# Windows release executable selection: source and validation

Reconstructed from [FractalEngineer/psxrecomp](https://github.com/FractalEngineer/psxrecomp), developed on
`vr-dev` at `9976567eb8e95510ca7eeeeccd9af3a260885de5`.
Exact source commits:

- [9976567e](https://github.com/FractalEngineer/psxrecomp/commit/9976567eb8e95510ca7eeeeccd9af3a260885de5)

Original author: Yves <calibratedbeats@gmail.com>. The feature commit retains
that exact human author identity. The focused port consolidates the selected
source hunks and corrections. Its commit also cites these sources and carries
the original human contributor's `Co-authored-by: Yves <calibratedbeats@gmail.com>` trailer.

Adapted: Literal .exe candidate ordering in normal discovery and the CMake OUTPUT_NAME fallback.

Deliberately excluded: Game release settings, alpha distribution artifacts, private discs and Windows CI Python setup.

The feature was reconstructed on upstream master
`db62eec15f81c88aef3d6dab51d4e566a7167d23`, retaining current upstream APIs,
renderer/input policy and build integration. Validation after reconstruction:
Git Bash syntax and 30 bundled-release-layout regressions.

The motivating consumer is [Medal of Honor, SLUS-00974 (NTSC-U)](https://github.com/FractalEngineer/Medal-Of-Honor-PSX-Recomp/tree/e323885958c2ae0b0df847bed6175f9e76524442).
Game-specific integration remains in that repository. Consuming this change
requires a framework pin update to use the corrected packaging tool; the executable does not need rebuilding.
This is a host/runtime/tool change; it requires no BIOS or game C regeneration.

Historical alpha acceptance used the older framework checkpoint above. It is
separate from current-master branch verification. Fresh game, renderer and
headset checks, where applicable, are recorded in the PR validation notes;
uncertain hardware/runtime behavior must not be inferred from a clean link.

## Current-master integration validation

Windows, GCC 13.2, Ninja, Release. Runtime test checks remain active with NDEBUG enabled.

Git Bash syntax and all 30 bundled-release-layout tests passed. The cold packaged-game startup described above is historical alpha evidence; the newly rebuilt game was tested outside a package.

The registered recompiler suite reports 132 passes, four failures and three disabled tests. The four failures reproduce on unchanged upstream master in this Windows toolchain: `portable_settings_paths_test`, `optional_netplay_auth`, `compile_overlays_static_tail` and `aot_overlay_discovery`. The introduced BIOS-fingerprint and GL-guard failures are fixed.