diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/run_windows.yml
index 9691e2dd7..244c3f0e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_windows.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:
         dotnet-version: '7.0.x'
+    - name: Setup Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Set Version
       id: version
       run: if ("tag" -eq $Env:GITHUB_REF_TYPE) { echo "::set-output name=version::$Env:GITHUB_REF_NAME" } else { echo "::set-output name=version::$Env:GITHUB_SHA" }
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: cmd
     - name: Install Emulator
       run: |
+        pip install setuptools
         pip install %GITHUB_WORKSPACE%\emulator\
         cd %GITHUB_WORKSPACE%
         .\emulator\brainflow_emulator\com0com\certmgr.exe  /add %GITHUB_WORKSPACE%\emulator\brainflow_emulator\com0com\com0com.cer /s /r localMachine root
diff --git a/emulator/brainflow_emulator/cyton_windows.py b/emulator/brainflow_emulator/cyton_windows.py
index b5360e15b..ac2f78907 100644
--- a/emulator/brainflow_emulator/cyton_windows.py
+++ b/emulator/brainflow_emulator/cyton_windows.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 
-from importlib.resources import files
+from pathlib import Path
 from brainflow_emulator.emulate_common import TestFailureError, Listener, log_multilines
 from serial import Serial
 
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@ def read(port, num_bytes):
     return port.read(num_bytes)
 
 
-def get_isntaller():
-    try:
-        resource = files(__name__).joinpath('com0com').joinpath('setup_com0com_W7_x64_signed.exe')
-        return str(resource)
-    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
-        # Fallback for:
-        # 1. Python < 3.9 (importlib.resources.files not available)
-        # 2. NixOS/packaging edge cases where importlib.resources may not work
-        import pkg_resources
-        return pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, os.path.join('com0com', 'setup_com0com_W7_x64_signed.exe'))
+def get_installer():
+    return str(
+        Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+        / "com0com"
+        / "setup_com0com_W7_x64_signed.exe"
+    )
 
 
 def install_com0com():
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@ def install_com0com():
     directory = os.path.join(this_directory, 'com0com')
     if not os.path.exists(directory):
         os.makedirs(directory)
-    cmds = [get_isntaller(), '/NCRC', '/S', '/D=%s' % directory]
+    cmds = [get_installer(), '/NCRC', '/S', '/D=%s' % directory]
     logging.info('running %s' % ' '.join(cmds))
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmds, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     out, err = p.communicate()
diff --git a/emulator/brainflow_emulator/freeeeg32_windows.py b/emulator/brainflow_emulator/freeeeg32_windows.py
index 223f56ac0..3da7a3aa2 100644
--- a/emulator/brainflow_emulator/freeeeg32_windows.py
+++ b/emulator/brainflow_emulator/freeeeg32_windows.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 
-from importlib.resources import files
+from pathlib import Path
 from brainflow_emulator.emulate_common import TestFailureError, log_multilines
 from brainflow_emulator.freeeeg32_emulator import Listener
 from serial import Serial
@@ -18,16 +18,12 @@ def read(port, num_bytes):
     return port.read(num_bytes)
 
 
-def get_isntaller():
-    try:
-        resource = files(__name__).joinpath('com0com').joinpath('setup_com0com_W7_x64_signed.exe')
-        return str(resource)
-    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
-        # Fallback for:
-        # 1. Python < 3.9 (importlib.resources.files not available)
-        # 2. NixOS/packaging edge cases where importlib.resources may not work
-        import pkg_resources
-        return pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, os.path.join('com0com', 'setup_com0com_W7_x64_signed.exe'))
+def get_installer():
+    return str(
+        Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+        / "com0com"
+        / "setup_com0com_W7_x64_signed.exe"
+    )
 
 
 def install_com0com():
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ def install_com0com():
     directory = os.path.join(this_directory, 'com0com')
     if not os.path.exists(directory):
         os.makedirs(directory)
-    cmds = [get_isntaller(), '/NCRC', '/S', '/D=%s' % directory]
+    cmds = [get_installer(), '/NCRC', '/S', '/D=%s' % directory]
     logging.info('running %s' % ' '.join(cmds))
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmds, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     out, err = p.communicate()