diff --git a/client/ayon_core/tools/traypublisher/window.py b/client/ayon_core/tools/traypublisher/window.py
index dad314e510..4335b9e92b 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/tools/traypublisher/window.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/tools/traypublisher/window.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from qtpy import QtWidgets, QtCore
 import qtawesome
 import appdirs
 
-from ayon_core.lib import JSONSettingRegistry
+from ayon_core.lib import JSONSettingRegistry, is_running_from_build
 from ayon_core.pipeline import install_host
 from ayon_core.hosts.traypublisher.api import TrayPublisherHost
 from ayon_core.tools.publisher.control_qt import QtPublisherController
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def main():
 
     app_instance = get_ayon_qt_app()
 
-    if platform.system().lower() == "windows":
+    if not is_running_from_build() and platform.system().lower() == "windows":
         import ctypes
         ctypes.windll.shell32.SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(
             u"traypublisher"