diff --git a/bin/hipcc b/bin/hipcc
index 552c44dda7..32494dd345 100755
--- a/bin/hipcc
+++ b/bin/hipcc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # Need perl > 5.10 to use logic-defined or
 use 5.006; use v5.10.1;
 
+use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use File::Basename;
@@ -34,30 +35,13 @@ my $SCRIPT_DIR=dirname(__FILE__);
 if ($HIPCC_USE_PERL_SCRIPT) {
     #Invoke hipcc.pl
     my $HIPCC_PERL=catfile($SCRIPT_DIR, '/hipcc.pl');
-    system("$^X $HIPCC_PERL @ARGV");
+    exec($^X, $HIPCC_PERL, @ARGV);
 } else {
-    $isWindows =  ($^O eq 'MSWin32' or $^O eq 'msys');
-    $BIN_NAME="/hipcc.bin";
-    if ($isWindows) {
-        $BIN_NAME="/hipcc.bin.exe";
-    }
-    my $HIPCC_BIN=catfile($SCRIPT_DIR, $BIN_NAME);
+    #Invoke hipcc.bin
+    my $HIPCC_BIN=catfile($SCRIPT_DIR, '/hipcc.bin');
     if ( -e $HIPCC_BIN ) {
-        #Invoke hipcc.bin
-        my $output = qx($HIPCC_BIN @ARGV);
-        print ("$output\n");
+        exec($HIPCC_BIN, @ARGV);
     } else {
         print "hipcc.bin not present; Install HIPCC binaries before proceeding";
-        exit(-1);
     }
 }
-if ($? == -1) {
-    exit($?);
-}
-elsif ($? & 127) {
-    exit($?);
-}
-else {
-     $CMD_EXIT_CODE = $? >> 8;
-}
-exit($CMD_EXIT_CODE);
diff --git a/bin/hipcc.bat b/bin/hipcc.bat
index 7a3c25ba8d..9aa0e9628f 100644
--- a/bin/hipcc.bat
+++ b/bin/hipcc.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-set HIPCC="%~dp0/hipcc"
+@set HIPCC="%~dp0/hipcc"
 @perl %HIPCC% %*
diff --git a/bin/hipconfig b/bin/hipconfig
index 8789a52b45..8ed1ba6f10 100755
--- a/bin/hipconfig
+++ b/bin/hipconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # Need perl > 5.10 to use logic-defined or
 use 5.006; use v5.10.1;
 
+use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use File::Basename;
@@ -34,30 +35,13 @@ my $SCRIPT_DIR=dirname(__FILE__);
 if ($HIPCONFIG_USE_PERL_SCRIPT) {
     #Invoke hipconfig.pl
     my $HIPCONFIG_PERL=catfile($SCRIPT_DIR, '/hipconfig.pl');
-    system("$^X $HIPCONFIG_PERL @ARGV");
+    exec($^X, $HIPCONFIG_PERL, @ARGV);
 } else {
-    $isWindows =  ($^O eq 'MSWin32' or $^O eq 'msys');
-    $BIN_NAME="/hipconfig.bin";
-    if ($isWindows) {
-        $BIN_NAME="/hipconfig.bin.exe";
-    }
-    my $HIPCONFIG_BIN=catfile($SCRIPT_DIR, $BIN_NAME);
+    #Invoke hipconfig.bin
+    my $HIPCONFIG_BIN=catfile($SCRIPT_DIR, '/hipconfig.bin');
     if ( -e $HIPCONFIG_BIN ) {
-        #Invoke hipconfig.bin
-        my $output = qx($HIPCONFIG_BIN @ARGV);
-        print ("$output\n");
+        exec($HIPCONFIG_BIN, @ARGV);
     } else {
         print "hipconfig.bin not present; Install HIPCC binaries before proceeding";
-        exit(-1);
     }
 }
-if ($? == -1) {
-    exit($?);
-}
-elsif ($? & 127) {
-    exit($?);
-}
-else {
-     $CMD_EXIT_CODE = $? >> 8;
-}
-exit($CMD_EXIT_CODE);
diff --git a/bin/hipconfig.bat b/bin/hipconfig.bat
index 47d9500c71..d58c634ef8 100644
--- a/bin/hipconfig.bat
+++ b/bin/hipconfig.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-set HIPCONFIG="%~dp0/hipconfig"
+@set HIPCONFIG="%~dp0/hipconfig"
 @perl %HIPCONFIG% %*
diff --git a/tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
index 66df886703..f1f54e545b 100644
--- a/tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS 1)
 
 project(hiptests)
 
+
 # Check if platform and compiler are set
 if(HIP_PLATFORM STREQUAL "amd")
     if(HIP_COMPILER STREQUAL "nvcc")
@@ -32,14 +33,28 @@ message(STATUS "HIP Path: ${HIP_PATH}")
 if(UNIX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${HIP_PATH}/bin/hipcc")
     set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "${HIP_PATH}/bin/hipcc")
+    set(HIPCONFIG_EXECUTABLE "${HIP_PATH}/bin/hipconfig")
+    execute_process(COMMAND perl ${HIPCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --version
+                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE HIP_VERSION
+                    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 else()
     # using cmake_path as it handles path correctly.
     # Set both compilers else windows cmake complains of mismatch
     cmake_path(SET CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${HIP_PATH}/bin/hipcc.bat")
     cmake_path(SET CMAKE_C_COMPILER "${HIP_PATH}/bin/hipcc.bat")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} --rocm-path=${ROCM_PATH}")
+    set(HIPCONFIG_EXECUTABLE "${HIP_PATH}/bin/hipconfig.bat")
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${HIPCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --version
+                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE HIP_VERSION
+                    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 endif()
 
+string(REPLACE "." ";" VERSION_LIST ${HIP_VERSION})
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 0 HIP_VERSION_MAJOR)
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 1 HIP_VERSION_MINOR)
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 2 HIP_VERSION_PATCH_GITHASH)
+string(REPLACE "-" ";" VERSION_LIST ${HIP_VERSION_PATCH_GITHASH})
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 0 HIP_VERSION_PATCH)
 
 if(NOT DEFINED CATCH2_PATH)
     if(DEFINED ENV{CATCH2_PATH})
@@ -83,6 +98,17 @@ file(COPY ./hipTestMain/config DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/hipTestMa
 file(COPY ./external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/CatchAddTests.cmake DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/script)
 set(ADD_SCRIPT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/script/CatchAddTests.cmake)
 
+if (WIN32)
+  configure_file(catchProp_in_rc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/catchProp.rc @ONLY)
+  cmake_path(SET LLVM_RC_PATH "${HIP_PATH}/../lc/bin/llvm-rc.exe")
+  cmake_path(SET LLVM_RC_PATH NORMALIZE "${LLVM_RC_PATH}")
+
+  # generates the .res files to be used by executables to populate the properties
+  # expects LC folder with clang, llvm-rc to be present one level up of HIP
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${LLVM_RC_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/catchProp.rc
+                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE RC_OUTPUT)
+  set(PROP_RC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+endif()
 
 if(HIP_PLATFORM MATCHES "amd" AND HIP_COMPILER MATCHES "clang")
     add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror -Wno-deprecated)
diff --git a/tests/catch/catchProp_in_rc.in b/tests/catch/catchProp_in_rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74d2028180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/catch/catchProp_in_rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#define HIP_VERSION "@HIP_VERSION@"
+#define HIP_VERSION_MAJOR @HIP_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define HIP_VERSION_MINOR @HIP_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define HIP_VERSION_PATCH @HIP_VERSION_PATCH@
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION HIP_VERSION_MAJOR, HIP_VERSION_MINOR , HIP_VERSION_PATCH
+PRODUCTVERSION 10,1
+FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+    FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
+#else
+    FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
+FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+FILETYPE VFT_APP
+FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "Advanced Micro Devices Inc.\0"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "HIP unit tests"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "amdhip64.dll" HIP_VERSION
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2022 Advanced Micro Devices Inc.\0"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "HIP unit tests"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", HIP_VERSION
+            VALUE "Comments", "\0"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "HIP unit tests"
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1200
+    END
+END
+/* End of Version info */
diff --git a/tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake b/tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake
index 5f4b06c7b2..5287241143 100644
--- a/tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake
+++ b/tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake
@@ -207,7 +207,15 @@ function(hip_add_exe_to_target)
   catch_discover_tests(${_NAME} PROPERTIES  SKIP_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "HIP_SKIP_THIS_TEST")
   if(UNIX)
     set(_LINKER_LIBS ${_LINKER_LIBS} stdc++fs)
+  else()
+    # res files are built resource files using rc files.
+    # use llvm-rc exe to build the res files
+    # Thes are used to populate the properties of the built executables
+    if(EXISTS "${PROP_RC}/catchProp.res")
+      set(_LINKER_LIBS ${_LINKER_LIBS} "${PROP_RC}/catchProp.res")
+    endif()
   endif()
+
   if(DEFINED _LINKER_LIBS)
     target_link_libraries(${_NAME} ${_LINKER_LIBS})
   endif()
diff --git a/tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_amd_windows.json b/tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_amd_windows.json
index d60f72243c..e84d88bf85 100644
--- a/tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_amd_windows.json
+++ b/tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_amd_windows.json
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
 	   "Unit_hipGraphExecEventRecordNodeSetEvent_Negative",
 	   "Unit_hipGraphExecMemcpyNodeSetParamsFromSymbol_Negative",
 	   "Unit_hipGraphExecMemcpyNodeSetParamsFromSymbol_Functional",
-	   "Unit_hipPtrGetAttribute_Simple"
+	   "Unit_hipPtrGetAttribute_Simple",
+	   "Unit_hipStreamCreateWithPriority_ValidateWithEvents",
+	   "Unit_hipEvent"
 	]
 
 }