Windows releases were shipping both NSIS exe and MSI bundles, which made the
release page harder to understand and increased the chance that users would
pick the wrong asset. Restricting Windows output to MSI narrows the installer
surface while the release asset naming now spells out platform, architecture,
and bundle type directly in every published filename.
Constraint: Remote desktop packaging is triggered by GitHub Actions releases, not local uploads
Constraint: Updater metadata must keep latest.json stable for existing clients
Rejected: Keep publishing both NSIS and MSI with better docs | still leaves the higher-risk installer on the release page
Rejected: Rename assets manually after upload | easy to drift from workflow output and updater metadata
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: If Windows exe bundles are reintroduced later, reassess SmartScreen and AV impact before publishing them again
Tested: YAML parse for both desktop workflows; git diff --check on modified files; manual review of PowerShell changes
Not-tested: End-to-end GitHub Actions release run; PowerShell parser validation on a Windows host
