diff --git a/client/ui/CLAUDE.md b/client/ui/CLAUDE.md
index 213d3eacf..36450d80a 100644
--- a/client/ui/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/client/ui/CLAUDE.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ All services live in `services/` and assume a build tag `!android && !ios && !fr
 | `Peers` | `peers.go` | Daemon status snapshot + two long-running streams (`SubscribeStatus` → `EventStatus`, `SubscribeEvents` → `EventSystem`). Emits synthetic `StatusDaemonUnavailable` when the socket is unreachable. Owns the profile-switch suppression filter (`BeginProfileSwitch` / `CancelProfileSwitch` / `shouldSuppress`). Fan-outs update metadata into dedicated `EventUpdateAvailable` / `EventUpdateProgress` events. |
 | `Networks` | `network.go` | `List` / `Select` / `Deselect` of routed networks. |
 | `Forwarding` | `forwarding.go` | `List` exposed/forwarded services from the daemon's reverse-proxy table. |
-| `Debug` | `debug.go` | `Bundle` (debug bundle creation + optional upload) / `Get|SetLogLevel` / `RegisterUILog` (report the GUI log path to the daemon for bundle collection) / `RevealFile` (cross-platform "show in file manager"). |
+| `Debug` | `debug.go` | `Bundle` (debug bundle creation + optional upload) / `Get|SetLogLevel` / `RegisterUILog` (report the GUI log path to the daemon for bundle collection) / `RevealFile` (cross-platform "show in file manager"; the platform body lives in `debug_reveal_{windows,other}.go`). **Windows:** the bundle is written by the daemon (SYSTEM) into `C:\Windows\SystemTemp`, whose ACL denies the logged-in user — a plain `explorer /select` can't traverse it. So the Windows reveal elevates via `shell32!ShellExecuteW` with the `runas` verb (UAC prompt); on decline/failure (`HINSTANCE <= 32`) it falls back to an unelevated `explorer <parentDir>`. |
 | `Update` | `update.go` | `GetState` / `Trigger` (enforced installer) / `GetInstallerResult` / `Quit`. The install-progress UI lives in its own auxiliary window (`/#/dialog/install-progress`), opened by `WindowManager.OpenInstallProgress` — the daemon goes unreachable mid-install so it can't be inside the main window. |
 | `WindowManager` | `windowmanager.go` | `OpenSettings(tab)` / `OpenBrowserLogin(uri)` / `CloseBrowserLogin` / `OpenSessionExpiration(seconds)` / `CloseSessionExpiration` / `OpenInstallProgress(version)` / `CloseInstallProgress` / `OpenWelcome` / `CloseWelcome` / `OpenError(title, message)` / `CloseError` / `OpenMain`. `OpenSettings("")` opens the General tab; pass a tab id (e.g. `"profiles"`) to deep-link, encoded as `?tab=…` in the start URL. `OpenInstallProgress` is `AlwaysOnTop` and hides every other visible window for the duration of the install (restored on close). `OpenMain` is the handoff path from the welcome window to the main UI (avoids depending on the tray). Auxiliary windows are created on first open and **destroyed** on close (Wails-recommended singleton pattern; prevents the macOS dock-reopen from resurrecting hidden windows). |
 | `I18n` | `i18n.go` | Thin facade over `i18n.Bundle`. `Languages()` returns the shipped locales (`_index.json`); `Bundle(code)` returns the full key→text map for one language so the React layer can drive its own translation library. |
diff --git a/client/ui/services/debug.go b/client/ui/services/debug.go
index 76adaabd7..034086747 100644
--- a/client/ui/services/debug.go
+++ b/client/ui/services/debug.go
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ package services
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -85,16 +82,7 @@ func (s *Debug) RevealFile(_ context.Context, path string) error {
 	if path == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("empty path")
 	}
-	var cmd *exec.Cmd
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "darwin":
-		cmd = exec.Command("open", "-R", path)
-	case "windows":
-		cmd = exec.Command("explorer", "/select,"+path)
-	default:
-		cmd = exec.Command("xdg-open", filepath.Dir(path))
-	}
-	return cmd.Start()
+	return revealFile(path)
 }
 
 // RegisterUILog reports the GUI log path to the daemon for bundle collection;
diff --git a/client/ui/services/debug_reveal_other.go b/client/ui/services/debug_reveal_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bef0a58bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/ui/services/debug_reveal_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//go:build !android && !ios && !freebsd && !js && !windows
+
+package services
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// revealFile opens the OS file manager focused on path.
+func revealFile(path string) error {
+	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		cmd = exec.Command("open", "-R", path)
+	} else {
+		cmd = exec.Command("xdg-open", filepath.Dir(path))
+	}
+	return cmd.Start()
+}
diff --git a/client/ui/services/debug_reveal_windows.go b/client/ui/services/debug_reveal_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..790d23fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/ui/services/debug_reveal_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package services
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+)
+
+// SW_SHOWNORMAL for ShellExecuteW's nShowCmd.
+const swShowNormal = 1
+
+var (
+	shell32          = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("shell32.dll")
+	procShellExecute = shell32.NewProc("ShellExecuteW")
+)
+
+// revealFile opens Explorer focused on path. The debug bundle is written by the
+// daemon (running as SYSTEM) into C:\Windows\SystemTemp, whose ACL denies the
+// logged-in user. A plain "explorer /select" can't traverse it, so we elevate
+// via the ShellExecuteW "runas" verb (UAC prompt) — the elevated Explorer can
+// read the folder and highlight the file.
+func revealFile(path string) error {
+	verb, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString("runas")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("encode verb: %w", err)
+	}
+	file, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString("explorer.exe")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("encode file: %w", err)
+	}
+	params, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString("/select," + path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("encode params: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// ShellExecuteW returns an HINSTANCE; a value <=32 is an error code.
+	ret, _, _ := procShellExecute.Call(
+		0,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(verb)),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(file)),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(params)),
+		0,
+		swShowNormal,
+	)
+	if ret <= 32 {
+		// Elevation declined or failed: fall back to an unelevated reveal of the
+		// parent directory so the user at least lands near the bundle.
+		return exec.Command("explorer", filepath.Dir(path)).Start() //nolint:gosec
+	}
+	return nil
+}