spawnOpts = process.platform === "win32" ? { shell: true } : {};
-
-  const systemZstd = spawnSync("zstd", ["--version"], {
-    encoding: "utf8",
-    ...spawnOpts,
-  });
-  if (systemZstd.status === 0) {
-    return {
-      command: "zstd",
-      args: (inputPath, outputPath) => [
-        "-d",
-        "-f",
-        "-o",
-        outputPath,
-        inputPath,
-      ],
-    };
-  }
-
   const hostArch = process.arch === "arm64" ? "arm64" : "x64";
-  const candidates = [
+  const zigCandidates = [
     path.join(electrobunDir, `dist-win-${hostArch}`, "zig-zstd.exe"),
     path.join(electrobunDir, "dist-win-x64", "zig-zstd.exe"),
     path.join(electrobunDir, `dist-macos-${hostArch}`, "zig-zstd"),
@@ -44,12 +26,13 @@ function findZstdDecompressCommand() {
     path.join(electrobunDir, "vendors", "zig-zstd", "arm64", "zig-zstd.exe"),
   ];
 
-  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+  for (const candidate of zigCandidates) {
     if (!existsSync(candidate)) {
       continue;
     }
 
     return {
+      kind: "zig-zstd",
       command: candidate,
       args: (inputPath, outputPath) => [
         "decompress",
@@ -62,6 +45,24 @@ function findZstdDecompressCommand() {
     };
   }
 
+  const systemZstd = spawnSync("zstd", ["--version"], {
+    encoding: "utf8",
+    shell: process.platform === "win32",
+  });
+  if (systemZstd.status === 0) {
+    return {
+      kind: "system-zstd",
+      command: "zstd",
+      args: (inputPath, outputPath) => [
+        "-d",
+        "-f",
+        "-o",
+        outputPath,
+        inputPath,
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
   return null;
 }
 
@@ -73,14 +74,23 @@ function decompressTarZst(inputPath, outputPath) {
     );
   }
 
-  const result = spawnSync(zstd.command, zstd.args(inputPath, outputPath), {
+  const resolvedInput = path.resolve(inputPath);
+  const resolvedOutput = path.resolve(outputPath);
+  const args = zstd.args(resolvedInput, resolvedOutput);
+
+  console.log(
+    `expand-windows-installer: decompressing with ${zstd.command} (${zstd.kind})`,
+  );
+
+  const result = spawnSync(zstd.command, args, {
     stdio: "inherit",
-    shell: process.platform === "win32",
+    shell: false,
+    windowsHide: true,
   });
 
   if (result.status !== 0) {
     throw new Error(
-      `expand-windows-installer: decompression failed (exit ${result.status ?? 1})`,
+      `expand-windows-installer: decompression failed (exit ${result.status ?? 1}) using ${zstd.command} ${args.join(" ")}`,
     );
   }
 }
@@ -97,11 +107,14 @@ export function expandWindowsAppFromArchive(setupArchivePath, parentDir) {
   rmSync(workDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   mkdirSync(workDir, { recursive: true });
 
-  decompressTarZst(resolvedArchive, tarPath);
+  const archiveForDecompress = path.join(workDir, "setup.tar.zst");
+  cpSync(resolvedArchive, archiveForDecompress);
+  decompressTarZst(archiveForDecompress, tarPath);
 
   const extractTar = spawnSync("tar", ["-xf", tarPath, "-C", workDir], {
     stdio: "inherit",
-    shell: process.platform === "win32",
+    shell: false,
+    windowsHide: true,
   });
 
   if (extractTar.status !== 0) {