diff --git a/.github/workflows/xtracfg.yml b/.github/workflows/xtracfg.yml
index 6e112a6..6a11866 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/xtracfg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/xtracfg.yml
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ jobs:
           - runner: ubuntu-24.04
             type: linux
             platform: linux-amd64
-          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm #buildjet-2vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             type: linux
             platform: linux-arm64
           - runner: macos-14
             type: macos
             platform: darwin-arm64
-          #- runner: windows-2022
-          #  type: windows
-          #  platform: windows-amd64
+          - runner: windows-2022
+            type: windows
+            platform: windows-amd64
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ jobs:
           #cache-dependency-path: |
           #  xtracfg/*.gradle*
           #  xtracfg/**/gradle-wrapper.properties
+      - uses: egor-tensin/vs-shell@v2
+        if: ${{ matrix.os.type == 'windows' }}
+        with:
+          arch: x64
       - name: zlib
         if: ${{ matrix.os.type == 'linux' }}
         working-directory: /tmp
@@ -54,15 +58,24 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./libxtracfg/java
         run: |
           ./gradlew nativeCompile -PLIB=true
+      - name: log0
+        run: |
+          cat ./libxtracfg/java/build/native/nativeCompile/logs/compiler_commands.txt
       - name: log1
         run: |
           ls -l ./libxtracfg/c/build
-      # TODO: windows
       - name: c
+        if: ${{ matrix.os.type != 'windows' }}
         working-directory: ./libxtracfg/c
         run: |
           ./build.sh
           ./test.sh
+      - name: c
+        if: ${{ matrix.os.type == 'windows' }}
+        working-directory: ./libxtracfg/c
+        run: |
+          ./build.bat
+          ./test.bat
       - name: log2
         run: |
           ls -l ./libxtracfg/c/build
@@ -74,13 +87,22 @@ jobs:
           npm --loglevel verbose run test
       - name: log3
         run: |
-          ls -lR ./libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/prebuilds
+          ls -R ./libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/prebuilds
       # TODO: run tests for java, c, go
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ matrix.os.type != 'windows' }}
         with:
           name: libxtracfg-c-${{ matrix.os.platform }}
           path: ./libxtracfg/c/build/libxtracfg.a
           retention-days: 1
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ matrix.os.type == 'windows' }}
+        with:
+          name: libxtracfg-c-${{ matrix.os.platform }}
+          path: |
+            ./libxtracfg/c/build/libxtracfg.lib 
+            ./libxtracfg/c/build/libxtracfgjni_static_ext.lib
+          retention-days: 1
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: libxtracfg-c-hash-${{ matrix.os.platform }}
@@ -101,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           - runner: ubuntu-24.04
             type: linux
             platform: linux-amd64
-          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm #buildjet-2vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             type: linux
             platform: linux-arm64
           - runner: macos-14
@@ -113,6 +135,7 @@ jobs:
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ./xtracfg
+        shell: bash
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -137,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
           CMD_GIT_BRANCH: github.com/interactive-instruments/xtraplatform-cli/xtracfg/cmd.gitBranch=${{ github.ref_name }}
           CMD_GIT_SHA: github.com/interactive-instruments/xtraplatform-cli/xtracfg/cmd.gitSha=${{ steps.short-sha.outputs.substring }}
           CMD_GIT_TAG: github.com/interactive-instruments/xtraplatform-cli/xtracfg/cmd.gitTag=${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.ref_name || '' }}
-          EXT_LDFLAGS: ${{ matrix.os.type == 'macos' && '-framework CoreServices -framework Foundation' || '-z noexecstack' }}
+          EXT_LDFLAGS: ${{ (matrix.os.type == 'macos' && '-framework CoreServices -framework Foundation') || (matrix.os.type == 'linux' && '-z noexecstack') || '' }}
         run: |
           go build -o build/xtracfg -ldflags="-s -w -X ${CMD_GIT_TAG} -X ${CMD_GIT_SHA} -X ${CMD_GIT_BRANCH} '-extldflags=${EXT_LDFLAGS}'"
       - name: log1
diff --git a/libxtracfg/c/build.bat b/libxtracfg/c/build.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..548abb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxtracfg/c/build.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+@echo off
+REM Windows batch file conversion of build.sh
+
+SET OUT_DIR=build
+SET PLATFORM=win32
+SET EXT=lib
+
+if not exist %OUT_DIR% mkdir %OUT_DIR%
+
+cd %OUT_DIR%
+
+echo lib
+
+REM static
+cl.exe /c /MD /W4 /I./ /I%JAVA_HOME%/include /I%JAVA_HOME%/include/%PLATFORM% /Folibxtracfg.obj ../wrapper/libxtracfg.c
+lib.exe /OUT:libxtracfg.lib /VERBOSE libxtracfg.obj libxtracfgjni_static.lib
+
+certutil -hashfile libxtracfg.lib SHA1 > libxtracfg.sha1sum.tmp
+REM Extract just the hash from certutil output (it includes headers/footers)
+findstr /v "SHA1 CertUtil" libxtracfg.sha1sum.tmp > libxtracfg.sha1sum
+del libxtracfg.sha1sum.tmp
+copy libxtracfg.sha1sum ..\..\go\xtracfg\
+
+echo test
+ls -l
+
+REM static
+cl.exe /MD /I./ /Fetest.exe ^
+ ../test/main.c ^
+ libxtracfg.lib ^
+ libxtracfgjni_static_ext.lib ^
+ /link ^
+  /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT ^
+  /FILEALIGN:4096 ^
+  /LIBPATH:./ ^
+  /WHOLEARCHIVE:libxtracfg.lib
+
+ls -l
+
+cd ..
diff --git a/libxtracfg/c/build.sh b/libxtracfg/c/build.sh
index a568cf5..3e4d41e 100755
--- a/libxtracfg/c/build.sh
+++ b/libxtracfg/c/build.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ echo "lib"
 clang -c -Wall -fPIC -I./ -I$JAVA_HOME/include -I$JAVA_HOME/include/${PLATFORM} -o libxtracfg.o ../wrapper/libxtracfg.c
 cp libxtracfgjni.a libxtracfg.a
 ar -rv libxtracfg.a libxtracfg.o
+
 if [ "$PLATFORM" = "darwin" ]; then
 shasum libxtracfg.a > libxtracfg.sha1sum
 else
diff --git a/libxtracfg/c/native-image/static-compiler-windows.bat b/libxtracfg/c/native-image/static-compiler-windows.bat
index f434a3c..c78c074 100755
--- a/libxtracfg/c/native-image/static-compiler-windows.bat
+++ b/libxtracfg/c/native-image/static-compiler-windows.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ REM in a local temp directory and does not specify the output path anywhere. Tes
 REM GraalVM jdk21.+35.1 on Windows 10 and may need to be modified for other versions.
 REM
 REM Use with --native-compiler-path=${pathToThisScript}.bat
-set OUTPUT_PATH=%~dp0\..\..\target\image
+set OUTPUT_PATH=%~dp0\..\..\java\build\native\nativeCompile
 
 REM Determine the library name based on the .dll argument. ~nP returns the filename
 REM without quotes, i.e., "path\myLibrary.dll" returns myLibrary
@@ -20,29 +20,52 @@ for %%P in (%*) do (
     )
 )
 
-REM Do a simple forward for any calls that are used to compile individual C files
-IF "%LIB_NAME%"=="" (
-    cmd /c cl %*
-    exit /b
-)
-
 REM Setup log path and log file
 set LOG_PATH=%OUTPUT_PATH%\logs
 set LOG_FILE=%LOG_PATH%\compiler_commands.txt
 if not exist %LOG_PATH% mkdir %LOG_PATH%
 
-echo Working directory: %CD% > %LOG_FILE%
+REM Do a simple forward for any calls that are used to compile individual C files
+IF "%LIB_NAME%"=="" (
+    echo Forwarding to cl.exe for compiling C file: %* >> %LOG_FILE%
+    cmd /c cl.exe %*
+    exit /b
+)
+
+echo Working directory: %CD% >> %LOG_FILE%
 echo Output path: %OUTPUT_PATH% >> %LOG_FILE%
 echo Library name: %LIB_NAME% >> %LOG_FILE%
+echo Java home: %JAVA_HOME% >> %LOG_FILE%
 
 echo ===================================================== >> %LOG_FILE%
 echo                   SHARED LIBRARY                      >> %LOG_FILE%
 echo ===================================================== >> %LOG_FILE%
 REM Modify the arguments if needed
 set CL_ARGS=%*
+REM set "CL_ARGS=%CL_ARGS:/MD /LD=/MT%"
+REM set "CL_ARGS=%CL_ARGS:/NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT=%"
 echo cl.exe %CL_ARGS% >> %LOG_FILE%
 cmd /c cl.exe %CL_ARGS%
 
+echo ===================================================== >> %LOG_FILE%
+echo                   STATIC EXTERNAL                     >> %LOG_FILE%
+echo ===================================================== >> %LOG_FILE%
+set LIBS_EXT=
+for %%P in (%*) do (
+    echo %%P >> %LOG_FILE%
+    echo %%P | findstr /R /C:"^[^/].*\.lib" 1>nul
+    if !errorlevel!==0 (
+        echo *** >> %LOG_FILE%
+        echo !LIBS_EXT! | findstr /C:"%%P" >nul
+        if !errorlevel!==1 (
+            set "LIBS_EXT=!LIBS_EXT! %%P"
+        )
+    )
+
+)
+REM set "LIBS_EXT=!LIBS_EXT:svm\clibraries\windows-amd64\jvm.lib=jvm.lib!"
+echo !LIBS_EXT! >> %LOG_FILE%
+
 echo ===================================================== >> %LOG_FILE%
 echo                   STATIC LIBRARY                      >> %LOG_FILE%
 echo ===================================================== >> %LOG_FILE%
@@ -50,6 +73,9 @@ REM To create a static library on Windows we need to call lib.exe input.obj /OUT
 REM We don't want to overwrite the .lib needed to compile against the .dll, so
 REM we append "_s" to indicate that it is a static library.
 if not exist %OUTPUT_PATH% mkdir %OUTPUT_PATH%
-set LIB_ARGS=%LIB_NAME%.obj /OUT:%OUTPUT_PATH%\%LIB_NAME%_s.lib
+set LIB_ARGS=%LIB_NAME%.obj /OUT:%OUTPUT_PATH%\%LIB_NAME%_static.lib
+echo lib.exe %LIB_ARGS% >> %LOG_FILE%
+cmd /c lib.exe %LIB_ARGS%
+set LIB_ARGS=!LIBS_EXT! /OUT:%OUTPUT_PATH%\%LIB_NAME%_static_ext.lib
 echo lib.exe %LIB_ARGS% >> %LOG_FILE%
 cmd /c lib.exe %LIB_ARGS%
diff --git a/libxtracfg/c/test.bat b/libxtracfg/c/test.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9e3474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxtracfg/c/test.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+REM @echo off
+
+set DIR=%~dp0
+set DIR=%DIR:~0,-1%
+set DIR=D:\\a\\xtraplatform-cli\\xtraplatform-cli\\libxtracfg\\c
+
+cd build
+
+cmd.exe /c test.exe "{\"command\": \"info\", \"source\": \"%DIR%\", \"debug\": \"true\", \"verbose\": \"true\"}"
+
+ldd test.exe
diff --git a/libxtracfg/c/test.sh b/libxtracfg/c/test.sh
index 2f0a63b..00f6113 100755
--- a/libxtracfg/c/test.sh
+++ b/libxtracfg/c/test.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 
 DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 
+ls -l ./build
+ldd ./build/test
+
 ./build/test "{\"command\": \"info\", \"source\": \"$DIR\", \"debug\": \"true\", \"verbose\": \"true\"}"
diff --git a/libxtracfg/c/wrapper/libxtracfg.c b/libxtracfg/c/wrapper/libxtracfg.c
index 13329d3..d8dc980 100644
--- a/libxtracfg/c/wrapper/libxtracfg.c
+++ b/libxtracfg/c/wrapper/libxtracfg.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_de_ii_xtraplatform_cli_Cli_00024NativeProgress_updat
 
 int xtracfg_init() {
   JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
-  JavaVMOption options[0];
+  JavaVMOption options[1];
   vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_10;
   vm_args.nOptions = 0;
   vm_args.options = options;
diff --git a/libxtracfg/go/xtracfg/client.go b/libxtracfg/go/xtracfg/client.go
index 0bf27ed..0fde199 100644
--- a/libxtracfg/go/xtracfg/client.go
+++ b/libxtracfg/go/xtracfg/client.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package xtracfg
 /*
 #cgo CFLAGS: -I ../../c/include
 #cgo LDFLAGS: -L../../c/build -lxtracfg
+#cgo windows LDFLAGS: -lxtracfgjni_static_ext
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "libxtracfg.h"
@@ -129,17 +130,15 @@ func (store Store) Handle(parameters map[string]interface{}, command string, sub
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error: %s", *response.Error)
 	}
 
-
 	if response.Results == nil {
 		return []Result{}, nil
 	}
 
-
 	for i := range *response.Results {
-        (*response.Results)[i].Details = response.Details
-    }
+		(*response.Results)[i].Details = response.Details
+	}
 
-    return *response.Results, nil
+	return *response.Results, nil
 }
 
 func (store Store) request(parameters map[string]interface{}, command string, subcommands ...string) (response *Response, err error) {
@@ -149,10 +148,8 @@ func (store Store) request(parameters map[string]interface{}, command string, su
 		parameters["subcommand"] = subcommands[0]
 	}
 
-
 	request, err := json.Marshal(parameters)
 
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error: Failed to marshal the request body. %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/binding.gyp b/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/binding.gyp
index 6041b03..b202856 100644
--- a/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/binding.gyp
+++ b/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/binding.gyp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     {
       'target_name': 'xtracfg-native',
       'sources': [ 'src/xtracfg_lib.cc' ],
-       'libraries': [ '<(local_prefix)/../c/build/libxtracfg.a' ],
       'include_dirs': ["<!@(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').include\")", "<(local_prefix)/../c/include"],
       'dependencies': ["<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').gyp\")"],
       'cflags': ['-fPIC'],
@@ -17,8 +16,28 @@
         "OTHER_CFLAGS": [ "-fPIC"]
       },
       'msvs_settings': {
-        'VCCLCompilerTool': { 'ExceptionHandling': 1 },
-      }
+        'VCCLCompilerTool': { 
+          'RuntimeLibrary': 2, # /MD
+          'ExceptionHandling': 1, 
+          'AdditionalOptions': [
+            '/MD',
+            '/EHsc',
+          ],
+          },
+        'VCLinkerTool': { 
+          'IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames': [ 'LIBCMT' ],
+          'AdditionalOptions': [
+            '/WHOLEARCHIVE:<(local_prefix)/../c/build/libxtracfg.lib',
+          ],
+          },
+      },
+      'conditions': [
+        ['OS=="win"', {
+          'libraries': [ '<(local_prefix)/../c/build/libxtracfg.lib', '<(local_prefix)/../c/build/libxtracfgjni_static_ext.lib' ]
+        }, { # OS != "win"
+          'libraries': [ '<(local_prefix)/../c/build/libxtracfg.a' ]
+        }],
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/test/test_binding.js b/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/test/test_binding.js
index 50ebd57..c6ba599 100644
--- a/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/test/test_binding.js
+++ b/libxtracfg/js/xtracfg-native-binding/test/test_binding.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 const xtracfgLib = require("../index.js");
+const currentDir = __dirname;
 
 function testBasic() {
-  const command =
-    '{"command": "info", "source": "/Users/az/development/configs-ldproxy/demogh", "verbose": "true", "debug": "true"}';
+  console.log("Testing basic execute...", currentDir);
+  const command = `{"command": "info", "source": "${currentDir.replaceAll(
+    "\\",
+    "/"
+  )}", "verbose": "true", "debug": "true"}`;
 
   const result = xtracfgLib.execute(command);