diff --git a/README_INSTALL.txt b/README_INSTALL.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f895d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README_INSTALL.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+
+Building on Windows:
+	1.	In a CMD window, type:
+			c:\Python27\python.exe setup.py py2exe
+	2.	Copy the GUI folder from the root directory into dist\.
+	3.	The executable is in dist\lightningbeam.exe. You probably do need most if the DLL's, I haven't
+		gone through them yet.
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diff --git a/lightningbeam.py b/lightningbeam.py
index b4b7744..59e2e18 100755
--- a/lightningbeam.py
+++ b/lightningbeam.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 import os, shutil
 
 #Uncomment to build on OS X
-import objc, AppKit, cPickle
+#import objc, AppKit, cPickle
+
+#Uncomment to build on Windows
+import ctypes, ctypes.wintypes, win32print
 
 #SVLGUI - my custom GUI wrapper to abstract the GUI
 import svlgui
diff --git a/media/icon.ico b/media/icon.ico
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc5ea59..a53fc58 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,10 +36,28 @@ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
         )),
     )
 elif sys.platform == 'win32':
+    import GUI.py2exe
+    import py2exe
+    import os
+    import win32ui
+    Mydata_files=["gpl.txt",]#"GUI",]
+    for files in os.listdir('media'):
+        f1 = 'media/' + files
+        if os.path.isfile(f1): # skip directories
+            f2 = 'media', [f1]
+            Mydata_files.append(f2)
+    for files in os.listdir('swfc'):
+        f1 = 'swfc/' + files
+        if os.path.isfile(f1): # skip directories
+            f2 = 'swfc', [f1]
+            Mydata_files.append(f2)
     extra_options = dict(
         setup_requires=['py2exe'],
-        app=[mainscript],
-        options=dict(py2app=dict(resources=["media","gpl.txt","swfc","base.js"],)),
+        windows=[{"script":mainscript,"icon_resources":[(1,"media/icon.ico")]}],
+		other_resources=[("media",["media"]),("gpl.txt",["gpl.txt"]),("swfc",["swfc"]),("GUI",["GUI"])],
+        data_files=Mydata_files,
+        options=dict(py2exe=dict(packages=["win32ui","win32clipboard","win32api","win32gui","win32process"],
+		             skip_archive=True,)),
     )
 else:
      extra_options = dict(