diff --git a/scripts/Windows/0_download_ext.ps1 b/scripts/Windows/0_download_ext.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dca9be8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Windows/0_download_ext.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+$DIR = Get-Location
+
+#default paths wrt the script folder
+$SCRIPTS_PATH = $PSScriptRoot
+$EXTERNAL_PATH = Join-Path $SCRIPTS_PATH ..\..\src\external
+
+cd $EXTERNAL_PATH
+
+Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.75.0/source/boost_1_75_0.zip" -OutFile "boost_1_75_0.zip"
+Expand-Archive -Path boost_1_75_0.zip -DestinationPath .\
+Remove-Item boost_1_75_0.zip
+
+Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases/download/v5.2.1/CGAL-5.2.1.zip" -OutFile "CGAL-5.2.1.zip"
+Expand-Archive -Path CGAL-5.2.1.zip -DestinationPath .\
+Remove-Item CGAL-5.2.1.zip
+
+Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases/download/v5.2.1/CGAL-5.2.1-win64-auxiliary-libraries-gmp-mpfr.zip" -OutFile "CGAL-5.2.1-win64-auxiliary-libraries-gmp-mpfr.zip"
+Expand-Archive -Path CGAL-5.2.1-win64-auxiliary-libraries-gmp-mpfr.zip -DestinationPath .\CGAL-5.2.1\ -Force
+Remove-Item CGAL-5.2.1-win64-auxiliary-libraries-gmp-mpfr.zip
+
+#going back to original location
+cd $DIR
diff --git a/src/external/cgal.cmake b/src/external/cgal.cmake
index 78ae9dda7..cf2f0a7a4 100644
--- a/src/external/cgal.cmake
+++ b/src/external/cgal.cmake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ elseif(ALLOW_BUNDLED_CGAL AND EXISTS "${CGAL_DIR}/include/CGAL/version.h")
 	target_link_libraries(external-cgal INTERFACE mpfr gmp Threads::Threads)
 	
 	if (WIN32)
-		if (DEFINED MESHLAB_BUILD_DISTRIB_DIR)
+		if (DEFINED MESHLAB_LIB_OUTPUT_DIR)
 			file(
 				COPY
 					${CGAL_DIR}/auxiliary/gmp/lib/libmpfr-4.lib
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ elseif(ALLOW_BUNDLED_CGAL AND EXISTS "${CGAL_DIR}/include/CGAL/version.h")
 					${CGAL_DIR}/auxiliary/gmp/lib/libgmp-10.lib
 					${CGAL_DIR}/auxiliary/gmp/lib/libgmp-10.dll
 				DESTINATION
-					${MESHLAB_BUILD_DISTRIB_DIR})
+					${MESHLAB_LIB_OUTPUT_DIR})
 		endif()
 		if (DEFINED MESHLAB_LIB_INSTALL_DIR)
 			install(