diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 96cfecde26..4bf2ff5c4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ jobs:
               options+=" -DVCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR=$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/installed"
               options+=" -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=${MATRIX_ARCH}-${MATRIX_PLAT}"
               options+=" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET=${MATRIX_ARCH}-${MATRIX_PLAT}"
+              options+=' -DVCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS=OFF'
             fi
             cmake -B "bld${_chkprefill}" ${options} \
               -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="${cflags}" \
@@ -1110,7 +1111,7 @@ jobs:
           /usr/bin/find . \( -name '*.exe' -o -name '*.dll' -o -name '*.lib' -o -name '*.pdb' \) -print0 | grep -z curl | xargs -0 file --
           /usr/bin/find . \( -name '*.exe' -o -name '*.dll' -o -name '*.lib' -o -name '*.pdb' \) -print0 | grep -z curl | xargs -0 stat -c '%10s bytes: %n' --
           if [ "${MATRIX_PLAT}" != 'uwp' ]; then  # Missing: ucrtbased.dll, VCRUNTIME140D.dll, VCRUNTIME140D_APP.dll
-            PATH="$PWD/bld/lib/${MATRIX_TYPE}:$PATH"
+            PATH="$PWD/bld/lib/${MATRIX_TYPE}:$(cygpath --unix "${VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT}")/installed/${MATRIX_ARCH}-${MATRIX_PLAT}/${MATRIX_TYPE}/bin:$PATH"
             "bld/src/${MATRIX_TYPE}/curl.exe" --disable --version
           fi
 
@@ -1187,7 +1188,7 @@ jobs:
               PATH="/c/OpenSSH-Win64:$PATH"
             fi
           fi
-          PATH="$PWD/bld/lib/${MATRIX_TYPE}:$PATH:/c/my-stunnel/bin"
+          PATH="$PWD/bld/lib/${MATRIX_TYPE}:$(cygpath --unix "${VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT}")/installed/${MATRIX_ARCH}-${MATRIX_PLAT}/${MATRIX_TYPE}/bin:$PATH:/c/my-stunnel/bin"
           cmake --build bld --config "${MATRIX_TYPE}" --target test-ci
 
       - name: 'build examples'