diff --git a/services/wolf.sh b/services/wolf.sh
index 74ca723..33018bd 100644
--- a/services/wolf.sh
+++ b/services/wolf.sh
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ EOF
         echo "  - Start Wolf and inject Steam + EmulationStation app profiles"
         echo "  - Create bios/ + retroarch/{cores,shaders,overlays}/ on the game drive and pre-download RetroArch cores (~1.5 GB)"
         echo "  - Offer to auto-download standalone emulator AppImages into emulators/:"
-        echo "      Azahar (3DS), PCSX2 (PS2), Dolphin (GameCube/Wii — unofficial community build)"
+        echo "      Azahar (3DS), PCSX2 (PS2), Dolphin (GameCube/Wii — unofficial community build,"
+        echo "      symlinked to Dolphin_Emulator.AppImage so ES-DE's own find-rules can see it)"
         echo "  - Offer to set up AntiMicroX (universal controller-combo hotkey, experimental —"
         echo "    downloads it and wires a Sway launch hook; the button mapping itself is"
         echo "    built later through AntiMicroX's own GUI)"
@@ -847,6 +848,24 @@ UDEV
     _wolf_download_emulator_appimage \
         "Dolphin (GameCube/Wii, community AppImage build)" "pkgforge-dev/Dolphin-emu-AppImage" "*[Dd]olphin*.AppImage" "$_EMU_DIR"
 
+    # ES-DE's own find-rules (es_find_rules.xml, DOLPHIN entry's <staticpath>)
+    # only match a file literally named Dolphin_Emulator*.AppImage under
+    # ~/Applications — confirmed live: ES-DE reported "Couldn't launch game,
+    # emulator not found" / unresolved %EMULATOR_DOLPHIN% even with the
+    # AppImage sitting right there in emulators/, because pkgforge-dev's own
+    # release asset isn't named that. Point ES-DE at it with a same-directory
+    # symlink under the exact name it looks for, without renaming/losing the
+    # real vendor filename. Re-run unconditionally (not just right after a
+    # fresh download) so this also repairs an existing install that grabbed
+    # the file before this fix existed.
+    local _DOLPHIN_REAL
+    _DOLPHIN_REAL=$(ls "$_EMU_DIR"/*[Dd]olphin*.AppImage 2>/dev/null | grep -vi '/Dolphin_Emulator.*\.AppImage$' | head -1)
+    if [[ -n "$_DOLPHIN_REAL" ]]; then
+        ln -sf "$(basename "$_DOLPHIN_REAL")" "$_EMU_DIR/Dolphin_Emulator.AppImage"
+        chown -h "$ACTUAL_USER:$ACTUAL_USER" "$_EMU_DIR/Dolphin_Emulator.AppImage" 2>/dev/null || true
+        log_success "Linked $_EMU_DIR/Dolphin_Emulator.AppImage -> $(basename "$_DOLPHIN_REAL") (the filename ES-DE's own find-rules require)"
+    fi
+
     # ── Optional: AntiMicroX for a universal controller-combo hotkey ─────────
     # RetroArch's own hotkeys (Settings -> Input -> Input Hotkey Binds) are
     # global across every libretro core, but Dolphin/PCSX2/Azahar each run as
@@ -3233,7 +3252,14 @@ them off to standalone AppImages instead:
   AppImage (dolphin-emu.org's own Linux distribution is Flatpak-only); this
   uses a well-regarded but **third-party** community AppImage build
   (pkgforge-dev) instead. Skip it and install Dolphin's own Flatpak by hand
-  if you'd rather not run an unofficial build.
+  if you'd rather not run an unofficial build. ES-DE only auto-detects a
+  file literally named \`Dolphin_Emulator*.AppImage\` — since pkgforge-dev's
+  own release asset isn't named that, this installer also drops a
+  \`Dolphin_Emulator.AppImage\` symlink next to the real download pointing at
+  it, so ES-DE actually finds it. If you ever grab a different Dolphin
+  AppImage by hand instead, re-point (or recreate) that symlink at it, or
+  ES-DE will report "emulator not found" even with the file sitting right
+  there.
 
 All three live in \`emulators/\` → mounted at \`/mnt/games/emulators\` and
 \`~/Applications\` (where ES-DE's app finder looks). Point ES-DE's