diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build_and_package.yml b/.github/workflows/_build_and_package.yml
index 8ac2b419..66648b12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build_and_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build_and_package.yml
@@ -5,33 +5,11 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  QC:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set Environment Variables
-      uses: "./.github/workflows/setup"
-    - name: Quality Control
-      uses: "./.github/workflows/qc"
-
-  Test:
-    needs: QC
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set Environment Variables
-      uses: "./.github/workflows/setup"
-    - name: "Test (Backend)"
-      uses: "./.github/workflows/test"
-
   Build:
-    needs: Test
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -46,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build/windows/action.yml b/.github/workflows/build/windows/action.yml
index 16506979..b686f048 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build/windows/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build/windows/action.yml
@@ -5,44 +5,61 @@ inputs:
   cacheOnly:
     type: boolean
     default: false
+  msvcVersion:
+    type: string
+    default: '19.44'
+    required: true
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
 
-  - name: Install Chocolatey Dependencies
-    shell: bash
-    run: choco install -y ninja
-
   - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
     with:
-      python-version: '3.11'
+      python-version:  ${{ env.pythonVersion }}
+
+#  - name: Install Downgraded MSVC
+#    shell: powershell
+#    run: |
+#      # For versions update see here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/workload-component-id-vs-build-tools?view=vs-2022
+#      Set-Location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\"
+#      $InstallPath = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise"
+#      $componentsToInstall= @(
+#      "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.${{ inputs.msvcVersion }}.x86.x64"
+#      "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.${{ inputs.msvcVersion }}.ATL"
+#      )
+#      [string]$workloadArgs = $componentsToInstall | ForEach-Object {" --add " +  $_}
+#      $Arguments = ('/c', "vs_installer.exe", 'modify', '--installPath', "`"$InstallPath`"",$workloadArgs, '--quiet', '--norestart', '--nocache')
+#      # should be run twice
+#      $process = Start-Process -FilePath cmd.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden
+#      $process = Start-Process -FilePath cmd.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden
+
+  - name: Setup cmake
+    uses: jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@v2
+    with:
+      cmake-version: '3.x'
 
   - name: Install Python Dependencies
     shell: bash
-    run: pip3 install aqtinstall
+    run: pip3 install py7zr==1.1.0 aqtinstall conan
 
-  - name: Retrieve Qt Cache
-    id: cache-qt
-    uses: actions/cache@v4
-    with:
-      key: windows-qt-${{ env.qtVersion }}
-      path: ${{ runner.temp }}\qt
+#  - name: Retrieve Qt Cache
+#    id: cache-qt
+#    uses: actions/cache@v4
+#    with:
+#      key: windows-qt-${{ env.qtVersion }}
+#      path: ${{ runner.temp }}\qt
 
   - name: Install Qt
-    # if: ${{ steps.cache-qt.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
+#    if: ${{ steps.cache-qt.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
     shell: bash
     run: |
       aqt install-qt --outputdir ${RUNNER_TEMP}/qt windows desktop ${{ env.qtVersion }} win64_msvc2019_64 -m all
 
-  - name: Remove /usr/bin/link
-    shell: bash
-    run: |
-      echo "Removing /usr/bin/link.exe since it will conflict with our MSVC paths..."
-      rm -rf /usr/bin/link.exe
-
   - name: Setup MSVC Compiler
     uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+#    with:
+#      toolset: ${{ inputs.msvcVersion }}
 
   - name: Build Frontend
     shell: bash
@@ -50,9 +67,15 @@ runs:
       cd frontend
 
       Qt6_DIR="${RUNNER_TEMP}\qt\${{ env.qtVersion }}\msvc2019_64"
+      export PATH="${Qt6_DIR}\bin;$PATH"
+      echo $Qt6_DIR
+      ls $Qt6_DIR
+
+      mkdir build && cd build
 
-      cmake --preset ci-windows
-      cmake --build --preset build
+      cmake ../ -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl
+      #cmake --preset ci-windows
+      #cmake --build --preset build
 
   - name: Deploy Runtime Libs
     shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup/action.yml b/.github/workflows/setup/action.yml
index b4c1bd21..525115dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup/action.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ runs:
     shell: bash
     run: |
       set -ex
-      echo "pythonVersion=3.10" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
-      echo "qtVersion=6.3.*" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      echo "pythonVersion=3.11" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      echo "qtVersion=6.4.2" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
   - name: Get Code Version
     shell: bash