diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_cpp.yml
index 0aff5b7774..b69b20561a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_cpp.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check cmake
       run: cmake --version
     - name: Configure
-      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_DEPS=ON
+      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_DEPS=ON
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build --config Release --target ALL_BUILD -v -- /maxcpucount
     - name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_dotnet.yml
index 60015c0f6e..b3780827f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_dotnet.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check cmake
       run: cmake --version
     - name: Configure
-      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_DOTNET=ON -DBUILD_CXX_SAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_CXX_EXAMPLES=OFF
+      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_DOTNET=ON -DBUILD_CXX_SAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_CXX_EXAMPLES=OFF
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build --config Release --target ALL_BUILD -v -- /maxcpucount
     - name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_java.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_java.yml
index 487150ae38..1f60fc35d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_java.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check cmake
       run: cmake --version
     - name: Configure
-      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_JAVA=ON -DSKIP_GPG=ON  -DBUILD_CXX_SAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_CXX_EXAMPLES=OFF
+      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_JAVA=ON -DSKIP_GPG=ON  -DBUILD_CXX_SAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_CXX_EXAMPLES=OFF
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build --config Release --target ALL_BUILD -v -- /maxcpucount
     - name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_python.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_python.yml
index 210d07d34b..a71aff37cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake_windows_python.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Install python3
       run: python3 -m pip install --user mypy-protobuf absl-py setuptools wheel numpy pandas
-    - uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@master
     - name: Install SWIG 4.0.2
       run: |
         (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swigwin-4.0.2.zip","swigwin-4.0.2.zip");
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check cmake
       run: cmake --version
     - name: Configure
-      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_PYTHON=ON -DBUILD_CXX_SAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_CXX_EXAMPLES=OFF
+      run: cmake -S. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_PYTHON=ON -DBUILD_CXX_SAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_CXX_EXAMPLES=OFF
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build --config Release --target ALL_BUILD -v -- /maxcpucount
     - name: Test