Cannot freeze python-3.12 code on Windows 11

[jmarcet]

Describe the bug Cannot freeze python 3.12 code on Windows 11 Pro amd64 using cx_Freeze 6.16.aplha versions, last I tried is 20. This was working fine three weeks ago, but suddenly it started to fail like this:

copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\openjdk17\17.0.2-8\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\3.12.1\python312.dll -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\python312.dll
WARNING: cannot find 'api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll'
copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\persist\python312\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\bases\console-cpython-312-win_amd64.exe -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\movistar_epg.exe
copying C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\persist\python312\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\frozen_application_license.txt -> C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\build\exe.win-amd64-3.12\frozen_application_license.txt
data=72092
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\src\movistar-u7d\setup.py", line 25, in <module>
    setup(
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\__init__.py", line 68, in setup
    setuptools.setup(**attrs)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 103, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 185, in setup
    return run_commands(dist)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 201, in run_commands
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 963, in run_command
    super().run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build.py", line 131, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py", line 318, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 963, in run_command
    super().run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\command\build_exe.py", line 284, in run
    freezer.freeze()
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 731, in freeze
    self._freeze_executable(executable)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 323, in _freeze_executable
    self._add_resources(exe)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 794, in _add_resources
    version.stamp(target_path)
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\winversioninfo.py", line 240, in stamp
    handle, RT_VERSION, ID_VERSION, string_version_info.to_buffer()
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\jmarcet\scoop\apps\python312\current\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\winversioninfo.py", line 96, in to_buffer
    data = pack(fmt, data)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
struct.error: 'H' format requires 0 <= number <= 65535

To Reproduce

git clone -b next https://github.com/jmarcet/movistar-u7d
cd movistar-u7d
pip install --force --no-cache --pre --upgrade --extra-index-url https://marcelotduarte.github.io/packages/cx_Freeze
pip install -r requirements-win.txt
python .\setup.py build

Expected behavior Frozen artifacts saved under build dir

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• Platform information: Windows 11 Pro
• OS architecture: amd64
• cx_Freeze version: cx_Freeze-6.16.0.dev20-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl
• Python version: 3.12.1

Additional context I had initially reported it on #2153