diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index bed458e..76b923b 100644
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ reload() {
 }
 
 update-shell() {
-    if [[ '${platform,,}' == *'ming'* ]]; then
+    if [[ ${platform,,} == *'ming'* ]]; then
         pacman -Syu
         printf "\n${BOLD}${YELLOW}Close this shell, open a new one, and then run 'pacman -Su'${NORMAL}\n"
     fi
@@ -148,6 +148,30 @@ remove_extra_spaces() {
     echo "$ret"
 }
 
+flash_taskbar() {
+    if [[ ${platform,,} == *'ming'* ]]; then
+      powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "
+      \$h = (Get-Process mintty -EA SilentlyContinue | ? MainWindowHandle | select -First 1).MainWindowHandle
+      if (-not \$h) { exit }
+
+      Add-Type -TypeDefinition 'using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+      public static class F {
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public struct I { public uint cb; public IntPtr h; public uint f; public uint c; public uint t; }
+        [DllImport(\"user32.dll\")] public static extern bool FlashWindowEx(ref I i);
+      }'
+      \$i = New-Object F+I
+      \$i.cb = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SizeOf(\$i)
+      \$i.h  = [IntPtr]\$h
+      \$i.f  = 2 -bor 12
+      \$i.c  = 0
+      \$i.t  = 0
+      [F]::FlashWindowEx([ref]\$i) | Out-Null
+      "
+    else
+        echo "flash_taskbar not implemented for this platform"
+    fi
+}
+
 ##################
 # Building code
 ##################
@@ -198,7 +222,7 @@ if [[ $platform == 'Darwin' ]]; then
   alias trash='rmtrash'
   alias tt='rmtrash'
 
-elif [[ "${platform,,}" == *'ming'* ]]; then # convert to lowercase then compare with wildcard
+elif [[ ${platform,,} == *'ming'* ]]; then # convert to lowercase then compare with wildcard
   #alias rm='echo "use trash command instead!"'
   #alias rmr='echo "use trash command instead!"'
   alias trash='remove_windows_file'
@@ -226,7 +250,7 @@ mkcd() {
 alias aliases='vim ~/.aliases'
 alias al='aliases'
 
-if [[ "${platform,,}" == *'ming'* ]]; then
+if [[ ${platform,,} == *'ming'* ]]; then
     _checksum() {
         local algo="$1"
         local file="$2"
@@ -412,6 +436,7 @@ function my_transcribe_video() {
     else
         transcribe-video "$file" "$output" $start_time $end_time tiny base
     fi
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 function my_transcribe_video_all_models() {
@@ -433,6 +458,7 @@ function my_transcribe_video_all_models() {
     if [[ $end_time   == "" ]]; then end_time="0"; fi
 
     transcribe-video "$file" "$output" $start_time $end_time tiny base small medium
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 
@@ -509,6 +535,7 @@ download_youtube_vid() {
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then cd ..; fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 
@@ -555,6 +582,7 @@ download_youtube_playlist() {
     cd ..
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading the playlist\n${NORMAL}"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 download_youtube_playlist_list() {
@@ -574,6 +602,7 @@ download_youtube_playlist_list() {
     eval $cmd  1>"${output_name}.txt"  # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading the playlist video list\n${NORMAL}"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 download_youtube_uploads_list() {
@@ -602,6 +631,7 @@ download_youtube_uploads_list() {
     eval $cmd  1>"${output_name}.txt"  # Need to eval in order to preserve the quotes wrapping the filename format string.
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading the upload list\n${NORMAL}"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 function download_youtube_audio() {
@@ -646,6 +676,7 @@ function download_youtube_audio() {
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then cd ..; fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 # Download Twitch chat transcript
@@ -699,9 +730,13 @@ download_twitch_chat() {
 # To extract a portion of a video, you have to first download the entire file and then use the
 # `trim-video` or `compress-video' with a time range.
 #
-# To download a portion of a stream:
+# To download a partial stream use one of these commands. We need to reencode to remove extra frames from the start/end with a negative timeline.
 #
-# yt-dlp -f "b" --external-downloader ffmpeg --external-downloader-args "ffmpeg_i:-ss 5:25:38.00 -to 5:56:50.00" URL
+#   This reencodes during the download, slightly faster than the next option:
+#   yt-dlp -f "b" --external-downloader ffmpeg --external-downloader-args "ffmpeg_i:-ss 0:7:10.00 -to 0:8:06.00" --external-downloader-args "ffmpeg_o:-c:v libx264 -c:a aac" URL
+#
+#   Download then re-encode:
+#   yt-dlp -f "b" --external-downloader ffmpeg --external-downloader-args "ffmpeg_i:-ss 5:25:38.00 -to 5:56:50.00" URL -o temp.mp4 ; trim-video-cpu temp.mp4 "FINAL_NAME" 0
 #
 download_twitch_vid() {
     local format="$1"
@@ -812,6 +847,7 @@ download_twitch_vid() {
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then cd ..; fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 # Download Vimeo videos.
@@ -898,6 +934,7 @@ download_vimeo_vid() {
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then cd ..; fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 # Download Twitter videos.
@@ -966,9 +1003,12 @@ download_twitter_vid() {
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then cd ..; fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 # Download Instagram videos.
+# If the download fails because you need to be authenticated then don't use the cookies arg because IG will flag your
+# account as a bot and might ban you. Instead, use the instagram download code from private dotfiles.
 download_instagram_vid() {
     local transcribe="$1"
     local make_folder="$2"
@@ -1037,6 +1077,7 @@ download_instagram_vid() {
     if [[ $make_folder == "1" ]]; then cd ..; fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 # Download MP4 video.
@@ -1060,6 +1101,7 @@ download_mp4() {
     fi
 
     mv $temp_name "$filename.mp4"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 # Download a stream to mp4. Can be from an m3u8 file, an mpd, etc. Whatever the
@@ -1096,6 +1138,7 @@ download_mp4_from_stream() {
     fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 # Same notes from above regarding cookies/headers.
@@ -1117,6 +1160,7 @@ download_aac_from_stream() {
     fi
 
     printf "${BOLD}Finished downloading ${YELLOW}$filename${NORMAL}\n"
+    flash_taskbar
 }
 
 
@@ -1293,7 +1337,7 @@ function compress_and_normalize_volume() {
         error "Provide a final file name and optional args for compress-video"
         return
     fi
-    compress-video f.mp4 ff $opts ; normalize-volume ff.mp4 "$final_name"
+    compress-video f.mp4 ff $opts ; normalize-volume ff.mp4 "$final_name" ; flash_taskbar
 }
 
 alias cvn='compress_and_normalize_volume'
@@ -1302,7 +1346,7 @@ alias cvn='compress_and_normalize_volume'
 # Git
 ####################################################################################################
 
-if [[ '${platform,,}' == *'ming'* ]]; then
+if [[ ${platform,,} == *'ming'* ]]; then
     # Fix a weird mingw 'not a valid identifierline' error.
     # Got the fix from https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/735#issuecomment-328938800
     alias git="PATH=/usr/bin git"
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/analyze-volume b/dotfiles/bin/analyze-volume
index 11a1dcf..635674e 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/analyze-volume
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/analyze-volume
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #
 # Inspired by https://superuser.com/a/323127 and https://superuser.com/a/1312885
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ eval $cmd
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Done analyzing audio in $filename\n${NORMAL}"
 printf "\n${YELLOW}${BOLD}Look at the reported max_volume value. If != 0 then call the change-volume script, passing it the filename, an output name and the delta to bring the volume to 0.\ne.g. if the max_volume is -5 db, then you would pass 5.${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/change-volume b/dotfiles/bin/change-volume
index 28077ae..4d30269 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/change-volume
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/change-volume
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #
 # Inspired by https://superuser.com/a/323127 and https://superuser.com/a/1312885
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -57,3 +59,4 @@ eval $cmd
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Done modifying volume in $filename.$extension | output: $output | delta: $delta_db${NORMAL}\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/compress-video b/dotfiles/bin/compress-video
index e5ca7dc..da1c480 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/compress-video
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/compress-video
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Bigger crf values == bigger compression.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -49,3 +51,5 @@ fi
 
 compress-video-with-crf $use_crf "$filename" "$output_name" $use_gpu $4 $5
 
+flash_taskbar
+
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/compress-video-with-crf b/dotfiles/bin/compress-video-with-crf
index 61958ec..2fdd8bc 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/compress-video-with-crf
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/compress-video-with-crf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Bigger crf values == bigger compression.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -95,3 +97,5 @@ else
         encode $crf
     done
 fi
+
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/convert-video-to-mp4 b/dotfiles/bin/convert-video-to-mp4
index e3dc354..2307722 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/convert-video-to-mp4
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/convert-video-to-mp4
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # This is for reencoding a non-mp4 video to mp4 using an mpeg4 encoder.
 # Can optionally compress the video.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -94,3 +96,5 @@ else
 fi
 
 printf "${GREEN}${BOLD}Done encoding '$filename.$extension' to '$output'${NORMAL}\n\n"
+
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/join-video b/dotfiles/bin/join-video
index 0b74ae4..e97a906 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/join-video
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/join-video
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Re-encodes the video to get a more accurate timeline. Same settings as trim-video-vbr.
 # If you want fast video joining at the expense of accuracy then use join-video-fast.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -64,3 +66,4 @@ time ffmpeg -y -stats -loglevel level+error -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Finished joining${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/join-video-fast b/dotfiles/bin/join-video-fast
index bbfc24c..373e98a 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/join-video-fast
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/join-video-fast
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # playback time might oscillate a bit. Use join-video for accurate joining at
 # the cost of a much slower processing time.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ ffmpeg -y -stats -loglevel level+error -f concat -safe 0 -i "$filename" -c copy
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Finished joining${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/normalize-volume b/dotfiles/bin/normalize-volume
index c61b6ce..0a89ce0 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/normalize-volume
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/normalize-volume
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #
 # Inspired by https://superuser.com/a/323127 and https://superuser.com/a/1312885
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -78,3 +80,4 @@ eval "$cmd"
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Done normalizing volume in $filename.$extension | output: $output${NORMAL}\n"
 rm $temp_file
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/trim-audio b/dotfiles/bin/trim-audio
index 3723a75..9a87d76 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/trim-audio
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/trim-audio
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Re-encodes the audio to get a more accurate seek time.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -58,3 +60,4 @@ ffmpeg -y -stats -loglevel level+error $timing_args -accurate_seek -i "$filename
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Finished trimming${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu
index 7bad89d..9e66367 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Re-encodes the video to get a more accurate seek time. If you want fast trimming at the expense of accuracy then use trim-video-fast.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -62,3 +64,4 @@ ffmpeg -y -stats -loglevel level+error $timing_args -accurate_seek -async 1 -i "
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Finished trimming${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu-fast b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu-fast
index 2d0f416..df899f0 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu-fast
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-cpu-fast
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # time might oscillate a bit. Use trim-video for accurate trimming at the cost
 # of a much slower processing time.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -64,3 +66,4 @@ ffmpeg -y -stats -loglevel level+error $timing_args -i "$filename.$extension" -c
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Finished trimming${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-target-rate b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-target-rate
index 4f44016..d2d1597 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-target-rate
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-target-rate
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Re-encodes the video using a constrained bitrate/output size. If you want to
 # control the visual quality with a variable bitrate then use trim-video-vbr
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -90,3 +92,4 @@ ffmpeg -y -stats -loglevel level+error -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Finished trimming${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-vbr b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-vbr
index a7cfed1..3d550af 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-vbr
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/trim-video-vbr
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #
 # The higher the CRF value, the higher the compression.
 
+source "$HOME/dotfiles/script_helpers/windows.sh"
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -124,3 +126,4 @@ time ffmpeg -y -stats -loglevel level+error -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format
 
 printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Finished trimming${NORMAL}\n\n"
 
+flash_taskbar