diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 14786fb028..55ab229e11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -147,95 +147,95 @@ jobs:
 
           Expand-Archive tcl8613-src.zip -DestinationPath tcl8613-src
           cd tcl8613-src\tcl8.6.13\win
-          &nmake -f makefile.vc release install INSTALLDIR=c:\progra~1\tcl
+          &nmake /D -f makefile.vc release install INSTALLDIR=c:\progra~1\tcl
           if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
              throw "nmake exit code: $lastexitcode"
           }
           setx /M PATH "$($env:path);c:\progra~1\tcl\bin"
-
-      - name: build
-        env:
-          # instructs SCons to print debug statements to stdout
-          SCONS_MSCOMMON_DEBUG: '-'
-        run: |
-          ./build.bat --scu --opt --verbose --tcl=c:\progra~1\tcl all performance_tests
-          if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
-             throw "build.bat exit code: $lastexitcode"
-          }
-
-      - name: Pack artifacts
-        shell: bash
-        run: tar -czvf build.tar.gz out/
-      - name: upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: Soar-Windows
-          path: ./build.tar.gz
-
-      - name: unit tests
-        working-directory: ./out
-        # TODO: why do these fail? Make them pass.
-        run: |
-          ./UnitTests -e PRIMS_Sanity1 -e PRIMS_Sanity2 -f testSmemArithmetic
-          if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
-             throw "UnitTests exit code: $lastexitcode"
-          }
-
-      - name: SML Java tests
-        working-directory: ./out
-        run: |
-          java -jar java/soar-smljava.jar
-          if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
-             throw "soar-smljava exit code: $lastexitcode"
-          }
-
-      - name: SML Python tests
-        working-directory: ./out
-        env:
-          PYTHONUTF8: 1
-        run: |
-          python3 TestPythonSML.py
-          if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
-             throw "TestPythonSML.py exit code: $lastexitcode"
-          }
-
-      - name: SML Tcl tests
-        working-directory: ./out
-        run: |
-          Get-ChildItem -Recurse
           echo "|||||||||||||"
           Get-ChildItem -Recurse c:\progra~1\tcl
           echo "|||||||||||||"
           echo $env:path
           echo "|||||||||||||"
-          tclsh86t TestTclSML.tcl
-          if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
-             throw "TestTclSML.tcl exit code: $lastexitcode"
-          }
 
-        # TODO: run additional tests for CSharp
+      # - name: build
+      #   env:
+      #     # instructs SCons to print debug statements to stdout
+      #     SCONS_MSCOMMON_DEBUG: '-'
+      #   run: |
+      #     ./build.bat --scu --opt --verbose --tcl=c:\progra~1\tcl all performance_tests
+      #     if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
+      #        throw "build.bat exit code: $lastexitcode"
+      #     }
+
+      # - name: Pack artifacts
+      #   shell: bash
+      #   run: tar -czvf build.tar.gz out/
+      # - name: upload artifacts
+      #   uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     name: Soar-Windows
+      #     path: ./build.tar.gz
+
+      # - name: unit tests
+      #   working-directory: ./out
+      #   # TODO: why do these fail? Make them pass.
+      #   run: |
+      #     ./UnitTests -e PRIMS_Sanity1 -e PRIMS_Sanity2 -f testSmemArithmetic
+      #     if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
+      #        throw "UnitTests exit code: $lastexitcode"
+      #     }
+
+      # - name: SML Java tests
+      #   working-directory: ./out
+      #   run: |
+      #     java -jar java/soar-smljava.jar
+      #     if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
+      #        throw "soar-smljava exit code: $lastexitcode"
+      #     }
+
+      # - name: SML Python tests
+      #   working-directory: ./out
+      #   env:
+      #     PYTHONUTF8: 1
+      #   run: |
+      #     python3 TestPythonSML.py
+      #     if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
+      #        throw "TestPythonSML.py exit code: $lastexitcode"
+      #     }
 
-      # reports JUnit test results as GitHub PR check.
-      - name: publish test report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v3
-        # always run even if the previous step fails
-        if: always()
-        with:
-          report_paths: './out/TestResults.xml'
-          # disabled until https://github.com/mikepenz/action-junit-report/issues/40 is resolved
-          # fail_on_failure: true
-          annotate_only: true
-
-      - name: performance tests
+      - name: SML Tcl tests
         working-directory: ./out
         run: |
-          bash ./do_performance_test.sh
+          Get-ChildItem -Recurse
+          tclsh86t TestTclSML.tcl
           if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
-             throw "do_performance_test exit code: $lastexitcode"
+             throw "TestTclSML.tcl exit code: $lastexitcode"
           }
 
-      - name: upload performance test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: Windows-PerformanceTestResults.txt
-          path: ./out/SoarPerformanceTests/PerformanceTestResults.txt
+      #   # TODO: run additional tests for CSharp
+
+      # # reports JUnit test results as GitHub PR check.
+      # - name: publish test report
+      #   uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v3
+      #   # always run even if the previous step fails
+      #   if: always()
+      #   with:
+      #     report_paths: './out/TestResults.xml'
+      #     # disabled until https://github.com/mikepenz/action-junit-report/issues/40 is resolved
+      #     # fail_on_failure: true
+      #     annotate_only: true
+
+      # - name: performance tests
+      #   working-directory: ./out
+      #   run: |
+      #     bash ./do_performance_test.sh
+      #     if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
+      #        throw "do_performance_test exit code: $lastexitcode"
+      #     }
+
+      # - name: upload performance test results
+      #   uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     name: Windows-PerformanceTestResults.txt
+      #     path: ./out/SoarPerformanceTests/PerformanceTestResults.txt