diff --git a/server/scripts/start-hidden.vbs b/server/scripts/start-hidden.vbs
index 6448bea..5932d82 100644
--- a/server/scripts/start-hidden.vbs
+++ b/server/scripts/start-hidden.vbs
@@ -1,25 +1,18 @@
-' Launch wled_controller silently (no console, no window).
-' Used by the Start Menu / autostart / desktop shortcut created by the
-' NSIS installer. Must set the same env vars as LedGrab.bat, otherwise
-' the server runs with built-in defaults (wrong config path, wrong data
-' dir) and the UI appears to be unconfigured on every startup.
-
 Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
-
 ' Get the directory of this script (scripts\), then go up to app root
 scriptDir = fso.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)
 appRoot = fso.GetParentFolderName(scriptDir)
 WshShell.CurrentDirectory = appRoot
 
-' Set environment variables for the child process. WshShell.Environment("Process")
-' is writable and child processes spawned via Run inherit it.
+' Set env vars for the child process (inherited via WshShell.Run)
 Set procEnv = WshShell.Environment("Process")
 procEnv("PYTHONPATH") = appRoot & "\app\src"
 procEnv("WLED_CONFIG_PATH") = appRoot & "\app\config\default_config.yaml"
 
-' Use embedded Python if present (installed dist), otherwise system Python
-embeddedPython = appRoot & "\python\pythonw.exe"
+' Use embedded python.exe (NOT pythonw.exe) with WindowStyle=0.
+' Same pattern as the Media Server sibling app.
+embeddedPython = appRoot & "\python\python.exe"
 If fso.FileExists(embeddedPython) Then
     WshShell.Run """" & embeddedPython & """ -m wled_controller", 0, False
 Else