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 ```bash
 make install
 ```
+
+[Windows Build](readme/WindowsBuild.md)
+
 ## Code documentation
 
 The code documentation is generated using Doxygen.
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+# Xournal++ Windows Build
+
+**Windows Build is working now, but Xournal++ is not yet fully supported
+on Windows.**
+
+Pull requests with fixes to the Code **and to this manual** are welcome!
+This manual is not yet completed.
+
+## Preparation
+Install MSYS2
+Start Mingw-w64 64bit. (Always Check **64bit** not 32bit and not MSYS2)
+
+Update MSYS (do this multiple times,
+close Terminal after each update)
+ $ pacman -Syuu
+
+## Install GIT
+ $ pacman -S git
+
+## Install Build tools
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
+ $ pacman -S make
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
+ $ pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
+(this is a duplicate of the lines above, probably only this line is needed.
+Can anybody confirm this?)
+-> press enter multiple times / confirm all default values
+
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
+
+## Install dependencies
+
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-boost
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-poppler
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3
+
+
+## Get sources and build
+
+$ git clone https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp.git
+$ cd xournalpp/
+$ mkdir build
+$ cd build/
+
+ cmake .. -G 'MSYS Makefiles' -DENABLE_MATHTEX=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+ make
+
+## Packaging and Setup
+There is no Script yet. This two StackOverflow entries describe how it works.
+
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49092784/how-to-distribute-a-gtk-application-on-windows
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26738025/gtk-icon-missing-when-running-in-ms-windows/34673860#34673860
+
+All libpixbufloader*.dll should be copied.
+
+loaders.cache don't need to be changed.
+
+But the dependencies of the libpixbufloader*.dll needs also to be copied into
+the bin directory.
+
+
+