diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts
index f39b284bfc4..2f8f53a0432 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const electronMocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
     BrowserWindow: { fromId: vi.fn((_id: number): unknown => null) },
     webContents: { fromId: vi.fn((_id: number): unknown => null) },
     ipcMain,
-    app: { getPath: vi.fn(() => '/tmp') }
+    app: { getPath: vi.fn(() => '/tmp'), isPackaged: false }
   }
 })
 
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ vi.mock('../git/git-username', async () => {
 
 function resetRuntimeTestMocks(): void {
   resetPlatform()
+  electronMocks.app.isPackaged = false
   clearConfiguredWorktreeSharedDirectoriesCacheForTests()
   _resetTerminalViewAttributesForTest()
   advertisedUrlWatcher.clear()
@@ -1719,6 +1720,7 @@ describe('OrcaRuntimeService', () => {
   })
 
   it('reconciles hooks only when paired-client hook settings change', async () => {
+    electronMocks.app.isPackaged = true
     let settings = {
       ...store.getSettings(),
       agentStatusHooksEnabled: true,
@@ -1742,7 +1744,10 @@ describe('OrcaRuntimeService', () => {
     expect(applyAgentStatusHooksEnabledMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       true,
       expect.objectContaining({ disabledTuiAgents: ['claude'] }),
-      expect.objectContaining({ shouldContinue: expect.any(Function) })
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        shouldContinue: expect.any(Function),
+        shouldHydrateShellPath: process.platform !== 'win32'
+      })
     )
   })
 
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
index a7c6063ed18..ae9dca63c5b 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../shared/claude-agent-teams-tmux-compat'
 import { joinWorktreeRelativePath } from './runtime-relative-paths'
 import { collectMemorySnapshot } from '../memory/collector'
-import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain, Notification } from 'electron'
+import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, Notification } from 'electron'
 import type { AgentBrowserBridge } from '../browser/agent-browser-bridge'
 import type { BrowserBackend } from '../browser/browser-backend'
 import { BrowserError } from '../browser/cdp-bridge'
@@ -3335,6 +3335,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeService {
         return
       }
       await applyAgentStatusHooksEnabled(settings.agentStatusHooksEnabled !== false, settings, {
+        shouldHydrateShellPath: app.isPackaged && process.platform !== 'win32',
         onInstallError: recordManagedHookInstallFailure,
         shouldContinue: (agent) => {
           const current = this.store?.getSettings()