diff --git a/src/GUI.cpp b/src/GUI.cpp
index 90811f1e4..8a9b06cd4 100644
--- a/src/GUI.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI.cpp
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ GUI::GUI(QWidget *parent, QStringList torrentCmdLine) : QMainWindow(parent), dis
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
   char buffer[UNLEN+1] = {0};
   DWORD buffer_len = UNLEN + 1;
-  if (!GetUserName(buffer, &buffer_len))
-    uid = QString(buffer)
+  if (!GetUserNameA(buffer, &buffer_len))
+    uid = QString(buffer);
 #else
     uid = QString::number(getuid());
 #endif
diff --git a/src/filesystemwatcher.h b/src/filesystemwatcher.h
index 217777d65..f8a84af30 100644
--- a/src/filesystemwatcher.h
+++ b/src/filesystemwatcher.h
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 #define FILESYSTEMWATCHER_H
 
 #include <QFileSystemWatcher>
+#include <QDir>
 
 #ifndef Q_WS_WIN
 #include <QTimer>
-#include <QDir>
 #include <QPointer>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QSet>
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ protected slots:
   }
 
   void scanNetworkFolders() {
+#ifndef Q_WS_WIN
     qDebug("scanNetworkFolders() called");
     QStringList torrents;
     // Network folders scan
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ protected slots:
       qDebug("The following files are being reported: %s", qPrintable(torrents.join("\n")));
       emit torrentsAdded(torrents);
     }
+#endif
   }
 
 signals:
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 50ac3c67b..6b82fc592 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
   char buffer[UNLEN+1] = {0};
   DWORD buffer_len = UNLEN + 1;
-  if (!GetUserName(buffer, &buffer_len))
-    uid = QString(buffer)
+  if (!GetUserNameA(buffer, &buffer_len))
+    uid = QString(buffer);
 #else
     uid = QString::number(getuid());
 #endif
diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index ac518b893..0833caabb 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 
 QString misc::QDesktopServicesDataLocation() {
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+  LPWSTR path=new WCHAR[256];
+  QString result;
 #if defined Q_WS_WINCE
   if (SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE))
 #else
@@ -147,16 +149,16 @@ long long misc::freeDiskSpaceOnPath(QString path) {
   GetDiskFreeSpaceEx_t
       pGetDiskFreeSpaceEx = (GetDiskFreeSpaceEx_t)::GetProcAddress
                             (
-                                ::GetModuleHandle(_T("kernel32.dll")),
+                                ::GetModuleHandle(TEXT("kernel32.dll")),
                                 "GetDiskFreeSpaceExW"
                                 );
   if ( pGetDiskFreeSpaceEx )
   {
     ULARGE_INTEGER bytesFree, bytesTotal;
     unsigned long long *ret;
-    if (pGetDiskFreeSpaceEx((LPCTSTR)path.ucs2(), &bytesFree, &bytesTotal, NULL)) {
-      tmp = (unsigned long long*)&bytesFree
-            return ret;
+    if (pGetDiskFreeSpaceEx((LPCTSTR)path.utf16(), &bytesFree, &bytesTotal, NULL)) {
+      ret = (unsigned long long*)&bytesFree;
+      return *ret;
     } else {
       return -1;
     }
diff --git a/src/proplistdelegate.h b/src/proplistdelegate.h
index cc53a186d..6d419dbc0 100644
--- a/src/proplistdelegate.h
+++ b/src/proplistdelegate.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include "propertieswidget.h"
 
 // Defines for properties list columns
-enum PropColumn {NAME, SIZE, PROGRESS, PRIORITY};
+enum PropColumn {NAME, PCSIZE, PROGRESS, PRIORITY};
 
 class PropListDelegate: public QItemDelegate {
   Q_OBJECT
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public:
     painter->save();
     QStyleOptionViewItemV2 opt = QItemDelegate::setOptions(index, option);
     switch(index.column()){
-    case SIZE:
+    case PCSIZE:
       QItemDelegate::drawBackground(painter, opt, index);
       QItemDelegate::drawDisplay(painter, opt, option.rect, misc::friendlyUnit(index.data().toLongLong()));
       break;
diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index e6c54f0cc..c7677fff9 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ DEFINES += VERSION_MAJOR=2
 DEFINES += VERSION_MINOR=3
 DEFINES += VERSION_BUGFIX=0
 
+win32 {
+  # Adapt these paths on Windows
+  INCLUDEPATH += $$quote(D:/librarys/boost_1_42_0)
+  INCLUDEPATH += $$quote(D:/librarys/libtorrent-rasterbar-0.14.9/include)
+
+  DEFINES += _WIN32_WINNT=0x0501
+  DEFINES += _WIN32_IE=0x0400
+  DEFINES += _WIN32_WINDOWS
+}
+
 # NORMAL,ALPHA,BETA,RELEASE_CANDIDATE,DEVEL
 DEFINES += VERSION_TYPE=ALPHA
 
@@ -117,11 +127,33 @@ DEFINES += QT_USE_FAST_CONCATENATION QT_USE_FAST_OPERATOR_PLUS
 # usually built as static
 # win32:LIBS += -ltorrent -lboost_system
 # win32:LIBS += -lz ?
-win32:LIBS += -lssl32 \
-    -lws2_32 \
-    -lwsock32 \
-    -ladvapi32 \
-    -lwinmm
+win32 {
+  LIBS += -lssl \
+          -lws2_32 \
+          -lwsock32 \
+          -ladvapi32 \
+          -lwinmm
+
+  # Adapt these paths on Windows
+  LIBS += C:/boost_1_42_0/lib/libboost_filesystem-mgw44-mt.lib \
+          C:/boost_1_42_0/lib/libboost_program_options-mgw44-mt.lib \
+          C:/boost_1_42_0/lib/libboost_system-mgw44-mt.lib \
+          C:/boost_1_42_0/lib/libboost_thread-mgw44-mt.lib \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/*.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libboost_thread.lib \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libssl.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libcrypto.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libssl.dll.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libcrypto.dll.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libws2_32.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libwsock32.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libadvapi32.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libwinmm.a \
+          C:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/libgdi32.a \
+          -LC:/Qt/2010.02.1/mingw/lib/
+
+  LIBS += -ltorrent-rasterbar
+}
 
 os2:LIBS += -ltorrent-rasterbar \
     -lcurl \