diff --git a/cmake/macros.cmake b/cmake/macros.cmake
index e3cd1bafa..61659e2fb 100644
--- a/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -190,6 +190,17 @@ macro(default_plugin_options name)
 		#		${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/xstudio.bin.app/Contents/Resources/share/xstudio/plugin/lib${name}.dylib
 		#	)
 
+	elseif(WIN32)
+		# On Windows for SHARED libs, RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY controls the .dll
+		# (LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY only controls the .lib import library).
+		# Build the .dll directly at the final location so the .pdb sits next to
+		# it — debuggers resolve symbols without ambiguity, and no POST_BUILD copy
+		# is needed.
+		set_target_properties(${name}
+	    	PROPERTIES
+	    	RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/plugin"
+		)
+
 	else()
 		set_target_properties(${name}
 	    	PROPERTIES
@@ -209,12 +220,9 @@ macro(default_plugin_options name)
 		# We don't want the vcpkg install because it forces dependences; we just want the plugin.
 		_install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION share/xstudio/plugin)
 
-		#For interactive debugging, we want only the output dll to be copied to the build plugins folder.
-		add_custom_command(
-				TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}
-				POST_BUILD
-				COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "$<TARGET_FILE:${PROJECT_NAME}>" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/plugin"
-		)
+		# Note: default_plugin_options sets RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY to
+		# ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/plugin on Windows, so the .dll is
+		# already linked at the final dev-tree location. No POST_BUILD copy needed.
 	endif()
 
 endmacro()
@@ -380,9 +388,15 @@ macro(add_python_plugin NAME)
 
 	else()
 
-		add_custom_command(TARGET COPY_PY_PLUGIN_${NAME} POST_BUILD
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
-            copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${NAME} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugin-python/${NAME})
+		if (WIN32)
+			add_custom_command(TARGET COPY_PY_PLUGIN_${NAME} POST_BUILD
+				COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+				copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${NAME} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/plugin-python/${NAME})
+		else()
+			add_custom_command(TARGET COPY_PY_PLUGIN_${NAME} POST_BUILD
+				COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+				copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${NAME} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugin-python/${NAME})
+		endif()
 
 	endif()
 
@@ -491,10 +505,17 @@ macro(add_resource name path target resource_type)
 
 	else()
 
-    	add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+		if (WIN32)
+    		add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+                   BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/${resource_type}/${name}
+                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${path}/${name}
+                                                    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/${resource_type}/${name})
+		else()
+    		add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
                    BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${resource_type}/${name}
                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${path}/${name}
                                                     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${resource_type}/${name})
+		endif()
 
 	    if(INSTALL_XSTUDIO)
 			install(FILES
@@ -556,9 +577,15 @@ macro(add_font name path target)
 
 	else()
 
-    	add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+		if (WIN32)
+    		add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${path}/${name}
+                                                    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/fonts/${name})
+		else()
+    		add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${path}/${name}
                                                     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/fonts/${name})
+		endif()
 
 	    if(INSTALL_XSTUDIO)
 			install(FILES
diff --git a/extern/quickfuture/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/quickfuture/CMakeLists.txt
index c59299b02..3caa1ee2f 100644
--- a/extern/quickfuture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/quickfuture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ if(APPLE)
         PROPERTIES
         LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/xSTUDIO.app/Contents/PlugIns/xstudio/qml/QuickFuture"
     )
+elseif(WIN32)
+    # On Windows for SHARED libs, RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY controls the .dll.
+    # qmldir declares `plugin quickfuture` so the .dll must be co-located with
+    # qmldir in the module directory at runtime.
+    set_target_properties(quickfuture
+        PROPERTIES
+        RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/plugin/qml/QuickFuture")
 else()
     set_target_properties(quickfuture
         PROPERTIES
@@ -49,6 +56,8 @@ set(QML_FUTURE_FILES
 
 if (APPLE)
     set(QML_DEST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/xSTUDIO.app/Contents/PlugIns/xstudio/qml/QuickFuture)
+elseif (WIN32)
+    set(QML_DEST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/plugin/qml/QuickFuture)
 else()
     set(QML_DEST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugin/qml/QuickFuture)
 endif()
diff --git a/extern/quickpromise/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/quickpromise/CMakeLists.txt
index a3efcafa0..982af68eb 100644
--- a/extern/quickpromise/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/quickpromise/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ add_custom_target(COPY_PROMISE_QML)
 
 if (APPLE)
     set(QML_DEST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/xSTUDIO.app/Contents/PlugIns/xstudio/qml/QuickPromise)
+elseif (WIN32)
+    set(QML_DEST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/plugin/qml/QuickPromise)
 else()
     set(QML_DEST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugin/qml/QuickPromise)
 endif()
diff --git a/share/snippets/CMakeLists.txt b/share/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
index ccd08a3e5..f5c4839e9 100644
--- a/share/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/share/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 set(snippets)
 
 macro(add_snip name)
-  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/snippets/${name}
+  if (WIN32)
+    set(_snip_dest ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/share/xstudio/snippets/${name})
+  else()
+    set(_snip_dest ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/snippets/${name})
+  endif()
+  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_snip_dest}
                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name}
-                                                    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/snippets/${name}
+                                                    ${_snip_dest}
                    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name})
-  list(APPEND snippets ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/snippets/${name})
+  list(APPEND snippets ${_snip_dest})
 endmacro()
 
 add_snip(Demo/print_status.py)
diff --git a/src/launch/xstudio/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/launch/xstudio/src/CMakeLists.txt
index aa460f563..dd8acd08e 100644
--- a/src/launch/xstudio/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/launch/xstudio/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 	get_target_property(_qmake_executable Qt6::qmake IMPORTED_LOCATION)
 	get_filename_component(_qt_bin_dir "${_qmake_executable}" DIRECTORY)
 	file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${_qt_bin_dir}" _qt_bin_dir)
+	file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/bin" _vcpkg_bin_dir)
 	configure_file(run_xstudio.bat.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/run_xstudio.bat @ONLY)
 
 elseif(APPLE)
diff --git a/src/launch/xstudio/src/run_xstudio.bat.in b/src/launch/xstudio/src/run_xstudio.bat.in
index c701e3e6f..4c67a574d 100644
--- a/src/launch/xstudio/src/run_xstudio.bat.in
+++ b/src/launch/xstudio/src/run_xstudio.bat.in
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ REM Dev-only launcher for xstudio.exe from the build tree.
 REM Adds Qt's bin directory to PATH so Qt DLLs resolve without needing
 REM an install or windeployqt run. Generated by CMake; do not edit.
 
-set "PATH=@_qt_bin_dir@;%~dp0bin;%PATH%"
+set "PATH=@_qt_bin_dir@;@_vcpkg_bin_dir@;%~dp0bin;%PATH%"
 "%~dp0bin\xstudio.exe" %*
diff --git a/src/plugin_manager/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugin_manager/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 311553813..c564b5f65 100644
--- a/src/plugin_manager/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugin_manager/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ target_link_libraries(plugin_test
 		xstudio::utility
 		CAF::core
 )
-set_target_properties(${name}
-    PROPERTIES
-    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugin"
-)
 set_target_properties(plugin_test
 	PROPERTIES
 	LINK_DEPENDS_NO_SHARED true