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Hi all,
I need help regarding how to build a mpy-cross binary for windows.

Many thanks!

Have you tried installing it with pip? It looks like it has Windows builds available on PyPi:

https://pypi.org/project/mpy-cross/

You can probably install it like a normal Python package:
or

Thanks, I was not aware that it is so simple!

For reference, since the title asks about building, there are alternatives: there's a Makefile which can be built using gcc for windows (i.e. from Mingw-w64, can be obtained as part of Cygwin or MSYS2) and a project file for Msvc is on it's way.