diff --git a/assets/wind-badge-taskbar.svg b/assets/wind-badge-taskbar.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4d88507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/wind-badge-taskbar.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="256" height="256" viewBox="0 0 256 256">
+  <!-- Wind taskbar / window icon source: the main logo (assets/wind-badge.svg) plus a solid
+       #202020 edge outline (the Windows dark taskbar grey, so it vanishes on a dark taskbar and
+       shows as a subtle edge on a black one; Max 2026-10-03), drawn inside the square (inset by
+       half its width). Used ONLY to build assets/wind.ico (taskbar, alt-tab, window icon) via
+       tools/make_icon.mjs, which re-draws the outline 1 physical px wide at every size.
+       Everywhere else use wind-badge.svg (no outline). -->
+  <rect x="8" y="8" width="240" height="240" rx="56" fill="#000000"/>
+  <rect x="11" y="11" width="234" height="234" rx="53" fill="none" stroke="#202020" stroke-width="6"/>
+  <g transform="translate(50,50) scale(9.75)" fill="none" stroke="#ffffff"
+     stroke-width="1.55" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
+    <path d="M2 5.5h8.5a2 2 0 1 0-2-2"/>
+    <path d="M2 9h11a2 2 0 1 1-2 2"/>
+    <path d="M2 12.5h6.5a1.7 1.7 0 1 1-1.7 1.7"/>
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/assets/wind-badge.svg b/assets/wind-badge.svg
index b70252ab..4adf1074 100644
--- a/assets/wind-badge.svg
+++ b/assets/wind-badge.svg
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="256" height="256" viewBox="0 0 256 256">
-  <!-- Wind app icon: filled badge version of the splash/onboarding logo.
-       Rounded square in the accent indigo with the three wind-swoosh strokes
-       knocked out in white. Source of truth; assets/wind.ico is generated from
-       this by tools/make_icon.mjs. The three paths match ui/src/SplashIntro.svelte. -->
-  <defs>
-    <linearGradient id="bg" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
-      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#6d6df0"/>
-      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#5151cb"/>
-    </linearGradient>
-  </defs>
-  <rect x="8" y="8" width="240" height="240" rx="56" fill="url(#bg)"/>
+  <!-- Wind main logo (splash art, installer, README, trailer): monochrome badge.
+       Pure black (#000000) rounded square, three white wind-swoosh strokes, NO outline.
+       The strokes match ui/src/SplashIntro.svelte. The taskbar/window icon uses
+       assets/wind-badge-taskbar.svg instead (same shape plus a faint edge outline). -->
+  <rect x="8" y="8" width="240" height="240" rx="56" fill="#000000"/>
   <g transform="translate(50,50) scale(9.75)" fill="none" stroke="#ffffff"
      stroke-width="1.55" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
     <path d="M2 5.5h8.5a2 2 0 1 0-2-2"/>
diff --git a/assets/wind.ico b/assets/wind.ico
index 46747bb3..efafe995 100644
Binary files a/assets/wind.ico and b/assets/wind.ico differ
diff --git a/installer/over.html b/installer/over.html
index 1b0c14a2..4333a2b8 100644
--- a/installer/over.html
+++ b/installer/over.html
@@ -122,15 +122,12 @@
 <body>
 <div class="pane k" id="k"></div><div class="pane w" id="w"></div>
 <script>
-// The app icon, from assets/wind-badge.svg: the indigo badge with the three wind strokes
-// knocked out. Same mark the tray and the Settings window show, so setup and the app the
+// The app icon, from assets/wind-badge.svg: the black badge with the three white wind strokes
+// on it. Same mark the tray and the Settings window show, so setup and the app the
 // user is about to run are recognisably the same thing.
 const MARK = (s) => `
   <svg width="${s}" height="${s}" viewBox="0 0 256 256" style="display:block;flex:none">
-    <defs><linearGradient id="wg" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
-      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#6d6df0"/><stop offset="1" stop-color="#5151cb"/>
-    </linearGradient></defs>
-    <rect x="8" y="8" width="240" height="240" rx="56" fill="url(#wg)"/>
+    <rect x="8" y="8" width="240" height="240" rx="56" fill="#000"/>
     <g transform="translate(50,50) scale(9.75)" fill="none" stroke="#fff"
        stroke-width="1.55" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
       <path d="M2 5.5h8.5a2 2 0 1 0-2-2"/>
diff --git a/src/tray_app/tray_icon.cpp b/src/tray_app/tray_icon.cpp
index aaca727c..f16b90ae 100644
--- a/src/tray_app/tray_icon.cpp
+++ b/src/tray_app/tray_icon.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ void AddIcon(HWND hwnd, HINSTANCE hInst) {
     g_nid.uID = 1;
     g_nid.uFlags = NIF_ICON | NIF_MESSAGE | NIF_TIP;
     g_nid.uCallbackMessage = WM_TRAY;
-    // Our logo badge at the shell's small-icon size (picks the 16px frame from the multi-size .ico
-    // for a crisp tray render). Fall back to the generic app icon if the resource can't be loaded.
+    // Our logo badge at the shell's small-icon size for this DPI (36 px at 225%); wind.ico carries an exact
+    // frame for every common scale, so nothing is resampled. Fall back to the generic app icon if the resource
+    // can't be loaded.
     if (!hInst) hInst = GetModuleHandleW(nullptr);
     if (!g_nid.hIcon)
         g_nid.hIcon = (HICON)LoadImageW(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDI_WIND), IMAGE_ICON,
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 56f41807..619d0deb 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #define WIND_VER_MAJOR 0
 #define WIND_VER_MINOR 21
-#define WIND_VER_PATCH 0
+#define WIND_VER_PATCH 1
 
 // String form for logs/snapshot/UI. Keep in sync with the numeric parts above.
-#define WIND_VERSION_STR "0.21.0"
+#define WIND_VERSION_STR "0.21.1"
diff --git a/src/wind.rc b/src/wind.rc
index 5516cbe5..c226daea 100644
--- a/src/wind.rc
+++ b/src/wind.rc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "version.h"
 #include <winver.h>
 // Embeds the Wind logo (filled-badge variant) as the application icon. The .ico is
-// generated from assets/wind-badge.svg by tools/make_icon.mjs and committed, so the
+// generated from assets/wind-badge-taskbar.svg by tools/make_icon.mjs and committed, so the
 // normal build only needs rc.exe (Windows SDK, already on PATH via vcvars).
 IDI_WIND ICON "..\\assets\\wind.ico"
 
diff --git a/tools/make_icon.mjs b/tools/make_icon.mjs
index da0a4fb2..a63455cf 100644
--- a/tools/make_icon.mjs
+++ b/tools/make_icon.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generate assets/wind.ico from assets/wind-badge.svg.
+// Generate assets/wind.ico from assets/wind-badge-taskbar.svg.
 //
 // Renders the SVG at each icon size with Playwright's bundled Chromium (faithful
 // stroke/arc rendering, transparent corners outside the rounded badge), then packs
@@ -21,8 +21,22 @@ const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 // Resolve Playwright from the UI package (no top-level dependency on it).
 const { chromium } = require(resolve(root, 'ui', 'node_modules', 'playwright'));
 
-const SIZES = [256, 128, 64, 48, 40, 32, 24, 16];
-const svg = readFileSync(resolve(root, 'assets', 'wind-badge.svg'), 'utf8');
+// Every size the shell asks for between 100% and 300% scaling (small icon 16 x scale, taskbar 24 x scale,
+// large icon 32 x scale), so Windows never resamples a neighbour frame: a 225% taskbar wants 54 px, the tray
+// 36 px, and scaling 64 or 40 down made both soft (Max 2026-10-03, #332).
+const SIZES = [256, 128, 96, 80, 72, 64, 60, 56, 54, 48, 42, 40, 36, 32, 30, 28, 24, 20, 16];
+// Taskbar variant: black badge + a solid #202020 edge outline (see the SVG header). The outline
+// is re-drawn per size at exactly 1 physical px, the thinnest line that never vanishes. The
+// stroke sits inside the badge (centre inset by half its width from the 8..248 edge).
+const src = readFileSync(resolve(root, 'assets', 'wind-badge-taskbar.svg'), 'utf8');
+function svgFor(s) {
+  const w = 256 / s;                              // viewBox units: exactly 1 physical px at every size
+  const inset = 8 + w / 2, side = 240 - w, rx = 56 - w / 2;
+  const rect = `<rect x="${inset}" y="${inset}" width="${side}" height="${side}" rx="${rx}" fill="none" stroke="#202020" stroke-width="${w}"/>`;
+  const re = /<rect x="11"[^>]*\/>/;
+  if (!re.test(src)) throw new Error('outline rect not found in wind-badge-taskbar.svg');
+  return src.replace(re, rect);
+}
 const tmp = mkdtempSync(resolve(tmpdir(), 'windicon-'));
 
 const browser = await chromium.launch();
@@ -33,7 +47,7 @@ for (const s of SIZES) {
   const html = `<!doctype html><html><head><style>
     html,body{margin:0;padding:0;background:transparent}
     svg{display:block;width:${s}px;height:${s}px}
-  </style></head><body>${svg}</body></html>`;
+  </style></head><body>${svgFor(s)}</body></html>`;
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: s, height: s });
   await page.setContent(html, { waitUntil: 'networkidle' });
   const out = resolve(tmp, `icon-${s}.png`);
diff --git a/ui/src/controls/Preview.svelte b/ui/src/controls/Preview.svelte
index fabb073b..6a28872a 100644
--- a/ui/src/controls/Preview.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/controls/Preview.svelte
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   const visible = (r) => !r.showIf || String(values[r.showIf.key]) === String(r.showIf.eq);
   const set = (key, val) => { values[key] = val; calls.push([key, val]); };
   const extra = {
-    runningModel: 'hybrid', mpoNeedsRestart: false, version: '0.21.0',
+    runningModel: 'hybrid', mpoNeedsRestart: false, version: '0.21.1',
     onRestart: () => calls.push('restart'), onAction: (a) => calls.push(['action', a]),
     onRepo: () => calls.push('repo'),
     pick: async () => 'RDR2.exe',