B. Scott Michel 09f67aa06c v141_xp: VS Installer whack-a-mole tournament ...

VS installer's startup is not instantaneous and there's some lag in the
CI/CD pipeline. Adjust strategy to wait for startup (20 seconds max) to
make the script more robust. (Doesn't seem to get triggered, but that
doesn't mean it won't happen in the future.)

Add the the following command line flags:

    --force: Forces VS instance termination, if any are running.
        (Unclear impact. Paranoia.)

    --norestart: Delay reboot, if reboot needed. (Probable reason why
        (Most likely reason why installs were incomplete.)

    --installWhileDownloading: Self-explanitory. (Unclear impact.)

"Get-VSSetupInstance/Select-VSSetupInstance" will report a VS
instance ID if successful, e.g.:

    DEBUG: Get-VSSetupInstance/Select-VSSetupInstance
    InstanceId          : 8d19910a
    DisplayName         : Visual Studio Enterprise 2022
    InstallationVersion : 17.6.33815.320
    InstallationPath    : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise
    InstallDate         : 6/20/2023 9:38:11 PM

Useful output in the GH CI/CD log for future debugging.

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build.yml

CMake build infrastructure II (#53)

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cmake-builds.yml

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release.yml

CMake build infrastructure II (#53)

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windows_build.yml

Change archives from BZIP2 to ZIP

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