# Windows resident launcher

Version 0.1.7 adds a global launcher workflow. `Ctrl+Shift+Space` restores the
window and selects the search field. Escape dismisses a popover first, then
hides the native window. Closing the window also hides it, keeping prepared
search readers and the shortcut alive. Hidden audio/video previews pause.
The tray provides Show searchi and an explicit Quit action.

`--background` starts without showing the main window; a duplicate background
launch does not interrupt an existing session. Karl's Windows Dev installation
now has a login shortcut using this flag and the existing CPU-only VM wrapper.
Production acceleration remains automatic; the wrapper is a VM constraint.

Validation: three native instance tests and strict desktop Clippy passed.
Frontend build, 62 tests and formatting passed. The release executable compiled
and was installed as 0.1.7, then observed with `--background`. Settings remained
byte-identical after a consistent SQLite backup; database quick_check passed.
The updated normal speech runtime was verified/staged and passed its installed
self-test with forced CPU. The built-in key uses the existing focus handler.

Actual native keyboard/tray interaction was not automated; available computer
control does not support it in this session. These checks do not close broader
GPU, macOS, clean-machine or search-quality gates. Release packaging is pending.