if you need it compiled for windows I can try if the dependency list isnt crazy to get working.
Thanks for the offer but I'm okay - I've updated the candidate Windows binary on minkiz: I haven't been able to check specifically whether the fault persists.
Welllll, I'm pleased to report that it was another case of moar ells ...
and the zip file with updated Windows binary is:
https://minkiz.co/noodlings/slm/slimcoin-qt-v0.5.1-win32.zip
i.e. the previous link was to a zip file with a current datestamp but unchanged contents. I had omitted to clean out the release subdirectory before recompiling, sigh. I nearly missed that, wouldn't have noticed had it not been for the fact that I'd corrected a typo in the print string immediately above my edit and the debug log was still showing the typo. I did it twice (cross-compiled the binary on the old Linux laptop, uploaded it to the server, downloaded it to the Windows VM), omitted to clean the release directory twice, typo showed up twice. WTF? It was only then that I started backtracking, checking my assumptions - finally realising that the zip file content was remaining unchanged. Hence the 0.5.1, for clearer differentiation.
Sorry if I wasted anyone's time with that boo-boo.
Cheers
Graham