diff --git a/src/project/build.ps1 b/src/project/build.ps1
index 66fc536..2720596 100644
--- a/src/project/build.ps1
+++ b/src/project/build.ps1
@@ -1,16 +1,86 @@
 param (
     [switch]
-    $Package = $false
+    $Package = $false,
+    [string]
+    $QtPath = "C:\Qt\6.9.0\msvc2022_64"
 )
 
 if ($IsWindows) {
-    cmake . -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/Qt/6.9.0/msvc2022_64 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/Zc:__cplusplus /permissive-" -B build
-    cmake --build build --config Release --parallel 32
+    # Resolve Qt path from parameter, environment variable, or default
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($QtPath)) {
+        $QtPath = $env:QT_PATH
+    }
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($QtPath)) {
+        $QtPath = "C:\Qt\6.9.0\msvc2022_64"
+    }
+    
+    # Validate Qt path exists
+    if (-not (Test-Path $QtPath)) {
+        Write-Error "Qt path not found at: $QtPath"
+        Write-Error "Please install Qt 6.9.0 MSVC2022 64-bit from: https://www.qt.io/download"
+        Write-Error "Or provide the Qt path via -QtPath parameter or QT_PATH environment variable"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    
+    Write-Host "Using Qt at: $QtPath"
+    
+    # Check if Ninja is installed
+    if (-not (Get-Command ninja -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+        Write-Error "Ninja build system is not installed. Please install Ninja."
+        Write-Error "Install via: choco install ninja (or download from https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases)"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    
+    # Check if Visual Studio is installed (including preview versions) for compiler
+    $vswherePath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"
+    if (-not (Test-Path $vswherePath)) {
+        Write-Error "vswhere.exe not found at $vswherePath"
+        Write-Error "Please install Visual Studio 2022 with C++ development tools from: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    
+    # Check if Visual Studio is installed (including preview versions) for compiler
+    $vsPath = & $vswherePath -latest -prerelease -property installationPath 2>$null
+    if (-not $vsPath) {
+        Write-Error "Visual Studio is not installed. Please install Visual Studio 2022 with C++ development tools."
+        Write-Error "Download from: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    
+    Write-Host "Using Visual Studio at: $vsPath"
+    
+    # Use Ninja generator
+    $generator = "Ninja"
+    Write-Host "Using CMake generator: $generator"
+    
+    # Find vcvars64.bat to setup Visual Studio environment
+    $vcvars = "$vsPath\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+    if (-not (Test-Path $vcvars)) {
+        Write-Error "Visual Studio C++ tools not found. Please install C++ development workload."
+        exit 1
+    }
+    
+    # Setup Visual Studio environment and run CMake with Ninja generator
+    & cmd /c "`"$vcvars`" && cmake . -G `"$generator`" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$QtPath -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=`"/Zc:__cplusplus /permissive-`" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B build"
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+        Write-Error "CMake configuration failed"
+        exit $LASTEXITCODE
+    }
+    
+    & cmd /c "`"$vcvars`" && cmake --build build --parallel 32"
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+        Write-Error "Build failed"
+        exit $LASTEXITCODE
+    }
+
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path .\build\Release -Force
+    Copy-Item .\build\SQLiteQueryAnalyzer.exe .\build\Release\SQLiteQueryAnalyzer.exe
+    & "$QtPath\bin\windeployqt.exe" .\build\Release\SQLiteQueryAnalyzer.exe
+    
     if ($Package) {
-        C:\Qt\6.9.0\msvc2022_64\bin\windeployqt.exe .\build\Release\SQLiteQueryAnalyzer.exe
         ../../deps/innosetup/ISCC.exe setup.iss
     }
-} 
+}
 
 if ($IsLinux) {
     cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./linux/