diff --git a/internal/agent/cline.go b/internal/agent/cline.go
index 043f482e..b694d06b 100644
--- a/internal/agent/cline.go
+++ b/internal/agent/cline.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -175,6 +176,10 @@ func cline(home string) *Agent {
 			return syncJSON(models, "providers."+clineSlot, func() any { return clineModels(get(slot + ".settings.model")) })
 		},
 		Notice: func() string {
+			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+				// Running can't tell the desktop app from the CLI there
+				return "Cline reads its provider as a session starts — open sessions keep the model they have; new ones use this. Reload VS Code's window for its extension; Cline's desktop app keeps the model picked in its own composer — pick magpie's there."
+			}
 			if Running(`Cline\.app/`, `(^|/)cline-app( |$)`) {
 				return "Cline's desktop app keeps the model and effort picked in its own composer — pick magpie's there; this sets Cline's CLI and VS Code extension."
 			}
diff --git a/internal/agent/windows_running_test.go b/internal/agent/windows_running_test.go
index 5e682788..408d6ace 100644
--- a/internal/agent/windows_running_test.go
+++ b/internal/agent/windows_running_test.go
@@ -70,3 +70,16 @@ func TestDshAndCodexAdviceOnWindows(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Codex says nothing about restarting: %q", n)
 	}
 }
+
+// Cline's desktop app and its CLI can't be told apart on Windows, where
+// Running says yes to both: its advice names both, not the desktop app's
+// alone, so one who uses the VS Code extension is still told to reload it.
+func TestDshClineAdviceOnWindows(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		t.Skip("the Windows answer is only given there")
+	}
+	n := cline(t.TempDir()).Notice()
+	if !strings.Contains(n, "Reload VS Code") || !strings.Contains(n, "desktop app") {
+		t.Fatalf("Cline's advice on Windows leaves one out: %q", n)
+	}
+}