Make Scribes run on Windows platform

Registered by Sir.Rainbow

This is an attempt in making Scribes run directly in Windows (without Cygwin)
I pulled together all the required changes in the related branch scribes-on-win on my page

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
Mystilleef
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
Mystilleef
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
New
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None

Whiteboard

(?)

Work Items

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