Is there an easy way to access previous model versions with the fully packaged option for Windows?

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Hi there,

I'm working amid IT restrictions that make accessing this technology difficult, so please pardon any related oversights on my end.

I'm trying to help myself and colleagues regain access to the fully packaged "as is" Windows version. We have now identified a solution that at least allows us to use this solution via the command prompt Usage (CLI) instructions, although the GUI.exe is still blocked.

What I'm confused about now is how to successfully access previous model versions. For example, we have colleagues who have processed many terabytes of data through V2.3 and completed verifications/threshold selection processes, so we don't want to switch to V2.4 now and start all over with verification and threshold selection. I tried downloading the V2.4 "fully packaged" version and then replacing the checkpoints and labels folders with those from the a V2.3 version I had, but this didn't work. I also downloaded the V2.3 version available in model version history, but I've bungled something along the way and can't get this to work via "fully packaged" command prompt route. Error messages indicate that my manual attempt to point to an earlier version is not successful. Is there a straightforward way to download a fully packaged Windows version for earlier BirdNET model versions, and if not, do you have any guidance on which items/folders could be replaced manually in order to access previous versions?

(I personally also have a workaround of running things via WSL Ubuntu and it is easy for me to point to different BirdNET model versions for different projects ("for more advanced use cases"). However, accessing different BirdNET models feels trickier with the packaged version. If there is a solution that doesn't involve me having to write up a how-to guide for WSL Ubuntu and have colleagues walk through multiple IT tickets to access that workaround, that would be amazing!)

Thank you for any insights!