diff --git a/app/igneum-app/src/bin/prove-verify.rs b/app/igneum-app/src/bin/prove-verify.rs
index 0509b2404..2e77abf45 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/src/bin/prove-verify.rs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/src/bin/prove-verify.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 //!
 //! Exit 2 is reserved for "no host": the engine probes before it sets the variable, so a node never gets a
 //! verifier that cannot run. The wrapper never trusts a proof it did not verify.
+//!
+//! No console of its own on Windows: the node that starts it has none (the engine starts igneumd with
+//! CREATE_NO_WINDOW), so a console-subsystem wrapper would open a visible window on every verification
+//! (5 October 2026: a console window on both PCs). Piped stdout and the exit code still reach the caller.
+
+#![cfg_attr(windows, windows_subsystem = "windows")]
 
 #[path = "../wslhost.rs"]
 mod wslhost;
diff --git a/app/igneum-app/src/main.rs b/app/igneum-app/src/main.rs
index c89747927..126291f01 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/src/main.rs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/src/main.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ fn main() {
             if host.exists() {
                 let mut c = std::process::Command::new(&host);
                 c.current_dir(&dir);
+                crate::platform::quiet(&mut c); // no console of our own for the window host (it is a GUI program; the flag only governs a console)
                 if c.spawn().is_ok() {
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/app/igneum-app/src/ota.rs b/app/igneum-app/src/ota.rs
index 73fd57917..1313984cc 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/src/ota.rs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/src/ota.rs
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ fn stage(e: &PlatformEntry, file: &Path, dir: &Path, version: &str) -> Result<Pa
             if again != e.sha256 {
                 return Err("the download changed while it was being unpacked; discarded".into());
             }
-            let _ = Command::new(crate::platform::tool("xattr")).args(["-dr", "com.apple.quarantine"]).arg(&staged).output();
+            let _ = crate::platform::quiet(&mut Command::new(crate::platform::tool("xattr"))).args(["-dr", "com.apple.quarantine"]).arg(&staged).output();
             let v = crate::detect::run_timeout(Command::new(staged.join("Contents/MacOS/igneum-app")).arg("--version"), None, Duration::from_secs(20)).unwrap_or_default();
             let want = format!("igneum-app {version}");
             if v.trim() != want {
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ fn stage(e: &PlatformEntry, file: &Path, dir: &Path, version: &str) -> Result<Pa
             Ok(())
         })();
         if let Some(m) = mounted {
-            let _ = Command::new(crate::platform::tool("hdiutil")).args(["detach", "-force", &m.display().to_string()]).output();
+            let _ = crate::platform::quiet(&mut Command::new(crate::platform::tool("hdiutil"))).args(["detach", "-force", &m.display().to_string()]).output();
         }
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&work);
         if let Err(err) = r {
diff --git a/app/igneum-app/src/platform.rs b/app/igneum-app/src/platform.rs
index 6058c3297..2534fa1e2 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/src/platform.rs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/src/platform.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ pub fn lock_permissions(path: &Path, dir: bool) {
         let _ = dir;
         let user = std::env::var("USERNAME").unwrap_or_default();
         if !user.is_empty() {
-            let _ = Command::new(tool("icacls"))
+            let _ = quiet(&mut Command::new(tool("icacls")))
                 .arg(path)
                 .args(["/inheritance:r", "/grant:r", &format!("{user}:F")])
                 .output();
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ pub fn set_start_at_login(on: bool) -> Result<(), String> {
         let key = r"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run";
         let out = if on {
             let cmd = login_command().iter().map(|a| format!("\"{a}\"")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ");
-            Command::new(tool("reg")).args(["add", key, "/v", "Igneum Miner", "/t", "REG_SZ", "/d", &cmd, "/f"]).output()
+            quiet(&mut Command::new(tool("reg"))).args(["add", key, "/v", "Igneum Miner", "/t", "REG_SZ", "/d", &cmd, "/f"]).output()
         } else {
-            Command::new(tool("reg")).args(["delete", key, "/v", "Igneum Miner", "/f"]).output()
+            quiet(&mut Command::new(tool("reg"))).args(["delete", key, "/v", "Igneum Miner", "/f"]).output()
         };
         match out {
             Ok(o) if o.status.success() || !on => Ok(()),
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ pub fn start_at_login_is_on() -> bool {
     }
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
-        Command::new(tool("reg"))
+        quiet(&mut Command::new(tool("reg")))
             .args(["query", r"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", "/v", "Igneum Miner"])
             .output()
             .map(|o| o.status.success())
diff --git a/app/igneum-app/src/prover.rs b/app/igneum-app/src/prover.rs
index 71186c404..1106b79dd 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/src/prover.rs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/src/prover.rs
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ pub fn setup(shared: &Shared) -> Result<Value, String> {
     let line = format!("bash {}", wsl_path(&script));
     let mut c = Command::new(crate::platform::tool("cmd"));
     c.args(["/c", "start", "", &crate::platform::tool("wsl").display().to_string(), "-d", crate::wslhost::DISTRO, "--", "bash", "-lc", &line]);
+    crate::platform::quiet(&mut c); // cmd itself hidden; `start` still opens the setup's own window
     c.spawn().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
     shared.event("proving", "WSL2 prover setup started in its own window");
     Ok(json!({ "ok": true }))