Install msys2 https://www.msys2.org/

After installation: Open up MSYS2 MSYS shell (C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd)

# copy paste the following lines
pacman -S --needed mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc   \
                   mingw-w64-i686-gcc     \
                   make                   \
				   cmake  \
                   mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja \
                   mingw-w64-i686-ninja
				   

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\msys64\mingw32\bin;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin"

rem Check like this:
rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables

The open the project in Visual Studio 2017 with: File->Open->CMake

The the menu-item CMake often hangs in