diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cae515e..37ea4d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,9 +34,19 @@ cd workshop
 ./geopython-workshop-ctl.sh stop
 ```
 
-Windows (Powershell):
+Windows (Powershell or Command Prompt):
+
+```bat
+cd workshop
+.\win-geopython-workshop-ctl.bat start
+.\win-geopython-workshop-ctl.bat url
+.\win-geopython-workshop-ctl.bat stop
+```
+
+Windows (Powershell + bash):
 
 ```bash
+cd workshop
 # start workshop
 bash ./geopython-workshop-ctl.sh start
 # display URL and open in default web browser
@@ -45,6 +55,8 @@ bash ./geopython-workshop-ctl.sh url
 bash ./geopython-workshop-ctl.sh stop
 ```
 
+
+
 NB [Jupyter notebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Jupyter) needs a **token**. The token is displayed in the jupyter container logs on startup:
 
 `http://127.0.0.1:8888/?token=<longtokenhexstring>`.
diff --git a/win-geopython-workshop-ctl.bat b/win-geopython-workshop-ctl.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a1717b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win-geopython-workshop-ctl.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+@ECHO OFF
+
+SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
+
+SET "PROGRAM_NAME=%~nx0"
+
+SET "USAGE=Usage: %PROGRAM_NAME% ^<start^|stop^|url^|update^|clean^>"
+
+IF "%1"=="" (
+    ECHO %USAGE%
+    ENDLOCAL
+    EXIT /B 1
+)
+IF NOT "%2"=="" (
+    ECHO %USAGE%
+    ENDLOCAL
+    EXIT /B 1
+)
+
+REM Sniff which Docker Compose variant is installed
+REM and set an alias.
+REM See https://github.com/geopython/geopython-workshop/issues/82
+docker-compose --version >NUL
+IF !ERRORLEVEL! EQU 0 (
+    SET DOCKERCOMPOSE=docker-compose
+    ECHO Using docker-compose
+) ELSE (
+    docker compose version >NUL
+    IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 (
+        ECHO Neither docker-compose nor docker compose is available
+        ECHO Check your Docker Installation
+        ENDLOCAL
+        EXIT /B 1
+    )
+    SET "DOCKERCOMPOSE=docker compose"
+    ECHO Using docker compose
+)
+
+REM Test for the command
+IF /I "%1"=="start" (
+    %PROGRAM_NAME% stop
+    %DOCKERCOMPOSE% up -d
+) ELSE ( IF /I "%1"=="stop" (
+    %DOCKERCOMPOSE% stop
+    %DOCKERCOMPOSE% rm --force
+) ELSE ( IF /I "%1"=="url" (
+    REM try to open the Jupyter Notebook in Browser
+    REM Filter the URL from the log output
+    powershell -Command "try { $url = (docker logs geopython-workshop-jupyter 2>&1 | Select-String -Pattern 'http://127\.0\.0\.1\S+token\S+')[-1].Matches[0].Value; Write-Output ('Attempting to open ' + $url + ' in your browser on platform Windows...') 'If this fails, simply copy/paste that URL in your browser'; start $url } catch { exit 2 }"
+    IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 (
+        ECHO workshop not started
+        ECHO did you start the workshop? (i.e. %PROGRAM_NAME% start^)
+        ENDLOCAL
+        EXIT /B 2
+    )
+) ELSE ( IF /I "%1"=="update" (
+    docker pull geopython/geopython-workshop:latest
+    ECHO:
+    ECHO:
+    ECHO workshop is running the latest Docker images
+    ECHO If updates occured, then stop/start the workshop
+) ELSE ( IF /I "%1"=="clean" (
+    REM Remove all exited containers
+    FOR /F %%c IN ('docker ps -a -f status^=exited -q') DO docker rm %%c
+    REM And dangling images
+    FOR /F %%i IN ('docker images -f dangling^=true -q') DO docker rmi %%i
+) ELSE (
+    ECHO %USAGE%
+) ) ) ) )
+
+ENDLOCAL