diff --git a/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx b/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
index 423434f4a..fd29e390e 100644
--- a/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export const HomePage = () => {
             <tbody style={{overflow: 'auto'}}>
             {plugins.map((plugin) => {
                 return <tr key={plugin.name}>
-                    <td><a href={`https://npmjs.com/${plugin.name}`} target="_blank">{plugin.name}</a></td>
+                    <td><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href={`https://npmjs.com/${plugin.name}`} target="_blank">{plugin.name}</a></td>
                     <td>{plugin.description}</td>
                     <td>{plugin.version}</td>
                     <td>{plugin.time}</td>
diff --git a/admin/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx b/admin/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx
index 43fcdfbb4..b72507c3a 100644
--- a/admin/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ export const SettingsPage = ()=>{
         </div>
         <div className="separator"/>
         <div className="settings-button-bar">
-            <a href="https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/Example-Production-Settings.JSON"><Trans
+            <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/Example-Production-Settings.JSON"><Trans
                 i18nKey="admin_settings.current_example-prod"/></a>
-            <a href="https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/Example-Development-Settings.JSON"><Trans
+            <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/Example-Development-Settings.JSON"><Trans
                 i18nKey="admin_settings.current_example-devel"/></a>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/bin/buildForWindows.sh b/bin/buildForWindows.sh
index 570cd53e8..6c7d7f817 100755
--- a/bin/buildForWindows.sh
+++ b/bin/buildForWindows.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ try cd "${TMP_FOLDER}"
 
 # setting NODE_ENV=production ensures that dev dependencies are not installed,
 # making the windows package smaller
-export NODE_ENV=production
+export NODE_ENV=development
 
 rm -rf node_modules || true
 rm -rf src/node_modules || true
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ try pnpm install
 try pnpm run build
 cd ..
 
+# Nuke the admin folder as it is not needed anymore :D
+rm -rf admin
 
 log "copy the windows settings template..."
 try cp settings.json.template settings.json
diff --git a/bin/installOnWindows.bat b/bin/installOnWindows.bat
index bf8e6a321..e6fef72f9 100644
--- a/bin/installOnWindows.bat
+++ b/bin/installOnWindows.bat
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ cmd /C node -e "" || ( echo "Please install node.js ( https://nodejs.org )" && e
 echo _
 echo Ensure that all dependencies are up to date...  If this is the first time you have run Etherpad please be patient.
 
-mkdir node_modules
-cd /D node_modules
-mklink /D "ep_etherpad-lite" "..\src"
 
-cd /D ..\src
+:: Install admin ui
+cd /D ..\admin
+cmd /C pnpm i || exit /B 1
+cmd /C pnpm run build || exit /B 1
+cd /D ..
+
 cmd /C pnpm i || exit /B 1
 
 cd /D "%~dp0\.."