diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 23008ef..91e8de5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
-project(KSwitcher VERSION 0.2.1 LANGUAGES CXX RC)
+project(KSwitcher VERSION 0.2.2 LANGUAGES CXX RC)
 if(NOT WIN32)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "KSwitcher uses native Windows APIs")
 endif()
diff --git a/Release/KSwitcher-win-x64.zip b/Release/KSwitcher-win-x64.zip
index 2bb11d7..55b1872 100644
Binary files a/Release/KSwitcher-win-x64.zip and b/Release/KSwitcher-win-x64.zip differ
diff --git a/Release/README.md b/Release/README.md
index 15cb41d..6cd0c83 100644
--- a/Release/README.md
+++ b/Release/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 # Latest Windows release
 
-## v0.2.1 — 2026-10-28
+## v0.2.2 — 2026-10-28
 
-- Accept keyboard and mouse input forwarded by Microsoft Mouse Without Borders, including hotkey
-  releases, repeated presses, recent-word conversion and snippets. Mark KSwitcher's own generated
-  input to prevent recursive commands and preserve text-operation validation.
-- Add **Update** to the tray menu and a non-installing startup check against this repository's
-  Releases. Verify the x64 ZIP, SHA-256, executable identity and version before closing; restart
-  automatically and roll back on replacement/startup failure. Keep settings, history and existing dictionaries.
-- Fix initial window sizing on high-DPI monitors. Size the frame and controls from the same monitor
-  DPI, recover windows after display changes, and provide resizing, scrolling and focus visibility
-  when the available work area is smaller than the contents.
+- Fix the garbled dash in the executable description shown by Task Manager and Windows file properties.
+- Explicitly compile the UTF-8 Windows resource source as UTF-8, both in the resource file and the portable build command.
+- Add regression checks against the compiled executable's version and exact Unicode description.
 
-Verified: 168 native checks, 51 input/layout checks (including hidden Settings at 240 DPI),
-24 offline updater checks, live release download/checksum/package validation, and visible Settings
-at 250% scaling. Two-laptop Mouse Without Borders use and physically disconnecting a monitor still
-require hardware verification.
+Verified: 168 native checks, 51 input/layout checks, and 26 updater/metadata checks.
+The executable description is `KSwitcher — native keyboard and clipboard utility`.
 
 Download **KSwitcher-win-x64.zip**, extract the entire archive to a writable folder,
 and launch `KSwitcher.exe`. Keep `dictionaries/` next to the executable.
diff --git a/Release/SHA256SUMS.txt b/Release/SHA256SUMS.txt
index 64e99f9..a63b8d1 100644
--- a/Release/SHA256SUMS.txt
+++ b/Release/SHA256SUMS.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e33c372d1401c5500f3b07b38c10aff9667a5b1db9f6e613420e7878202853b3  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip
+9705cdb0c0a732eeae10b88e42101f9ff6714399ea8779e154fecc79269059a0  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index 423eb7f..f47c409 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ try {
         & $compiler @common -c "src/$name.cpp" -o "build/$name.o"
         if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw "Compilation failed: $name" }
     }
-    & windres resources/app.rc -O coff -o build/app-res.o
+    & windres --codepage=65001 resources/app.rc -O coff -o build/app-res.o
     if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Resource compilation failed' }
     New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force build/release | Out-Null
     & $compiler -mwindows -municode -static -s '-Wl,--gc-sections' build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/app.o build/ui.o build/main.o build/app-res.o @libs -o $executablePath
diff --git a/resources/app.rc b/resources/app.rc
index 6a79a0f..8f61155 100644
--- a/resources/app.rc
+++ b/resources/app.rc
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+#pragma code_page(65001)
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
 IDI_KSWITCHER ICON "kswitcher.ico"
 1 RT_MANIFEST "app.manifest"
 201 RCDATA "update.ps1"
 1 VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 0,2,1,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 0,2,1,0
+ FILEVERSION 0,2,2,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 0,2,2,0
  FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
  FILETYPE VFT_APP
 BEGIN
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ BEGIN
   BEGIN
    VALUE "FileDescription", "KSwitcher — native keyboard and clipboard utility"
    VALUE "ProductName", "KSwitcher"
-   VALUE "FileVersion", "0.2.1"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", "0.2.2"
   END
  END
  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 758b6af..af53cf7 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ void App::trayMenu()
             break;
         case 16:
             MessageBoxW(window,
-                        L"KSwitcher 0.2.1\nNative C++ / Win32 keyboard and clipboard utility\n\nBased on "
+                        L"KSwitcher 0.2.2\nNative C++ / Win32 keyboard and clipboard utility\n\nBased on "
                         L"Typlo by bitcodepro. MIT license.\nHistory is encrypted for your Windows "
                         L"account.\nNo .NET, WebView or graphics framework.",
                         L"About KSwitcher", MB_OK);
diff --git a/src/update.h b/src/update.h
index f60d18e..6e4b8c2 100644
--- a/src/update.h
+++ b/src/update.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "platform.h"
 namespace ks
 {
-inline constexpr wchar_t AppVersion[] = L"0.2.1";
+inline constexpr wchar_t AppVersion[] = L"0.2.2";
 inline constexpr UINT UpdateMessage = WM_APP + 7;
 struct UpdateResult
 {
diff --git a/tests/update.ps1 b/tests/update.ps1
index 70da63b..717901d 100644
--- a/tests/update.ps1
+++ b/tests/update.ps1
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ function Reject([scriptblock]$Action,[string]$Name) { $rejected=$false; try { &
 $root=Join-Path ([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ('KSwitcher-update-tests-'+[guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))
 [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($root) | Out-Null
 try {
+    $binaryInfo = [Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo((Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $Executable).Path)
+    $binaryVersion = Get-StableVersion $binaryInfo.FileVersion
+    Assert ($null -ne $binaryVersion) 'executable has a stable version'
+    Assert ($binaryInfo.FileDescription -ceq ('KSwitcher ' + [char]0x2014 + ' native keyboard and clipboard utility')) 'executable description preserves Unicode em dash'
     Assert ((Get-StableVersion 'v0.10.0') -gt (Get-StableVersion 'v0.2.9')) 'numeric versions'
     Assert ($null -eq (Get-StableVersion 'v1.0.0-beta')) 'prerelease rejected'
     Assert ($null -eq (Get-StableVersion 'v1.0.0;whoami')) 'invalid version rejected'
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ try {
     ((Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $archive -Algorithm SHA256).Hash+'  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip') | Set-Content -LiteralPath $sum
     Assert-Checksum $archive $sum; ++$script:checks
     $stage=Join-Path $root 'stage'
-    Expand-Release $archive $stage ([version]'0.2.1'); ++$script:checks
+    Expand-Release $archive $stage $binaryVersion; ++$script:checks
     Reject { Expand-Release $archive (Join-Path $root 'wrong-version') ([version]'9.0.0') } 'version mismatch rejected'
     ('0'*64+'  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip') | Set-Content -LiteralPath $sum
     Reject { Assert-Checksum $archive $sum } 'corrupt package rejected'