diff --git a/src/Vixen.DeployBundle/Vixen.DeployBundle.wixproj b/src/Vixen.DeployBundle/Vixen.DeployBundle.wixproj
index 86b0d7c8c..5cb48d327 100644
--- a/src/Vixen.DeployBundle/Vixen.DeployBundle.wixproj
+++ b/src/Vixen.DeployBundle/Vixen.DeployBundle.wixproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/4.0.0-rc.3">
+<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/4.0.1">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DefineConstants>Version=$(App_Version);ReleaseType=$(Environment)</DefineConstants>
     <BaseOutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\Setup\$(Environment)</BaseOutputPath>
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
     <OutputName>Vixen-$(App_Version)-Setup-32bit</OutputName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Bal.wixext" Version="4.0.0-rc.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Netfx.wixext" Version="4.0.0-rc.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Util.wixext" Version="4.0.0-rc.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Bal.wixext" Version="4.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Netfx.wixext" Version="4.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Util.wixext" Version="4.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Vixen.Installer\Vixen.Installer.wixproj" />
diff --git a/src/Vixen.Installer/ExcludeVixenExeFile.xslt b/src/Vixen.Installer/ExcludeVixenExeFile.xslt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a0677981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Vixen.Installer/ExcludeVixenExeFile.xslt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<xsl:stylesheet
+    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+    xmlns:wix="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
+
+    version="1.0" 
+    exclude-result-prefixes="xsl wix">
+
+    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />
+
+    <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />
+
+    <!--
+    Find all <Component> elements with <File> elements with Source="" attributes ending in ".exe" and tag it with the "ExeToRemove" key.
+
+    <Component Id="cmpSYYKP6B1M7WSD5KLEQ7PZW4YLOPYG61L" Directory="INSTALLDIR" Guid="*">
+        <File Id="filKUS7ZRMJ0AOKDU6ATYY6IRUSR2ECPDFO" KeyPath="yes" Source="!(wix.StagingAreaPath)\ProofOfPEqualsNP.exe" />
+    </Component>
+
+    Because WiX's Heat.exe only supports XSLT 1.0 and not XSLT 2.0 we cannot use `ends-with( haystack, needle )` (e.g. `ends-with( wix:File/@Source, '.exe' )`...
+    ...but we can use this longer `substring` expression instead (see https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/5609 )
+    -->
+    <xsl:key
+        name="ExeToRemove"
+        match="wix:Component[wix:File[contains(@Source, 'Vixen.Application.exe')]]"
+        use="@Id"
+    /> <!-- Get the last 4 characters of a string using `substring( s, len(s) - 3 )`, it uses -3 and not -4 because XSLT uses 1-based indexes, not 0-based indexes. -->
+
+    <!-- By default, copy all elements and nodes into the output... -->
+    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
+        <xsl:copy>
+            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
+        </xsl:copy>
+    </xsl:template>
+
+    <!-- ...but if the element has the "ExeToRemove" key then don't render anything (i.e. removing it from the output) -->
+    <xsl:template match="*[ self::wix:Component or self::wix:ComponentRef ][ key( 'ExeToRemove', @Id ) ]" />
+    
+</xsl:stylesheet>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Vixen.Installer/Vixen.Installer.wixproj b/src/Vixen.Installer/Vixen.Installer.wixproj
index 38434596a..b9bba4e11 100644
--- a/src/Vixen.Installer/Vixen.Installer.wixproj
+++ b/src/Vixen.Installer/Vixen.Installer.wixproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/4.0.0-rc.3">
+<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/4.0.1">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DefineConstants>Version=$(App_Version);ReleaseType=$(Environment)</DefineConstants>
     <BaseOutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\Setup\$(Environment)</BaseOutputPath>
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
       <SuppressRegistry>true</SuppressRegistry>
       <SuppressCom>true</SuppressCom>
       <SuppressRootDirectory>true</SuppressRootDirectory>
+      <Transforms>ExcludeVixenExeFile.xslt</Transforms>
     </HarvestDirectory>
     <BindPath Include="$(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\Output" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -41,6 +42,6 @@
     <Content Include="EnvironmentInclude.wxi" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Heat" Version="4.0.0-rc.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Heat" Version="4.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenFolders.wxs b/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenFolders.wxs
index 3fd500ffc..67d3c2709 100644
--- a/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenFolders.wxs
+++ b/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenFolders.wxs
@@ -22,33 +22,48 @@
 						<Directory Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder" Name="Vixen Lights"/>
 				</StandardDirectory>
 
-			 <Icon Id="VixenIcon" SourceFile="..\..\Installer\vixen.ico" />
-				
-				<Component Id="DesktopApplicationShortcut" Guid="$(var.DesktopGuid)" Directory="DesktopFolder" Condition="ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT=1">
-						<Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut"
-																Directory="DesktopFolder"
-																Name="!(bind.Property.ProductName)"
-																Description="Vixen Sequencer"
-																Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]Vixen.Application.exe"
-																WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"
-																Icon="VixenIcon">
-						</Shortcut>
+			 <Icon Id="VixenIcon.exe" SourceFile="..\..\Installer\vixen.ico" />
+				<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLFOLDER">
+					<Component Id="DesktopApplicationShortcut" Guid="$(var.DesktopGuid)" Condition="ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT=1">
+							<File Id="VixenExe" Source="SourceDir\Vixen.Application.exe" KeyPath="yes">
+							<!-- Condition="ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT=1" -->
+								<Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" 
+																		Directory="DesktopFolder"
+																		Name="!(bind.Property.ProductName)"
+																		Description="Vixen Sequencer"
+																		
+																		WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"
+																		Icon="VixenIcon.exe" Advertise="yes">
+								</Shortcut>
+								<Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut"
+																		Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder"
+																		Name="!(bind.Property.ProductName)"
+																		Description="Vixen Sequencer"
+																		
+																		WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"
+																		Icon="VixenIcon.exe" Advertise="yes">
+								</Shortcut>
+							</File>
+							<RemoveFolder Id="CleanUpDirectory" Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder" On="uninstall"/>
+							
+					</Component>
+					<Component Id="ApplicationShortcut" Guid="$(var.MenuGuid)" Condition="ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT=0">
+							<File Id="ApplicationShortcut_VixenExe" Source="SourceDir\Vixen.Application.exe" KeyPath="yes">
+								<Shortcut Id="ApplicationShortcut_ApplicationStartMenuShortcut"
+																		Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder"
+																		Name="!(bind.Property.ProductName)"
+																		Description="Vixen Sequencer"
+																		
+																		WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"
+																		Icon="VixenIcon.exe" Advertise="yes">
+								</Shortcut>
+							</File>
+							<RemoveFolder Id="ApplicationShortcut_CleanUpDirectory" Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder" On="uninstall"/>
+							
+					</Component>
+					<Component Id="RegistryInstallValue" Guid="*">
 						<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\!(bind.Property.Manufacturer)\!(bind.Property.ProductName)" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
-				</Component>
-
-				<Component Id="ApplicationShortcut" Guid="$(var.MenuGuid)" Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder">
-						<Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut"
-																Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder"
-																Name="!(bind.Property.ProductName)"
-																Description="Vixen Sequencer"
-																Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]Vixen.Application.exe"
-																WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"
-																Icon="VixenIcon">
-						</Shortcut>
-
-						<RemoveFolder Id="CleanUpDirectory" Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder" On="uninstall"/>
-						<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\!(bind.Property.Manufacturer)\!(bind.Property.ProductName)" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
-				</Component>
-
+					</Component>
+				</DirectoryRef>
 		</Fragment>
 </Wix>
diff --git a/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenReleasePackage.wxs b/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenReleasePackage.wxs
index a10666fc9..1b26bbfe9 100644
--- a/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenReleasePackage.wxs
+++ b/src/Vixen.Installer/VixenReleasePackage.wxs
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 			
     <Feature Id="Release">
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="HarvestedComponents" />
-						<ComponentRef Id="ApplicationShortcut" />
+						<ComponentRef Id="RegistryInstallValue" />
 						<ComponentRef Id="DesktopApplicationShortcut"/>
+            <ComponentRef Id="ApplicationShortcut"/>
     </Feature>
   </Package>