Windows packaging: Start Menu/Add-Remove icon, no console window, correct description

The MSI Icon id had no .ico/.exe extension, which Windows Installer needs for
advertised shortcuts and ARPPRODUCTICON, so both showed a blank icon. Release
builds of the desktop app are now GUI-subsystem (no console window; the CLI stays
a console program), the shortcut/summary description names what EffectCraft does, and
packaging-lint rejects an Icon id without an extension. Found in printcraft#57.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/packaging-lint.yml

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: XML, desktop entry, AppStream, Flatpak manifest
         run: |
           xmllint --noout packaging/windows/effectcraft.wxs packaging/macos/*.plist* packaging/linux/*.xml*
+          # Windows Installer needs Icon ids ending in .ico or .exe, or shortcuts show a blank icon.
+          if grep -oE '<Icon Id="[^"]*"' packaging/windows/effectcraft.wxs | grep -vE '\.(ico|exe)"$'; then
+            echo "::error::Icon Id must end in .ico or .exe"; exit 1
+          fi
           desktop-file-validate packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.effectcraft.desktop
           sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.0/' -e 's/@DATE@/2026-01-01/' packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.effectcraft.metainfo.xml.in >"$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.effectcraft.metainfo.xml"
           appstreamcli validate --no-net --explain "$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.effectcraft.metainfo.xml"

apps/effectcraft/src/main.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! `--control <port>` (or `EFFECTCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT`) starts a localhost JSON-lines control server;
 //! see `effectcraft_ui_egui::control` for the methods.
-
+#![cfg_attr(all(target_os = "windows", not(debug_assertions)), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
 #![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
 
 // Built everywhere so its tests run on every platform; only Linux AppImages use it.

packaging/windows/effectcraft.wxs

@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
       Scope="perMachine"
       Compressed="yes"
       Language="1033">
-    <SummaryInformation Description="EffectCraft image editor" Manufacturer="Learning Machines LLC" />
+    <SummaryInformation Description="EffectCraft motion graphics and visual effects" Manufacturer="Learning Machines LLC" />
     <!-- Same-version upgrades let successive pre-releases of one X.Y.Z replace each other
          (MSI versions are numeric, so 1.2.3-rc.1 and 1.2.3-rc.2 are both 1.2.3). -->
     <MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes"
         DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of EffectCraft is already installed." />
     <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
 
-    <Icon Id="EffectcraftIcon" SourceFile="$(var.IconPath)" />
-    <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="EffectcraftIcon" />
+    <Icon Id="EffectcraftIcon.ico" SourceFile="$(var.IconPath)" />
+    <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="EffectcraftIcon.ico" />
     <Property Id="ARPURLINFOABOUT" Value="https://getartcraft.com/apps/effectcraft" />
     <Property Id="ARPURLUPDATEINFO" Value="https://getartcraft.com/apps/effectcraft" />
     <Property Id="ARPHELPLINK" Value="https://discord.gg/artcraft" />
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
       <Component Id="EffectcraftApp" Guid="BA719860-95FE-4154-B265-47006B8E9083">
         <File Id="EffectcraftExe" Source="$(var.BinDir)\effectcraft.exe" KeyPath="yes">
           <Shortcut Id="StartMenuShortcut" Directory="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="EffectCraft"
-              Description="EffectCraft image editor" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" Advertise="yes"
-              Icon="EffectcraftIcon" IconIndex="0" />
+              Description="EffectCraft motion graphics and visual effects" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" Advertise="yes"
+              Icon="EffectcraftIcon.ico" IconIndex="0" />
         </File>
 
         <RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\effectcraft.exe" Value="[#EffectcraftExe]" Type="string" />