diff --git a/src-tauri/build.rs b/src-tauri/build.rs
index d860e1e6..e3740e4c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/build.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
 fn main() {
+    // Windows/MSVC test binaries only: bind to Common-Controls v6.
+    //
+    // The library test harness (`--lib` unittests) links the wry/tao windowing
+    // runtime and statically imports `TaskDialogIndirect` from comctl32, which
+    // exists only in Common-Controls v6 (WinSxS). The real app binary gets that
+    // manifest from `tauri_build`, but the separate test executable does not, so
+    // it aborts at startup with STATUS_ENTRYPOINT_NOT_FOUND (0xC0000139). Add the
+    // dependency to test targets only — never the app binary (which already has a
+    // manifest via tauri_build) nor non-Windows/CI builds.
+    let is_windows_msvc = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").as_deref() == Ok("windows")
+        && std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ENV").as_deref() == Ok("msvc");
+    if is_windows_msvc {
+        println!(
+            "cargo::rustc-link-arg=/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'"
+        );
+    }
+
     tauri_build::build()
 }
diff --git a/src-tauri/crates/psysonic-analysis/build.rs b/src-tauri/crates/psysonic-analysis/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2e1cdd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/crates/psysonic-analysis/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+fn main() {
+    // Windows/MSVC test binaries only: bind to Common-Controls v6.
+    //
+    // The `tauri` dev-dependency pulls the wry/tao windowing runtime into this
+    // crate's *test* executables, which statically import `TaskDialogIndirect`
+    // from comctl32. That symbol lives only in Common-Controls v6 (WinSxS); the
+    // bare System32 comctl32.dll is v5.82 and does not export it, so an
+    // unmanifested test exe aborts at startup with STATUS_ENTRYPOINT_NOT_FOUND
+    // (0xC0000139) before any test runs. The app binary avoids this through its
+    // embedded manifest — mirror that here, scoped to test targets only (never
+    // the app, the rlib, or non-Windows/CI builds).
+    let is_windows_msvc = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").as_deref() == Ok("windows")
+        && std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ENV").as_deref() == Ok("msvc");
+    if is_windows_msvc {
+        println!(
+            "cargo::rustc-link-arg=/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/crates/psysonic-audio/build.rs b/src-tauri/crates/psysonic-audio/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2e1cdd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/crates/psysonic-audio/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+fn main() {
+    // Windows/MSVC test binaries only: bind to Common-Controls v6.
+    //
+    // The `tauri` dev-dependency pulls the wry/tao windowing runtime into this
+    // crate's *test* executables, which statically import `TaskDialogIndirect`
+    // from comctl32. That symbol lives only in Common-Controls v6 (WinSxS); the
+    // bare System32 comctl32.dll is v5.82 and does not export it, so an
+    // unmanifested test exe aborts at startup with STATUS_ENTRYPOINT_NOT_FOUND
+    // (0xC0000139) before any test runs. The app binary avoids this through its
+    // embedded manifest — mirror that here, scoped to test targets only (never
+    // the app, the rlib, or non-Windows/CI builds).
+    let is_windows_msvc = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").as_deref() == Ok("windows")
+        && std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ENV").as_deref() == Ok("msvc");
+    if is_windows_msvc {
+        println!(
+            "cargo::rustc-link-arg=/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'"
+        );
+    }
+}