diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index 976cd236..7cec64b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set MSVC target (windows only)
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
-        run: |
-          echo "[build]" > .cargo/config
-          echo "target = "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" >> .cargo/config
+        run: bash ./scripts/set-windows-msvc.sh
       - name: Build example
         working-directory: examples/${{ matrix.example }}
         run: cargo build
diff --git a/scripts/set-windows-msvc.sh b/scripts/set-windows-msvc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37d7d7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/set-windows-msvc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create a .cargo directory if it does not exist
+mkdir -p .cargo
+
+# Create a config file with the target set to x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+echo "[build]" > .cargo/config
+echo "target = "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" >> .cargo/config
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