Message 64836 - Python tracker
Humm, just saw the MSDN page Marc-Andre referred to, which indeed seems to indicate the Express edition doesn't support x64 cross-compilation *at all*. AFAICT the latest Platform SDK (6.1) ships with an x64 cross compilation environment, but it's command line only, so unless there's a way to hook it up such that 'vcbuild' uses it with the Express edition as well -- it seems like you do need Standard edition or higher for x64 builds.