Most of you probably know this. I just learned today.
I erased a windows laptop and put Bodhi as a placeholder til I could get Solus XFCE. I did this all in WIN.
At Ventoy github download page the ventoy windows .EXE file is in a package called WINDOWS and the ventoy linux binary in a package called LINUX. I stupidly was led to believe to install in Windows I had to ventoy-format for Windows, in Windows.
the "windows"-formatted stick with ISOs works in my Solus. Go Figure. What a load of bollocks as you englishmen say. Maybe the IMG is for Mac but WIN/LINUX file separation they peddle is an illusion.
My "windows-formatted" stick is agnostic.
Just a PSA. Carry on.