diff --git a/kubernetes/client/archive/install.sls b/kubernetes/client/archive/install.sls
index e3354b0f..ac4f211d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/client/archive/install.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/client/archive/install.sls
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     - retry: {{ d.retry_option|json }}
     - enforce_toplevel: false
     - trim_output: true
+    - force: true
              {%- if grains.os != 'Windows' %}
     - user: {{ d.identity.rootuser }}
     - group: {{ d.identity.rootgroup }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/devtools/archive/install.sls b/kubernetes/devtools/archive/install.sls
index 15ee0a0b..646c24f6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/devtools/archive/install.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/devtools/archive/install.sls
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
     - recurse:
         - user
         - group
+                     {%- elif tool in ('devspace', 'k3s', 'kind', 'linkerd2', 'minikube', 'skaffold', 'stern') %}
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: mv {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }} {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}.exe
+    - onlyif: test -f {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}
+
                      {%- endif %}
                      {%- if (d.linux.altpriority|int == 0 and grains.os != 'Windows') or grains.os_family in ('Arch', 'MacOS') %}
                          {%- for cmd in d.devtools['pkg'][tool]['commands']|unique %}
@@ -67,4 +72,20 @@
                {% endif %}
             {% endif %}
         {%- endfor %}
+        {%- if grains.os == 'Windows' %}{# tidyup c:\kubernetes\bin #}
+
+{{ formula }}-devtools-archive-install-windows-tidyup:
+  cmd.run:
+    - names:
+      - mv {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}istio-{{ d.devtools.pkg.istio.version }}{{d.div~'bin'~d.div}}istioctl {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}
+      - mv {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}octant_{{ d.devtools.pkg.octant.version }}_Windows-64Bit{{ d.div }}octant {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}
+  file.absent:
+    - names:
+       - {{ d.dir.base ~ d.div ~ 'bin' ~ d.div }}/doc
+       - {{ d.dir.base ~ d.div ~ 'bin' ~ d.div }}/README.md
+       - {{ d.dir.base ~ d.div ~ 'bin' ~ d.div }}/LICENSE
+       - {{ d.dir.base ~ d.div ~ 'bin' ~ d.div }}istio-{{ d.devtools.pkg.istio.version }}
+       - {{ d.dir.base ~ d.div ~ 'bin' ~ d.div }}octant_{{ d.devtools.pkg.octant.version }}_Windows-64Bit
+
+        {%- endif %}
     {%- endif %}
diff --git a/kubernetes/devtools/binary/install.sls b/kubernetes/devtools/binary/install.sls
index 727ea071..2ca0de76 100644
--- a/kubernetes/devtools/binary/install.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/devtools/binary/install.sls
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@
     - mode: '0755'
     - user: {{ d.identity.rootuser }}
     - group: {{ d.identity.rootgroup }}
-                    {%- endif %}
+                    {%- elif tool in ('devspace', 'k3s', 'kind', 'linkerd2', 'minikube', 'skaffold', 'stern') %}
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: mv {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }} {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}.exe
+    - onlyif: test -f {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}
 
+                    {%- endif %}
                     {%- if (d.linux.altpriority|int == 0 and grains.os != 'Windows') or grains.os_family in ('Arch', 'MacOS') %}
                         {%- for cmd in p[tool]['commands']|unique %}
 {{ formula }}-devtools-binary-{{ tool }}-install-symlink-{{ cmd }}:
diff --git a/kubernetes/k3s/binary/install.sls b/kubernetes/k3s/binary/install.sls
index ddd55c67..402d2679 100644
--- a/kubernetes/k3s/binary/install.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/k3s/binary/install.sls
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@
     - source_hash: {{ d.k3s.pkg.binary.source_hash }}
     - makedirs: True
     - retry: {{ d.retry_option|json }}
-              {%- if grains.os != 'Windows' %}
+        {%- if grains.os != 'Windows' %}
     - mode: 755
     - user: {{ d.identity.rootuser }}
     - group: {{ d.identity.rootgroup }}
-              {%- endif %}
+        {%- else %}
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: mv {{ d.k3s.pkg.path }}k3s {{ d.k3s.pkg.path }}k3s.exe
+    - onlyif: test -f {{ d.k3s.pkg.path }}k3s
 
+        {%- endif %}
         {%- if (d.linux.altpriority|int == 0 and grains.os != 'Windows') or grains.os_family in ('Arch', 'MacOS') %}
             {%- for cmd in d.k3s.pkg['commands']|unique %}
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/map.jinja b/kubernetes/map.jinja
index 0b0eee44..7dc9bfa5 100644
--- a/kubernetes/map.jinja
+++ b/kubernetes/map.jinja
@@ -209,9 +209,11 @@
                     {%- endif %}
 
                     {# PATH #}
-                    {%- do p.update({ 'path': '%sk8s-%s-%s-%s%s'|format(path, c, i, p['version'], d.div) }) %}
-                    {%- if i in ('audit2rbac', 'cue', 'dive', 'istio', 'kubens', 'kubectx', 'octant', 'krew') %}
-                        {%- do p.update({ 'path': '%s%sbin%s'|format(p.path, d.div, d.div) }) %}
+		    {%- if grains.os != 'Windows' %}
+                        {%- do p.update({ 'path': '%sk8s-%s-%s-%s%s'|format(path, c, i, p['version'], d.div) }) %}
+                        {%- if i in ('audit2rbac', 'cue', 'dive', 'istio', 'kubens', 'kubectx', 'octant', 'krew') %}
+                            {%- do p.update({ 'path': '%s%sbin%s'|format(p.path, d.div, d.div) }) %}
+                        {%- endif %}
                     {%- endif %}
 
                     {%- if url %}
diff --git a/kubernetes/node/archive/install.sls b/kubernetes/node/archive/install.sls
index 22619b9c..c78ea1cd 100644
--- a/kubernetes/node/archive/install.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/node/archive/install.sls
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     - retry: {{ d.retry_option|json }}
     - enforce_toplevel: false
     - trim_output: true
+    - force: true
               {%- if grains.os != 'Windows' %}
     - user: {{ d.identity.rootuser }}
     - group: {{ d.identity.rootgroup }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/osfamilymap.yaml b/kubernetes/osfamilymap.yaml
index 0b6963c9..0950caa6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/osfamilymap.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/osfamilymap.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Windows:
       suffix: ''
       use_upstream: package
       binary:
+        options: '--strip-components=2'   # windows
         source_hash: '6ec32a8a62b69363a524c4f8db765ff4bd16ea7e5b0eb04aa5a667f8653eda18c357a97513d9e12f0ba1612516acb150deffb6e3608633c62b97a15b6efa7cc0'
   server: {}
   node:
@@ -106,7 +107,9 @@ Windows:
     pkg:
       use_upstream: archive
       archive:
+        options: '--strip-components=2'   # windows
         source_hash: '587651158c9999e64e06186ef2e65fe14d46ffdae28c5d8ee6261193bfe4967717f997ebe13857fa1893bbf492e1cc1f816bce86a94c6df9b7a0264848391397'  # noqa 204
+
   sigs:
     pkg:
       kind:
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ Windows:
         suffix: zip
         archive:
           source_hash: '07f276d1f1396a634881598fd8cd6532ed25325048081defccdb54512b6037f4'
-          options: ''
+          options: ''  # zipfile
       k3s:
         use_upstream: false   # no windows binary
       kubectx:
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ Windows:
         suffix: zip
         arch: ''  # noarch
         archive:
-          options: ''
+          options: ''  # zipfile
       cue:
         suffix: zip
         archive:
@@ -229,6 +232,7 @@ MacOS:
         suffix: zip
         archive:
           source_hash: 'f3ac074585bd3afbf529da7e37e5e8844150504fdb420f0cc930f31e766ce24a'
+          options: '' # zipfile
       linkerd2:
         binary:
           source_hash: '1adc9c53fe968383020b6c4047d42452754e05bc90d1a65f2261d729c6fab4df'
diff --git a/kubernetes/sigs/archive/install.sls b/kubernetes/sigs/archive/install.sls
index bff161b5..ebfbe603 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sigs/archive/install.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/sigs/archive/install.sls
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
     - recurse:
         - user
         - group
+                    {%- elif tool in ('kind',) %}
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: mv {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }} {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}.exe
+    - onlyif: test -f {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}
+
                     {%- endif %}
                     {%- if (d.linux.altpriority|int == 0 and grains.os != 'Windows') or grains.os_family in ('Arch', 'MacOS') %}
                         {%- for cmd in p['commands']|unique %}
diff --git a/kubernetes/sigs/binary/install.sls b/kubernetes/sigs/binary/install.sls
index b66cc769..7b8defff 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sigs/binary/install.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/sigs/binary/install.sls
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
       - pkg: {{ formula }}-sigs-binary-deps-install
     - user: {{ d.identity.rootuser }}
     - group: {{ d.identity.rootgroup }}
+                   {%- elif tool in ('kind',) %}
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: mv {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }} {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}.exe
+    - onlyif: test -f {{d.dir.base~d.div~'bin'~d.div}}{{ tool }}
+
                    {%- endif %}
                    {%- if (d.linux.altpriority|int == 0 and grains.os != 'Windows') or grains.os_family in ('Arch', 'MacOS') %}
                        {%- for cmd in p['commands']|unique %}