diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eabc169d1f..1694b170b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ set(OPENSPACE_CMAKE_EXT_DIR "${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/support/cmake")
 set(GHOUL_BASE_DIR "${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/ghoul")
 
 include(${OPENSPACE_CMAKE_EXT_DIR}/module_common.cmake)
-include(${OPENSPACE_CMAKE_EXT_DIR}/global_variables.cmake)
 include(${GHOUL_BASE_DIR}/support/cmake/copy_shared_libraries.cmake)
 include(${GHOUL_BASE_DIR}/support/cmake/handle_external_library.cmake)
 include(${GHOUL_BASE_DIR}/support/cmake/message_macros.cmake)
@@ -164,7 +163,6 @@ if (UNIX)
 endif ()
 
 add_subdirectory(ext)
-
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 add_subdirectory(support/coding/codegen)
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace-MinVR/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/OpenSpace-MinVR/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f799b8b37..ae592d8d42 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace-MinVR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace-MinVR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ target_include_directories(OpenSpace-MinVR PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ex
 target_include_directories(OpenSpace-MinVR PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/minvr/external/GLFW/src/include)
 
 
-target_link_libraries(OpenSpace-MinVR openspace-core MinVR)
+target_link_libraries(OpenSpace-MinVR PUBLIC openspace-core MinVR)
 
 # Web Browser and Web gui
 # Why not put these in the module's path? Because they do not have access to the
@@ -71,16 +71,7 @@ elseif (OPENSPACE_MODULE_WEBBROWSER)
   message(WARNING "Web configured to be included, but no CEF_ROOT was found, please try configuring CMake again.")
 endif ()
 
-if (OPENSPACE_MODULE_WEBGUI AND WEBGUI_MODULE_PATH)
-  set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${WEBGUI_MODULE_PATH}/cmake")
-  include(webgui_helpers)
-  build_webgui_source(OpenSpace-MinVR)
-elseif (OPENSPACE_MODULE_WEBGUI)
-  message(WARNING "WebGui is configured to be included, but the web source could not be found. Try configuring CMake again.")
-endif ()
-# End Web Browser and Web gui
-
 if (MSVC)
   # This library is used for being able to output the callstack if an exception escapes
-  target_link_libraries(OpenSpace-MinVR Dbghelp.lib)
+  target_link_libraries(OpenSpace-MinVR PUBLIC Dbghelp.lib)
 endif ()
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/OpenSpace/CMakeLists.txt
index ba01953e86..b8677938df 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 include(${GHOUL_BASE_DIR}/support/cmake/copy_shared_libraries.cmake)
 include(${GHOUL_BASE_DIR}/support/cmake/message_macros.cmake)
 include(${OPENSPACE_CMAKE_EXT_DIR}/application_definition.cmake)
-include(${OPENSPACE_CMAKE_EXT_DIR}/global_variables.cmake)
 
 # We are getting all_enabled_modules from the handle_applications.cmake file which gets
 # it from the main CMakeLists file
@@ -141,6 +140,18 @@ add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/launcher)
 target_link_libraries(OpenSpace PRIVATE openspace-ui-launcher)
 end_header("Dependency: Profile Editor")
 
+if (WIN32)
+  # Find the windeployqt application
+  get_target_property(_qmake_executable Qt6::qmake IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+  get_filename_component(_qt_bin_dir "${_qmake_executable}" DIRECTORY)
+  find_program(WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE windeployqt HINTS "${_qt_bin_dir}")
+  add_custom_command(
+    TARGET OpenSpace POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E env PATH="${_qt_bin_dir}" "${WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE}" --verbose 0 --no-compiler-runtime \"$<TARGET_FILE:OpenSpace>\"
+    COMMENT "Deploying Qt libraries"
+  )
+endif ()
+
 
 # Web Browser and Web gui
 # Why not put these in the module's path? Because they do not have access to the
@@ -161,7 +172,7 @@ if (OPENSPACE_MODULE_WEBBROWSER AND CEF_ROOT)
   set_cef_targets("${CEF_ROOT}" OpenSpace)
   run_cef_platform_config("${CEF_ROOT}" "${CEF_TARGET}" "${WEBBROWSER_MODULE_PATH}")
 elseif ()
-  message(WARNING "Web configured to be included, but no CEF_ROOT was found, please try configuring CMake again.")
+  message(WARNING "Web configured to be included, but no CEF_ROOT was found, please try configuring CMake again")
 endif ()
 
 if (MSVC)
@@ -174,3 +185,10 @@ endif ()
 if (OPENSPACE_NVTOOLS_ENABLED)
   target_link_libraries(OpenSpace PRIVATE "${OPENSPACE_NVTOOLS_PATH}/lib/x64/nvToolsExt64_1.lib")
 endif ()
+
+if (WIN32)
+  add_custom_command(TARGET OpenSpace POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:OpenSpace> $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:OpenSpace>
+    COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
+  )
+endif ()
diff --git a/data/tasks/sessRecConvertVersion.task b/data/tasks/sessRecConvertVersion.task
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b854e5feac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/tasks/sessRecConvertVersion.task
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+return {
+  {
+    Type = "ConvertRecFileVersionTask",
+    InputFilePath = "../../user/recordings/input.osrec"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ext/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
index 079c95117b..3e17fac68d 100644
--- a/ext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,13 +62,19 @@ end_dependency()
 
 # Curl
 begin_dependency("CURL")
-add_library(external-curl INTERFACE)
 if (WIN32)
-  target_include_directories(external-curl INTERFACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curl/include")
-  target_link_libraries(external-curl INTERFACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curl/lib/libcurl.lib")
+  add_library(external-curl SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+  target_include_directories(external-curl INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curl/include)
+  set_property(TARGET external-curl PROPERTY IMPORTED_IMPLIB ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curl/lib/libcurl.lib)
+  set_property(TARGET external-curl PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curl/lib/libcurl.dll
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curl/lib/libeay32.dll
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/curl/lib/ssleay32.dll
+  )
 else ()
   find_package(CURL)
   if (CURL_FOUND)
+    add_library(external-curl INTERFACE)
     target_include_directories(external-curl INTERFACE ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     target_link_libraries(external-curl INTERFACE ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
   endif ()
diff --git a/ext/ghoul b/ext/ghoul
index 1f420ed0f0..b676d66bc0 160000
--- a/ext/ghoul
+++ b/ext/ghoul
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1f420ed0f03347ed3c8bb7550d58798f9a02cbc0
+Subproject commit b676d66bc028e26dbf2fa0a39c67e35667df13f9
diff --git a/ext/spice b/ext/spice
index bb7eded3a4..5dba0f3269 160000
--- a/ext/spice
+++ b/ext/spice
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bb7eded3a4c45eff33cee41f4d24fffe5248d01a
+Subproject commit 5dba0f32690dd49f29adbbf618a69e5709cdc405
diff --git a/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h b/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h
index b1981a8e3a..b7bf00fb52 100644
--- a/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h
+++ b/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h
@@ -550,6 +550,16 @@ public:
      */
     std::string convertFile(std::string filename, int depth = 0);
 
+    /**
+     * Converts file format of a session recording file to the current format version
+     * (will determine the file format conversion to convert from based on the file's
+     * header version number). Accepts a relative path (currently from task runner dir)
+     * rather than a path assumed to be relative to ${RECORDINGS}.
+     *
+     * \param filename name of the file to convert
+     */
+    void convertFileRelativePath(std::string filenameRelative);
+
     /**
      * Goes to legacy session recording inherited class, and calls its convertFile()
      * method, and then returns the resulting conversion filename.
@@ -617,7 +627,6 @@ protected:
     bool handleRecordingFile(std::string filenameIn);
     static bool isPath(std::string& filename);
     void removeTrailingPathSlashes(std::string& filename);
-    void extractFilenameFromPath(std::string& filename);
     bool playbackCamera();
     bool playbackTimeChange();
     bool playbackScript();
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/globebrowsing/CMakeLists.txt
index aa26ff6b6c..72598ce00b 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@ target_precompile_headers(${globebrowsing_module} PRIVATE
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gdal_data DESTINATION modules/globebrowsing)
 
 if (WIN32)
-  target_include_directories(openspace-module-globebrowsing SYSTEM PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/gdal/include)
-  target_link_libraries(openspace-module-globebrowsing PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/gdal/lib/gdal_i.lib)
-  register_external_libraries("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/gdal/lib/gdal241.dll")
+  add_library(gdal SHARED IMPORTED)
+  target_include_directories(gdal SYSTEM INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/gdal/include)
+  set_target_properties(gdal PROPERTIES IMPORTED_IMPLIB ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/gdal/lib/gdal_i.lib)
+  set_target_properties(gdal PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/gdal/lib/gdal241.dll)
+  target_link_libraries(openspace-module-globebrowsing PRIVATE gdal)
 else (WIN32)
   find_package(GDAL REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/modules/space/rendering/renderableorbitalkepler.cpp b/modules/space/rendering/renderableorbitalkepler.cpp
index 0baecf37dd..95e7dc70e4 100644
--- a/modules/space/rendering/renderableorbitalkepler.cpp
+++ b/modules/space/rendering/renderableorbitalkepler.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ RenderableOrbitalKepler::RenderableOrbitalKepler(const ghoul::Dictionary& dict)
     addProperty(_opacity);
 
     _segmentQuality = static_cast<unsigned int>(p.segmentQuality);
-    _segmentQuality.onChange([this]() { initializeGL(); });
+    _segmentQuality.onChange([this]() { updateBuffers(); });
     addProperty(_segmentQuality);
 
     _appearance.lineColor = p.color;
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ RenderableOrbitalKepler::RenderableOrbitalKepler(const ghoul::Dictionary& dict)
     addPropertySubOwner(_appearance);
 
     _path = p.path.string();
-    _path.onChange([this]() { initializeGL(); });
+    _path.onChange([this]() { updateBuffers(); });
     addProperty(_path);
 
     _format = codegen::map<kepler::Format>(p.format);
diff --git a/modules/spout/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/spout/CMakeLists.txt
index ae1cdfc329..e603a0fc57 100644
--- a/modules/spout/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/spout/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,8 +50,13 @@ create_new_module(
   ${HEADER_FILES} ${SOURCE_FILES}
 )
 
-target_include_directories(openspace-module-spout SYSTEM PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/spout)
-target_link_libraries(openspace-module-spout PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/spout/SpoutLibrary.lib)
-register_external_libraries("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/spout/SpoutLibrary.dll")
+add_library(spout SHARED IMPORTED)
+target_include_directories(spout SYSTEM INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/spout)
+set_target_properties(
+  spout PROPERTIES
+  IMPORTED_IMPLIB ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/spout/SpoutLibrary.lib
+  IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/spout/SpoutLibrary.dll
+)
+target_link_libraries(openspace-module-spout PRIVATE spout)
 
 target_compile_definitions(openspace-module-spout PUBLIC "OPENSPACE_HAS_SPOUT")
diff --git a/modules/webbrowser/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/webbrowser/CMakeLists.txt
index bd01c449f9..dfd808aed5 100644
--- a/modules/webbrowser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/webbrowser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ if (OS_MACOSX)
     endif ()
   endforeach()
 
-  set_property(TARGET ${CEF_HELPER_TARGET_GPU} PROPERTY FOLDER "Helper")
-  set_property(TARGET ${CEF_HELPER_TARGET_RENDERER} PROPERTY FOLDER "Helper")
+  set_target_properties(${CEF_HELPER_TARGET_GPU} PROPERTIES FOLDER "Helper")
+  set_target_properties(${CEF_HELPER_TARGET_RENDERER} PROPERTIES FOLDER "Helper")
 else()
   message(STATUS "Setting up WebBrowser CEF helper executable: ${CEF_HELPER_TARGET}")
   set_openspace_cef_target_out_dir()
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ else()
   endif (OS_WINDOWS)
 endif ()
 
-set_property(TARGET ${CEF_HELPER_TARGET} PROPERTY FOLDER "Helper")
+set_target_properties(${CEF_HELPER_TARGET} PROPERTIES FOLDER "Helper")
 
 ##########################################################################################
 # Create OpenSpace module.
@@ -292,13 +292,4 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin"))
     DESTINATION ${CEF_ROOT}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/
     FILES_MATCHING PATTERN *
   )
-  endif ()
-
-# Rename to "OpenSpace Helper" after build & link as spaces in targets are not allowed
-# add_custom_command(
-#   TARGET ${CEF_HELPER_TARGET} POST_BUILD
-#   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename
-#     "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${CEF_HELPER_TARGET}>/${CEF_HELPER_TARGET}"
-#     "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${CEF_HELPER_TARGET}>/OpenSpace Helper"
-#   COMMENT "Renaming ${CEF_HELPER_TARGET} to 'OpenSpace Helper'"
-# )
+endif ()
diff --git a/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp b/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp
index 0eadd4499e..365fd801f4 100644
--- a/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp
@@ -143,15 +143,6 @@ void SessionRecording::removeTrailingPathSlashes(std::string& filename) {
     }
 }
 
-void SessionRecording::extractFilenameFromPath(std::string& filename) {
-    size_t unixDelimiter = filename.find_last_of("/");
-    if (unixDelimiter != std::string::npos)
-        filename = filename.substr(unixDelimiter + 1);
-    size_t windowsDelimiter = filename.find_last_of("\\");
-    if (windowsDelimiter != std::string::npos)
-        filename = filename.substr(windowsDelimiter + 1);
-}
-
 bool SessionRecording::handleRecordingFile(std::string filenameIn) {
     if (isPath(filenameIn)) {
         LERROR("Recording filename must not contain path (/) elements");
@@ -1624,7 +1615,7 @@ std::string SessionRecording::isolateTermFromQuotes(std::string s) {
     }
     //If no quotes found, remove other possible characters from end
     std::string unwantedChars = " );";
-    while (unwantedChars.find(s.back()) != std::string::npos) {
+    while (!s.empty() && (unwantedChars.find(s.back()) != std::string::npos)) {
         s.pop_back();
     }
     return s;
@@ -2303,6 +2294,10 @@ void SessionRecording::readFileIntoStringStream(std::string filename,
     inputFstream.close();
 }
 
+void SessionRecording::convertFileRelativePath(std::string filenameRelative) {
+    convertFile(absPath(filenameRelative).string());
+}
+
 std::string SessionRecording::convertFile(std::string filename, int depth) {
     std::string conversionOutFilename = filename;
     std::ifstream conversionInFile;
@@ -2331,9 +2326,6 @@ std::string SessionRecording::convertFile(std::string filename, int depth) {
             //conversionInStream.seekg(conversionInStream.beg);
             newFilename = getLegacyConversionResult(filename, depth + 1);
             removeTrailingPathSlashes(newFilename);
-            if (isPath(newFilename)) {
-                extractFilenameFromPath(newFilename);
-            }
             if (filename == newFilename) {
                 return filename;
             }
@@ -2572,7 +2564,7 @@ std::string SessionRecording::determineConversionOutFilename(const std::string f
         filenameSansExtension = filename.substr(0, filename.find_last_of("."));
     }
     filenameSansExtension += "_" + fileFormatVersion() + "-" + targetFileFormatVersion();
-    return absPath("${RECORDINGS}/" + filenameSansExtension + fileExtension).string();
+    return filenameSansExtension + fileExtension;
 }
 
 bool SessionRecording_legacy_0085::convertScript(std::stringstream& inStream,
diff --git a/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecfileversiontask.cpp b/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecfileversiontask.cpp
index 1255d3ee0a..61f3e31c61 100644
--- a/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecfileversiontask.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecfileversiontask.cpp
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ ConvertRecFileVersionTask::ConvertRecFileVersionTask(const ghoul::Dictionary& di
     _inFilename = dictionary.value<std::string>(KeyInFilePath);
     _inFilePath = absPath(_inFilename);
 
-    std::string::size_type idx = _inFilename.find_last_of('/');
-    if (idx != std::string::npos) {
-        _inFilename = _inFilename.substr(idx + 1);
-    }
-
     ghoul_assert(std::filesystem::is_regular_file(_inFilePath), "The file must exist");
     if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(_inFilePath)) {
         LERROR(fmt::format("Failed to load session recording file: {}", _inFilePath));
@@ -100,7 +95,7 @@ void ConvertRecFileVersionTask::convert() {
         ));
         return;
     }
-    sessRec->convertFile(_inFilename);
+    sessRec->convertFileRelativePath(_inFilename);
 }
 
 documentation::Documentation ConvertRecFileVersionTask::documentation() {
diff --git a/support/cmake/application_definition.cmake b/support/cmake/application_definition.cmake
index 100f51f740..6705639450 100644
--- a/support/cmake/application_definition.cmake
+++ b/support/cmake/application_definition.cmake
@@ -27,39 +27,9 @@ include(${OPENSPACE_CMAKE_EXT_DIR}/global_variables.cmake)
 function (create_new_application application_name)
   add_executable(${application_name} MACOSX_BUNDLE ${ARGN})
   set_openspace_compile_settings(${application_name})
-
-  # We currently can't reuse the precompiled header because that one has the Kameleon
-  # definition stuck into it
-  #target_precompile_headers(${library_name} REUSE_FROM openspace-core)
-  #target_precompile_headers(${application_name} PRIVATE
-  #  [["ghoul/fmt.h"]]
-  #  [["ghoul/glm.h"]]
-  #  [["ghoul/misc/assert.h"]]
-  #  [["ghoul/misc/boolean.h"]]
-  #  [["ghoul/misc/exception.h"]]
-  #  [["ghoul/misc/invariants.h"]]
-  #  [["ghoul/misc/profiling.h"]]
-  #  <algorithm>
-  #  <array>
-   # <chrono>
-  #  <filesystem>
-  #  <map>
-  #  <memory>
-  #  <string>
-  #  <utility>
-  #  <vector>
-  #)
-
   if (WIN32)
     get_external_library_dependencies(ext_lib)
-    ghl_copy_files(
-      ${application_name}
-      "${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/curl/lib/libcurl.dll"
-      "${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/curl/lib/libeay32.dll"
-      "${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/curl/lib/ssleay32.dll"
-      ${ext_lib}
-    )
-    ghl_copy_shared_libraries(${application_name} ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/ghoul)
+    ghl_copy_files(${application_name} ${ext_lib})
   endif ()
 
   target_link_libraries(${application_name} PUBLIC openspace-module-base)
diff --git a/support/cmake/module_definition.cmake b/support/cmake/module_definition.cmake
index 34dbd45be8..96cbeb1934 100644
--- a/support/cmake/module_definition.cmake
+++ b/support/cmake/module_definition.cmake
@@ -74,20 +74,6 @@ endfunction ()
 
 
 
-function (register_external_libraries libraries)
-  # This is an ugly hack as we can't inject a variable into a scope two parents above
-  # would love to: set(${module_external_librarys} "${libraries}" PARENT_PARENT_SCOPE)
-  # instead
-  set(libs "")
-  foreach (library ${libraries})
-    get_filename_component(lib ${library} ABSOLUTE)
-    list(APPEND libs ${lib})
-  endforeach()
-
-  set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY CurrentModuleExternalLibraries ${libs})
-endfunction ()
-
-
 # Gets and returns the <name>module.h and <name>module.cpp files and provides them with a
 # source group
 function (get_module_files module_name module_files)