diff --git a/packages/debugger-shell/src/electron/MainInstanceEntryPoint.js b/packages/debugger-shell/src/electron/MainInstanceEntryPoint.js
index 3434787d5f67..a7d0adeb3662 100644
--- a/packages/debugger-shell/src/electron/MainInstanceEntryPoint.js
+++ b/packages/debugger-shell/src/electron/MainInstanceEntryPoint.js
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ function handleLaunchArgs(argv: string[]) {
       // Icon for Linux
       icon: path.join(__dirname, 'resources', 'icon.png'),
     });
+    // Auto-hide the Windows/Linux menu bar
+    frontendWindow.setMenuBarVisibility(false);
   }
 
   // Open links in the default browser instead of in new Electron windows.
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/DefaultBrowserLauncher.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/DefaultBrowserLauncher.js
index 1cfe3a1a2afe..dfe393c409f1 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/DefaultBrowserLauncher.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/utils/DefaultBrowserLauncher.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const DefaultBrowserLauncher = {
     windowKey: string,
   ): Promise<void> {
     return await unstable_spawnDebuggerShellWithArgs(
-      ['--frontendUrl', url, '--windowKey', windowKey],
+      ['--frontendUrl=' + url, '--windowKey=' + windowKey],
       {
         mode: 'detached',
         flavor: process.env.RNDT_DEV === '1' ? 'dev' : 'prebuilt',