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-Compiling LyX 1.5 for Win32
-===========================
-
-LyX 1.5 can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005.
-
-Compiling
-=========
-
-1	Install MSVC 2005
-	
-	If you don't have MSVC 2005 installed, download and install the free
-	Express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
-	
-	You also need to install the Platform SDK, see
-	http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
-	
-2	Install Python
-	
-	Get the latest Python 2.5 version at
-	http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/
-	
-	Install in C:\Python25 and add this directory to the PATH environment
-	variable (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced >
-	Environment Variables).
-	
-3	Install SCons
-	
-	Download and install SCons 0.96.92 from http://www.scons.org/download.php
-	
-4	Install the dependencies
-	
-	Download ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4.zip
-	and extract in the root directory of your LyX files (so you will get
-	a directory called lyx-windows-deps-msvc next to the other directories
-	like src, development etc.).
-	
-5	Compile
-	
-	Run development\Win32\packaging\build_msvc.bat
+Compiling LyX 2.2 for Win32 and creating Windows installer
+==========================================================
+
+It's recommended to compile LyX using Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and CMake.
+Pre-compiled packages with dependencies are provided for this environment.
+
+
+Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++
+===================================
+
+Follow this Wiki page:
+
+	http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Compilation
+
+If you find there any errors please write a mail to the lyx-devel mailing list.
+
 
 Creating the Installer
 ======================
-	
-	To create an installer with LyX and all related components, download
-	and install the latest NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
-	
-	Open development\Win32\packaging\installer\setttings.user.nsh and modify
-	the settings depending on your build environment.
-	
-	Finally, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer
-	(in a normal Windows Explorer), right-click on lyx.nsi and click
-	"Compile NSIS Script".
+
+	- Get NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
+	- In the LyX source directory, go to development\Win32\packaging\installer
+	- Copy the 3 dll-files from there to the DLL folder of the NSIS installation
+	- Check whether the file locations/paths in settings.nsh match your setup.
+	- Right-click on lyx.nsi and click "Compile NSIS Script".