Add Windows-specific steps for ccache removal and MSVC installation i…

…n CI workflow

.github/workflows/run_specific_tests_on_matrix.yml

@@ -38,8 +38,21 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL: ${{vars.CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL}}
 
+      - name: Find and remove ccache # See PR: #945
+        if: inputs.os == 'windows'
+        run: rm $(which ccache) || true
+
       - name: Prepare C++ compilation env
-        run: . build_tooling/prep_cpp_build.sh 
+        run: . build_tooling/prep_cpp_build.sh # Also applies to Windows
+
+        # When a GitHub Windows image gets update the MSVC compiler also can get updated. New compilers can have compilation errors in Arctic or in the VCPKG dependencies.
+        # We needd to pin a particular MSVC so that runner updates don't affect us.
+        # When the MSVC version is update custom-triplets/x64-windows-static-msvc.cmake must also be updated with the correct toolsed version.
+      - name: Install Required MSVC
+        if: inputs.os == 'windows'
+        run: |
+          choco install -y -f visualstudio2022buildtools --version=117.11.4 --params "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --installChannelUri https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/390666095_1317821361/channel"
+          choco install -y ninja
 
       - name: Install local dependencies with pip
         shell: bash