diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3142bca..cbb80ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 /MANUAL
 /MANUAL.html
 /MANUAL.gz
-/o/
\ No newline at end of file
+/o/
+/rsrc*.syso
+/resource_windows_*.syso
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 1b345d3..39983a6 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ before:
     - go run github.com/davidnewhall/md2roff@v0.0.1 --manual xt --version "{{.Version}}-{{.Env.REVISION}}" --date "{{.Date}}" MANUAL.md
     - rm -f MANUAL.gz
     - gzip -9 MANUAL
+    # Icon + manifest + VERSIONINFO (Explorer File version). -platform-specific:
+    # Windows is amd64/386/arm64; a single amd64 .syso would miss the others.
+    # FileVersion is the x.y.z prefix of .Version plus REVISION (not .RawVersion:
+    # that stays on the last tag if --nightly is ever used). ProductVersion is
+    # .Version. goversioninfo fills the numeric fields from the FileVersion string.
+    - >-
+      go run github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo@v1.7.0
+      -platform-specific
+      -icon init/windows/application.ico
+      -manifest init/windows/manifest.xml
+      -company "Go Lift"
+      -copyright "© Go Lift (https://golift.io)"
+      -description "eXtractor Tool - Recursively decompress archives"
+      -internal-name xt
+      -original-name xt.exe
+      -product-name xt
+      -file-version "{{ index (split .Version "-") 0 }}.{{ .Env.REVISION }}"
+      -product-version "{{ .Version }}"
+      -translation 1033
+      -charset 1200
 
 builds:
   - id: xt
diff --git a/init/windows/README.md b/init/windows/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bf4634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init/windows/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Windows file icon (Explorer / exe Properties), not a tray icon.
+
+`application.ico` is a multi-size ICO (16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256) of the
+circular XT emblem from the repo wordmark. `application-256.png` is the same
+art as a square PNG with a transparent background. GoReleaser embeds the ico
+via goversioninfo.
diff --git a/init/windows/application-256.png b/init/windows/application-256.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5397ef3
Binary files /dev/null and b/init/windows/application-256.png differ
diff --git a/init/windows/application.ico b/init/windows/application.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b192d42
Binary files /dev/null and b/init/windows/application.ico differ
diff --git a/init/windows/manifest.xml b/init/windows/manifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ae0cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init/windows/manifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
+  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="*" name="xt" type="win32"/>
+  <dependency>
+	<dependentAssembly>
+	  <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="*" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*"/>
+	</dependentAssembly>
+  </dependency>
+<application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+  <windowsSettings>
+  <dpiAwareness xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">PerMonitorV2, PerMonitor</dpiAwareness>
+	<dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">True</dpiAware>
+  </windowsSettings>
+</application>
+<compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+  <application>
+	<!-- Windows Vista -->
+	<supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
+	<!-- Windows 7 -->
+	<supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+	<!-- Windows 8 -->
+	<supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
+	<!-- Windows 8.1 -->
+	<supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+	<!-- Windows 10 -->
+	<supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
+  </application>
+</compatibility>
+</assembly>