diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63642b0f59..752c9cd824 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ foreach(_torch_game SM64 MK64 SF64 PM64 FZERO BK64 MARIO_ARTIST)
     set(BUILD_${_torch_game} OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endforeach()
 
+add_compile_definitions(YAML_CPP_STATIC_DEFINE)
+
 add_subdirectory(torch)
 
 # Build-time ROM extraction. soh links torch as a static library, which compiles out torch's
@@ -258,6 +260,11 @@ add_executable(soh-o2r-packer EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 )
 target_link_libraries(soh-o2r-packer PRIVATE torch)
 
+if(MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(soh-torch soh-o2r-packer PROPERTIES
+        MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "$<IF:$<CONFIG:Debug>,MultiThreadedDebug,MultiThreaded>")
+endif()
+
 # Target to generate OTRs. SOH_ROM_PATH takes roms and/or directories of roms; torch names each
 # archive (oot.o2r or oot-mq.o2r) from its hash, so a vanilla and a master quest rom produce both
 # in one run. soh.o2r comes from GenerateSohOtr, chained below.
diff --git a/soh/CMakeLists.txt b/soh/CMakeLists.txt
index 1924934727..33b45c26e4 100644
--- a/soh/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/soh/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,12 +227,6 @@ set(ALL_FILES
 ################################################################################
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${ALL_FILES})
 
-if(MSVC)
-    # yaml-cpp, reached through torch's headers, trips the dll-interface warnings, and soh
-    # builds with /WX.
-    set_source_files_properties(soh/Extractor/TorchExtract.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "/wd4251;/wd4275")
-endif()
-
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
 use_props(${PROJECT_NAME} "${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}" "${DEFAULT_CXX_PROPS}")
 endif()
diff --git a/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp b/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
index 792194646c..1bf777a52d 100644
--- a/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
@@ -396,6 +396,19 @@ namespace SohGui {
 extern std::shared_ptr<SohGui::SohMenu> mSohMenu;
 }
 
+static bool RemoveArchiveAcrossAppDirs(const std::string& fileName) {
+    for (const std::string& path : { Ship::Context::GetPathRelativeToAppDirectory(fileName, appShortName),
+                                     Ship::Context::GetPathRelativeToAppBundle(fileName), "./" + fileName }) {
+        std::error_code err;
+        if (std::filesystem::remove(path, err)) {
+            SPDLOG_INFO("Removed outdated archive {}", path);
+        } else if (err) {
+            SPDLOG_ERROR("Failed to remove outdated archive {}: {}", path, err.message());
+        }
+    }
+    return !std::filesystem::exists(Ship::Context::LocateFileAcrossAppDirs(fileName, appShortName));
+}
+
 void OTRGlobals::RunExtract(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     bool extractDone = false;
     ExtractSteps extractStep = ES_PORT_ARCHIVE;
@@ -420,8 +433,8 @@ void OTRGlobals::RunExtract(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     bool generatedIsMQ = false;
     std::atomic<size_t> extractCount = 0, totalExtract = 0;
 
-    std::string installPath = Ship::Context::GetAppBundlePath();
-    std::string dataPath = Ship::Context::GetAppDirectoryPath(appShortName);
+    std::string installPath = std::filesystem::absolute(Ship::Context::GetAppBundlePath()).string();
+    std::string dataPath = std::filesystem::absolute(Ship::Context::GetAppDirectoryPath(appShortName)).string();
     std::string file;
 
 #if defined(__SWITCH__)
@@ -445,11 +458,18 @@ void OTRGlobals::RunExtract(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                               "re-extract them from the download or.\n\nExiting...",
                               "OK", "", [&]() { exit(1); });
     } else if (shouldRegen) {
-        SohGui::RegisterPopup("Outdated ROM Archives",
-                              "Your oot.o2r or oot-mq.o2r were created with incompatible versions of SoH.\nYou will "
-                              "now be redirected to re-extract them.");
-        std::filesystem::remove("oot.o2r");
-        std::filesystem::remove("oot-mq.o2r");
+        if (RemoveArchiveAcrossAppDirs("oot.o2r") && RemoveArchiveAcrossAppDirs("oot-mq.o2r")) {
+            SohGui::RegisterPopup(
+                "Outdated ROM Archives",
+                "Your oot.o2r or oot-mq.o2r were created with incompatible versions of SoH.\nYou will "
+                "now be redirected to re-extract them.");
+        } else {
+            SohGui::RegisterPopup(
+                "Outdated ROM Archives",
+                "Your oot.o2r or oot-mq.o2r were created with incompatible\nversions of SoH, but they"
+                "could not be removed\nautomatically. Please delete them now and re-launch.\nExiting...",
+                "OK", "", [&]() { exit(1); });
+        }
     }
 
     std::shared_ptr<BS::thread_pool> threadPool = std::make_shared<BS::thread_pool>(1);
@@ -637,8 +657,10 @@ void OTRGlobals::RunExtract(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                         extract = Extractor();
                         extract.SetSearchPath(installPath);
                         extract.GetRoms(args);
-                        extract.SetSearchPath(dataPath);
-                        extract.GetRoms(args);
+                        if (installPath != dataPath) {
+                            extract.SetSearchPath(dataPath);
+                            extract.GetRoms(args);
+                        }
                         if (!args.empty()) {
                             promptStep = PS_WAIT;
                             SohGui::RegisterPopup(