diff --git a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/__init__.py b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/cloaking.py b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/cloaking.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..760bfe58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/cloaking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""How kfw puts windows away, and what `komorebic stop` does to them."""
+
+from komorebi_vm.core.checks import Checks
+from komorebi_vm.core.platform import Client
+
+from ..windows_platform import WindowsPlatform
+
+
+def _flags(platform: WindowsPlatform, client: Client) -> dict:
+    window = platform.os_window_by_title(client.title) or {}
+    return {"cloaked": window.get("cloaked"), "minimized": window.get("minimized")}
+
+
+def run(platform: WindowsPlatform, checks: Checks, clients: list[Client]) -> None:
+    """Sends the last of `clients` to workspace 1 and minimizes the first,
+    stops the daemon and starts it again. The daemon has `clients` tiled; it
+    runs at the end."""
+    away, minimized = clients[-1], clients[0]
+    platform.activate(away)
+    platform.wait_for(lambda: True, 1)
+    platform.komorebic("send-to-workspace", "1")
+    checks.check(
+        "a window on another workspace is cloaked, not minimized",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: platform.hidden(away))
+        and _flags(platform, away)["minimized"] is False,
+    )
+    platform.minimize(minimized)
+    checks.check(
+        "a minimized window is minimized, not cloaked",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: _flags(platform, minimized)["minimized"] is True)
+        and _flags(platform, minimized)["cloaked"] is False,
+    )
+
+    platform.komorebic("stop")
+    platform.wait_for(lambda: platform.komorebic_status("state")[0] != 0, 20)
+    checks.check(
+        "after `komorebic stop` the window that was put away is not cloaked",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: _flags(platform, away)["cloaked"] is False),
+    )
+    checks.check(
+        "... and the minimized one is still minimized",
+        _flags(platform, minimized)["minimized"] is True,
+    )
+    platform.start_komorebi()
diff --git a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/config_file.py b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/config_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..446841b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/config_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""kfw watches the configuration file it was started with."""
+
+import json
+
+from komorebi_vm.core.checks import Checks
+from komorebi_vm.core.platform import Client
+
+from ..windows_platform import CONFIG_PATH, WindowsPlatform
+
+
+def _config(name: str) -> dict:
+    return {"monitors": [{"workspaces": [{"name": name, "layout": "BSP"}]}]}
+
+
+def _name(platform: WindowsPlatform) -> str | None:
+    return platform.state().monitors[0].workspaces[0].name
+
+
+def run(platform: WindowsPlatform, checks: Checks, clients: list[Client]) -> None:
+    """Starts the daemon from a file and changes the file on disk. The daemon
+    runs at the end, on the new file."""
+    platform.restart_with(_config("before"))
+    checks.check("the daemon starts with the name in the file", _name(platform) == "before")
+
+    changed = platform._out / "komorebi-changed.json"
+    changed.write_text(json.dumps(_config("after")))
+    platform._agent.put_file(changed, CONFIG_PATH)
+    checks.check(
+        "a changed file is read by the daemon on its own",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: _name(platform) == "after", timeout=30),
+    )
+    platform.komorebic("replace-configuration", CONFIG_PATH)
+    checks.check(
+        "`replace-configuration` reads it again and the name stays",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: _name(platform) == "after", timeout=10),
+    )
diff --git a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/padding.py b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/padding.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a1bd602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/padding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""What kfw adds to the padding its state names: the room of the border."""
+
+from komorebi_vm.core.checks import Checks
+from komorebi_vm.core.platform import Client
+
+from ..windows_platform import WindowsPlatform
+
+# kfw pads a window by the width of its border plus the border's offset when
+# borders are on, which they are by default (border_manager: 8 and -1)
+BORDER_ROOM = 8 - 1
+
+
+def run(platform: WindowsPlatform, checks: Checks, clients: list[Client]) -> None:
+    """Measures how far the tiled windows of the first workspace are from the
+    edges of the work area and from each other, against the paddings the
+    state gives. The daemon has `clients` tiled, with its default padding."""
+    workspace = platform.state().workspace()
+    padding = workspace.workspace_padding
+    container = workspace.container_padding
+    if padding is None or container is None:
+        checks.skip("the state gives the paddings", "it does not")
+        return
+    area = platform.work_area()
+    frames = [w.frame for c in clients if (w := platform.os_window(c)) is not None]
+    inset = padding + container + BORDER_ROOM
+    edges = (
+        min(f.x for f in frames) - area.x,
+        min(f.y for f in frames) - area.y,
+        area.x + area.w - max(f.x + f.w for f in frames),
+        area.y + area.h - max(f.y + f.h for f in frames),
+    )
+    print(f"     paddings {padding}/{container}, edges {edges}")
+    checks.check(
+        f"the windows are {inset} px from every edge: both paddings and "
+        f"{BORDER_ROOM} px for the border",
+        all(edge == inset for edge in edges),
+    )
+    first = min(frames, key=lambda f: f.x)
+    neighbours = [f for f in frames if f.x > first.x and f.y < first.y + first.h
+                  and f.y + f.h > first.y]
+    if neighbours:
+        gap = min(f.x for f in neighbours) - (first.x + first.w)
+        checks.check(
+            f"two windows side by side are {2 * (container + BORDER_ROOM)} px apart",
+            gap == 2 * (container + BORDER_ROOM),
+        )
diff --git a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/second_display.py b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/second_display.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..207e2a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/second_display.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""A second display, before any is unplugged: its monitor and a window sent to it."""
+
+from komorebi_vm.core.checks import Checks
+from komorebi_vm.core.platform import Client
+
+from ..windows_platform import WindowsPlatform
+
+
+def run(platform: WindowsPlatform, checks: Checks, clients: list[Client]) -> None:
+    """Plugs in a second display, checks the monitor the daemon has for it,
+    sends the last of `clients` there and checks where it is and what has
+    the focus. The display stays plugged in."""
+    platform.add_display()
+    checks.check(
+        "the daemon has a monitor for the second display",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: len(platform.state().monitors) == 2, timeout=30),
+    )
+    displays = platform.displays()
+    sizes = [(m.size.w, m.size.h) for m in platform.state().monitors]
+    checks.check(
+        "each monitor has the size of its display",
+        sizes == [(d.w, d.h) for d in displays],
+    )
+
+    moved = clients[-1]
+    platform.activate(moved)
+    platform.komorebic("move-to-monitor", "1")
+    checks.check(
+        "`move-to-monitor 1` takes the window to the second monitor",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: platform.state().workspace_of(moved.title, monitor=1) == 0),
+    )
+    checks.check(
+        "... where the operating system has it inside the second display",
+        platform.wait_for(
+            lambda: (w := platform.os_window(moved)) is not None
+            and w.frame.inside(displays[1], 1)
+        ),
+    )
+    checks.check(
+        "... and the others stay on the first monitor",
+        all(platform.state().workspace_of(c.title, monitor=0) is not None
+            for c in clients[:-1]),
+    )
+    checks.check(
+        "the daemon's focus is the operating system's: the moved window",
+        platform.wait_for(
+            lambda: platform.state().focused_title(monitor=1) == moved.title
+            and (w := platform.os_window(moved)) is not None and w.focused
+        ),
+    )
diff --git a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/tracking.py b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/tracking.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80db92ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/extras/tracking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""kfw's focus follows mouse is the setting of Windows itself."""
+
+from komorebi_vm.core.checks import Checks
+from komorebi_vm.core.platform import Client
+
+from ..windows_platform import WindowsPlatform
+
+# SPI_GETACTIVEWINDOWTRACKING
+GET = (
+    "Add-Type -Name S -Namespace K -MemberDefinition "
+    "'[DllImport(\"user32.dll\")] public static extern bool "
+    "SystemParametersInfo(uint a, uint b, ref int c, uint d);'; "
+    "$v = 0; [void][K.S]::SystemParametersInfo(0x1000, 0, [ref]$v, 0); $v"
+)
+
+
+def _tracking(platform: WindowsPlatform) -> str:
+    return platform._agent.exec("powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", GET)["stdout"].strip()
+
+
+def run(platform: WindowsPlatform, checks: Checks, clients: list[Client]) -> None:
+    """Turns focus follows mouse on and off and reads the system's active
+    window tracking each time. It is left off."""
+    checks.check("window tracking is off to begin with", _tracking(platform) == "0")
+    platform.komorebic("focus-follows-mouse", "enable")
+    checks.check(
+        "`focus-follows-mouse enable` turns on the system's window tracking",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: _tracking(platform) == "1"),
+    )
+    platform.komorebic("focus-follows-mouse", "disable")
+    checks.check(
+        "`focus-follows-mouse disable` turns it off",
+        platform.wait_for(lambda: _tracking(platform) == "0"),
+    )
diff --git a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/run.py b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/run.py
index 39608650..5fbd9b16 100644
--- a/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/run.py
+++ b/e2e/platforms/qemu_windows/run.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from komorebi_vm.core.checks import Checks
+from komorebi_vm.core.suite import platform_only, run_suite, shared
 
 from .agent import AgentError, AgentLost
 from .guest import Guest
@@ -124,6 +125,13 @@ WITH_CLIENTS = {
     "scrolling", "locking",
 }
 
+# what only Windows can check, `extras/<name>.py`, after the tiling windows
+EXTRAS = {
+    "windows_padding": "padding", "windows_cloaking": "cloaking",
+    "windows_config_file": "config_file", "windows_tracking": "tracking",
+    "windows_second_display": "second_display",
+}
+
 # a small configuration for the sweep's `replace-configuration`
 SWEEP_CONFIG = '{"monitors":[{"workspaces":[{"name":"again","layout":"BSP"}]}]}'
 SWEEP_CONFIG_PATH = "C:\\e2e\\sweep.json"
@@ -229,9 +237,11 @@ def run_one(
 ) -> RecordedChecks:
     out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     module = "commands" if name == "unknown_monitor" else name
-    scenario = importlib.import_module(
-        f"komorebi_vm.core.scenarios.{module}"
-    )
+    scenario = None
+    if name not in EXTRAS:
+        scenario = importlib.import_module(
+            f"komorebi_vm.core.scenarios.{module}"
+        )
     tiling = importlib.import_module("komorebi_vm.core.scenarios.tiling")
     capture = os.environ.get("KOMOREBI_E2E_CAPTURE")
 
@@ -256,6 +266,17 @@ def run_one(
         if recorder:
             _start_recorder(platform, Path(recorder), guest, out)
         try:
+            if name in EXTRAS:
+                extra = importlib.import_module(
+                    f"platforms.qemu_windows.extras.{EXTRAS[name]}"
+                )
+                clients = run_suite(
+                    checks, shared(tiling.run, platform, checks)
+                )[0]
+                run_suite(checks, platform_only(
+                    "windows", extra.run, platform, checks, clients
+                ))
+                return checks
             if name in WITH_CLIENTS:
                 clients = tiling.run(platform, checks)
                 if capture and name == "stacks":