diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e75c46522..10201ef2e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,47 +1,5 @@
 # Release History
 
-## Unreleased
-
-### Changed
-
-* Nu's own artwork everywhere: the splash screen, the window icon and the
-  **Mode** button still showed Mu's logo and codewith.mu.
-* Starting Nu while it's already running brings the open Nu to the front (and
-  opens any files it was given) instead of silently doing nothing.
-* The first start is much faster: the bundled packages are installed with one
-  `uv` command instead of one pip run per package.
-* When a program run with **Run** finishes, the output pane says so above the
-  `>>>` prompt, so it no longer looks as if it's still running.
-* **Quit** asks first if a program is still running.
-* The mode picker lists Python 3 first; clicking the mode's name in the status
-  bar opens it.
-* The REPL starts with a short greeting instead of IPython's banner, panes have
-  plainer titles ("Python REPL", "Python Plotter"), and the debugger's variable
-  list leaves out Python's own `__dunder__` names.
-* Panes open below the editor at a third of the window's height, so the editor
-  keeps most of the room.
-* A mode's workspace folders (Pygame Zero's `images`, `sounds` and so on) are
-  made the first time the mode is used, not for every mode at every start.
-  For plugin authors: `ensure_workspace_assets` is now called then.
-
-### Fixed
-
-* The debugger reported "exit code: 0" for a program that ended with an error.
-* Tracebacks on Windows showed the program's path in lower case.
-* The Environment tab's commands used Windows short paths (`MU_VEN~1`); the
-  workaround behind them (for a Python bug fixed before 3.11) is gone, and so
-  is the `pywin32` dependency.
-* The Plugins tab drew a stray empty box on the selected row (Windows 11).
-* The log tab opens at the newest entries.
-
-### Removed
-
-* Code and files left over from Mu's removed modes: the micro:bit special case
-  in **Check** (modes can now declare `star_imports`, and the micro:bit plugin
-  does), unused REPL and file-system hooks, about 35 icon files that were never
-  loaded, the unused `nudatus` and `semver` dependencies, and obsolete
-  translations of strings Nu no longer has.
-
 ## 2.0.0
 
 The first stable release of **Nu**, a maintained continuation of the
@@ -149,6 +107,27 @@ Please report problems at https://github.com/kovirlabs/nu/issues.
 
 ### Changed
 
+* **Nu looks like Nu:** the splash screen, the window icon and the **Mode**
+  button show Nu's logo; the betas still showed Mu's, with codewith.mu.
+* **Starting Nu while it's already running** brings the open Nu to the front,
+  and opens any files it was given, instead of silently doing nothing.
+* **The first start is quicker:** the packages Nu needs in your programs'
+  environment are installed with one `uv` command (seconds) instead of one
+  pip run each (a couple of minutes).
+* When a program run with **Run** finishes, the output pane says so above the
+  `>>>` prompt where you can look at its variables, so it no longer looks as
+  if it's still running. **Quit** asks first if a program is still running.
+* The mode picker lists Python 3 first, with plainer instructions, and
+  clicking the mode's name in the status bar opens it again (as in Mu).
+* The **REPL** starts with a short greeting naming its Python, instead of
+  IPython's banner; panes have plainer titles (**Python REPL**, **Python
+  Plotter**); and the debugger's variable list leaves out Python's own
+  `__dunder__` names, showing just your variables.
+* Panes open below the editor at a third of the window's height, so the
+  editor keeps most of the room.
+* A mode's folders in your workspace (Pygame Zero's `images`, `sounds` and so
+  on) are made the first time you use that mode, not for every mode at every
+  start.
 * **Pygame Zero and CircuitPython are now plugins that come with Nu**
   (`nu-pygamezero`, `nu-circuitpython`). They're installed and switched on as
   before, saved sessions in those modes carry on, and they work the same way,
@@ -193,6 +172,8 @@ PyQt6 and uv, found by checking Nu against Mu:
 * Opening a file Nu can't handle no longer suggests micro:bit `.hex` files.
 * When a program finishes, the footer shows `status: 0` again rather than
   `status: ExitStatus.NormalExit`.
+* The Plugins tab no longer draws a stray empty box on the selected row
+  (Windows 11).
 * **Translations restored for the renamed strings.** Text that changed when
   Mu became Nu (the admin dialog's title, the Quit and Help tooltips, file
   and mode messages, and more) had fallen back to English in every language;
@@ -211,6 +192,12 @@ And older problems, found while checking the whole app:
   saved; they were lost when Nu closed.
 * Opening the admin dialog in a board's mode no longer runs `uv pip list`
   for a package list that mode doesn't show.
+* The debugger reports a program that ends with an error as such ("exit code:
+  1"), not "exit code: 0".
+* On Windows, tracebacks show your program's path as you wrote it, not in
+  lower case, and the Environment tab's commands show full paths, not short
+  ones like `MU_VEN~1`.
+* The **Current Log** tab opens at the newest entries, not the oldest.
 
 ### Security
 
@@ -252,6 +239,14 @@ And older problems, found while checking the whole app:
   elsewhere. Every test file can be run on its own, in any order.
 * Every text file in the repository uses LF line endings
   (`.gitattributes`).
+* A mode can declare `star_imports` (a module and the names its `import *`
+  brings in) so **Check** can still spot undefined names; the micro:bit plugin
+  uses it for `from microbit import *`, which the core no longer names. A
+  mode's `ensure_workspace_assets` is called the first time the mode is used
+  in a session, not for every mode at start-up.
+* Gone, with Mu's removed modes: the unused `nudatus`, `semver` and `pywin32`
+  dependencies, dead REPL and file-system hooks, the icon files nothing
+  loaded, and obsolete translations of strings Nu no longer has.
 
 ## Mu 1.2.2 and earlier
 
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index cdb0e40a6..424519490 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ smaller codebase (less to port, lower risk). Keep the test suite green at every
 step — it's what makes the bigger changes safe.
 
 Baseline test suite (Python 3.8 + PyQt5, pre-changes): **1120 passed, 20 skipped**.
-Current baseline (Python 3.11–3.14 + PyQt6): **1638 passed, 20 skipped** (after Phase 4b
-part 2; 1572 after the post-Phase 5/6 hardening; 1545 after Phase 6a/6b, 1267 after Phase 4b part 1, 929 after
+Current baseline (Python 3.11–3.14 + PyQt6): **1778 passed, 20 skipped** (after the
+Windows review, #39/#40; 1638 after Phase 4b part 2; 1572 after the post-Phase 5/6 hardening; 1545 after Phase 6a/6b, 1267 after Phase 4b part 1, 929 after
 Phase 4a's packaging work). Run headless with:
 ```
-QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen LANG=en_GB.utf8 uv run --no-sync pytest -p no:randomly -q
+QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen LANG=en_GB.utf8 uv run --no-sync pytest -q --random-order-bucket=none
 ```
 (On a headless box without Mesa, Qt6 needs `libEGL.so.1` on `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
 even for the `offscreen` platform plugin. Where `/tmp` is mounted `noexec`, add
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ part 2 ✅ (2026-11, `feature/env-advanced-multi`)
   `VirtualEnvironment.remove_old_bundled_pythons`.)
 - [x] Build a wheelhouse — `python -m mu.wheels --package` builds `mu/wheels/<version>.zip`
   (pgzero/pygame/ipykernel + deps), bundled via `sources`; the first-run baseline install
-  is offline (pip from the zip, see `install_from_zipped_wheels`). Bumped the stale
+  is offline (one `uv pip install --no-index --no-deps` of the zip's wheels since #39; it
+  was one pip run per wheel, see `install_from_zipped_wheels`). Bumped the stale
   `pygame<2.1.3` cap (no 3.12+ wheels) → `pygame>=2.6`. (`UV_FIND_LINKS` not wired: only
   *new* user-package installs hit the network, which is expected; baseline is already
   offline.)
@@ -637,12 +638,43 @@ English; every mode, toolbar button, pane and admin tab), then the deferred fixe
   Variables texts still say "Python 3 mode" (translated upstream strings) though Pygame
   Zero uses the environment too; the overflow button stays a thin strip.
 
+## Windows review ✅ (2026-11, #37, #39, #40)
+
+A hands-on pass over a fresh install on Windows 11 (first run, every Python 3 toolbar
+button, the debugger, the admin dialog's tabs, Pygame Zero Play, a second launch), plus
+an audit for what Mu left behind.
+- [x] #37: the first start crashed after #34 removed the Web mode's templates that
+  `Editor.setup` still copied into the workspace.
+- [x] #39 (learner-facing): Nu's own splash, window icon and Mode button
+  (`utils/make_artwork.py` draws them from `icon.png`); a second launch hands over to
+  the running Nu (`QLocalServer`: front, open its files) instead of exiting silently;
+  baseline wheels in one `uv` call (about 9 s, was minutes); the 8.3 short-path
+  workaround and `pywin32` gone; debugger exit codes; "program finished" note above
+  `>>>`; Quit asks while a program runs; mode picker (Python 3 first, status-bar click);
+  friendlier REPL banner, pane titles, debug inspector (no `__dunder__`s), pane height;
+  Plugins-tab focus frame; log opens at the end and follows `MU_DATA_DIR`;
+  `ensure_workspace_assets` on a mode's first use.
+- [x] #40 (cleanup): Check's micro:bit special case → the `star_imports` mode attribute;
+  dead REPL/file-system hooks, `device_list`, `_del_`, `find_next_match`; `nudatus`,
+  `semver`, `mu/contrib`; 36 unused images; the Web API generator, `make video`, the
+  CodeQL config; about 1,600 obsolete translations (`translate_begin` now passes
+  `--ignore-obsolete`).
+- Kept on purpose: the `mu_code` / `mu_venv` / data-folder names and the Briefcase app id
+  (renaming needs a migration); the `venv_path` session key (documented); the docs'
+  Mu design archive (`docs/swag`, `docs/logo_design`, `docs/icon_brief`).
+- [ ] Check #39's changes on **macOS and Linux** (the second-launch hand-over uses a
+  socket file there; the one-call wheel install; the new artwork) and in the installers.
+- [ ] **Release 2.0.0**: `v2.0.0` was never tagged (the latest tag is `v2.0.0b3`); follow
+  `docs/release.md`. The releases page still lists Mu's `v1.0.0-beta0.1`, and the
+  `v1.0.0-beta0.1` / `v1.2.2.alpha.1` tags are Mu's too: consider removing them.
+
 ## Notes / deferred
 
 - `virtual_environment.py` (~1.5k lines) powers "install packages from the UI" — reshaped
-  around uv in Phase 4 (venv creation, `uv pip`, `uv run`); the baseline install at first
-  run still goes through the venv's pip from the bundled wheelhouse.
-- Orphaned resource icons / locale strings for removed modes are harmless; sweep later.
+  around uv in Phase 4 (venv creation, `uv pip`, `uv run`); since #39 the baseline install
+  at first run is uv too (only `pip --version` and listing the baseline packages still
+  use the venv's pip).
+- ~~Orphaned resource icons / locale strings for removed modes~~ — swept in #40.
 - 100%-coverage mandate is great for the Qt6 port; can relax to "don't regress" afterward
   if it slows iteration.
 - ~~**Translations re-extraction after the in-app "Mu" → "Nu" rename**~~ — done