diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs b/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
index 2373cfa609..83fadfcae2 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
         /// </summary>
         public const string SHELL_OPEN_COMMAND = @"Shell\Open\Command";
 
-        public static readonly string EXE_PATH = Path.ChangeExtension(typeof(WindowsAssociationManager).Assembly.Location, ".exe");
+        public static readonly string EXE_PATH = Path.ChangeExtension(typeof(WindowsAssociationManager).Assembly.Location, ".exe").Replace('/', '\\');
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Program ID prefix used for file associations. Should be relatively short since the full program ID has a 39 character limit,
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index c6a95c1623..57752aa1f7 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="lazer.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Label="Windows Icons" Condition="$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('win'))">
+  <ItemGroup Label="Windows Icons">
     <Content Include="*.ico" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>