diff --git a/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.c b/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.c
index fba92fd..bd6e194 100644
--- a/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.c
+++ b/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <tchar.h>
 
 /*
- * This just runs 'Element (Riot).exe' with the same args as
+ * This just runs 'Element.exe' with the same args as
  * this process was invoked with. This gets around the fact that
  * squirrel always tries to run an executable with the same name,
  * so fails to restart if the app's name has changed.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ void _tmain( int argc, TCHAR *argv[] )
     char cmdLine[32767];
 
     LPSTR cmdLinePos = cmdLine;
-    LPSTR toRun = "\"Element (Riot).exe\" ";
+    LPSTR toRun = "\"Element.exe\" ";
     strncpy(cmdLinePos, toRun, strlen(toRun));
     cmdLinePos += strlen(toRun);
 
diff --git a/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.exe b/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.exe
index eb8a124..9d083f4 100644
Binary files a/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.exe and b/build/rebrand_stub/rebrand_stub.exe differ
diff --git a/src/squirrelhooks.js b/src/squirrelhooks.js
index 1a95f17..317a974 100644
--- a/src/squirrelhooks.js
+++ b/src/squirrelhooks.js
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ function checkSquirrelHooks() {
                 appDataDir, 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'Start Menu', 'Programs', 'New Vector Ltd',
             );
             return fsProm.rmdir(startMenuDir, { recursive: true });
+        }).then(() => {
+            // same for 'Element (Riot) which is old now too (we have to try to delete both because
+            // we don't know what version we're updating from, but of course we do know this version
+            // is 'Element' so the two old ones are all safe to delete).
+            const appDataDir = process.env.APPDATA;
+            if (!appDataDir) return;
+            const oldStartMenuLink = path.join(
+                appDataDir, 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'Start Menu', 'Programs', 'Element', 'Element (Riot).lnk',
+            );
+            return fsProm.unlink(oldStartMenuLink).catch(() => {});
+        }).then(() => {
+            const oldDesktopShortcut = path.join(app.getPath('desktop'), 'Element (Riot).lnk');
+            return fsProm.unlink(oldDesktopShortcut).catch(() => {});
         }).then(() => {
             const oldDesktopShortcut = path.join(app.getPath('desktop'), 'Riot.lnk');
             return fsProm.unlink(oldDesktopShortcut).catch(() => {});