electron / electron/forge

Building for platform win32 on macOS with ARM64 fails

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Description

### Pre-flight checklist

- [X] I have read the [contribution documentation](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for this project.
- [X] I agree to follow the [code of conduct](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) that this project uses.
- [X] I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

### Electron Forge version

6.0.0-beta.63

### Electron version

v16.0.7

### Operating system

macOS 11.6.2

### Last known working Electron Forge version

_No response_

### Expected behavior

Application for platform win32 should build.

### Actual behavior

```
> npx electron-forge make --arch=x64 --platform=win32
✔ Checking your system
✔ Resolving Forge Config
We need to package your application before we can make it
✔ Preparing to Package Application for arch: x64
✔ Preparing native dependencies
✔ Packaging Application
Making for the following targets: squirrel
✖ Making for target: squirrel - On platform: win32 - For arch: x64

An unhandled error has occurred inside Forge:
An error occured while making for target: squirrel
spawn mono ENOENT
Error: spawn mono ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:282:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:475:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)

```

### Steps to reproduce

1. start from electron-forge template on macOS (ARM64)
2. attempt to build for platform win32 and arch x86.

### Additional information

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