diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
index a652e31f62..6b95a82703 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
@@ -30,12 +30,19 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
         [STAThread]
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            // NVIDIA profiles are based on the executable name of a process.
-            // Lazer and stable share the same executable name.
-            // Stable sets this setting to "Off", which may not be what we want, so let's force it back to the default "Auto" on startup.
-            NVAPI.ThreadedOptimisations = NvThreadControlSetting.OGL_THREAD_CONTROL_DEFAULT;
-
-            // run Squirrel first, as the app may exit after these run
+            /*
+             * WARNING: DO NOT PLACE **ANY** CODE ABOVE THE FOLLOWING BLOCK!
+             *
+             * Logic handling Squirrel MUST run before EVERYTHING if you do not want to break it.
+             * To be more precise: Squirrel is internally using a rather... crude method to determine whether it is running under NUnit,
+             * namely by checking loaded assemblies:
+             * https://github.com/clowd/Clowd.Squirrel/blob/24427217482deeeb9f2cacac555525edfc7bd9ac/src/Squirrel/SimpleSplat/PlatformModeDetector.cs#L17-L32
+             *
+             * If it finds ANY assembly from the ones listed above - REGARDLESS of the reason why it is loaded -
+             * the app will then do completely broken things like:
+             * - not creating system shortcuts (as the logic is if'd out if "running tests")
+             * - not exiting after the install / first-update / uninstall hooks are ran (as the `Environment.Exit()` calls are if'd out if "running tests")
+             */
             if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
             {
                 var windowsVersion = Environment.OSVersion.Version;
@@ -59,6 +66,11 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
                 setupSquirrel();
             }
 
+            // NVIDIA profiles are based on the executable name of a process.
+            // Lazer and stable share the same executable name.
+            // Stable sets this setting to "Off", which may not be what we want, so let's force it back to the default "Auto" on startup.
+            NVAPI.ThreadedOptimisations = NvThreadControlSetting.OGL_THREAD_CONTROL_DEFAULT;
+
             // Back up the cwd before DesktopGameHost changes it
             string cwd = Environment.CurrentDirectory;