diff --git a/linux/README.txt b/linux/README.txt
index 4521e865db..48d9775fb1 100644
--- a/linux/README.txt
+++ b/linux/README.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ release checklist
             scp tarballs back to linux
         ... compile on windows:
             cd msw
-            ./sbuild-msw-64.sh <version>
-            ./sbuild-msw-32.sh <version>
+            ./build-msw-64.sh <version>
+            ./build-msw-32.sh <version>
     git tag (to see existing tags)
     git tag 0.43-3test1 (e.g.)
     git push origin
diff --git a/msw/build-msw-64.sh b/msw/build-msw-64.sh
index 967d239819..84e33bb795 100755
--- a/msw/build-msw-64.sh
+++ b/msw/build-msw-64.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cd pd-$pdversion
 #do an autotools build
 ./autogen.sh
 ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --with-wish=wish86.exe \
-    CPPFLAGS='-DWISH=\"wish86.exe\"'
+    CPPFLAGS='-DWISH=\"wish86.exe\" -DWINVER=0x0600 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600'
 
 # for some reason, the generated libtool file has a reference to the 'msvcrt'
 # lib which breaks compilation... so get rid of it.  This might no longer be
diff --git a/msw/build-msw-32.sh b/msw/build-wxp-32.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from msw/build-msw-32.sh
rename to msw/build-wxp-32.sh
diff --git a/msw/build-wxp-64.sh b/msw/build-wxp-64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cbf79cdb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/msw/build-wxp-64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#usage: ./build-msw-64.sh 0.38-0 or 0.38-0test4
+
+# This file documents how Miller builds the 64-bit windows binaries for Pd.
+# It has not been tested on machines other than his.  Most people wishing to
+# compile Pd will want to use Dan Wilcox's scripts, tcltk-dir.sh and msw-app.sh
+# directly, perhaps using this file as a guide.
+
+if test x$1 = x
+then
+   echo usage: ./build-wxp-64.sh 0.38-0 or 0.38-0test4
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+pdversion=$1
+installerversion=$1.windows-installer.exe
+tkversion=8.6.8
+
+
+cd /tmp
+rm -rf pd-$pdversion
+git clone ~/pd pd-$pdversion
+cd pd-$pdversion
+
+#copy in the ASIO SDK and rename it ASIOSDK
+(cd asio; unzip $HOME/work/asio/ASIOSDK2.3.zip;
+    rm -rf __MACOSX/; mv ASIOSDK2.3 ASIOSDK)
+
+#do an autotools build
+./autogen.sh
+./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --with-wish=wish86.exe \
+    CPPFLAGS='-DWISH=\"wish86.exe\"'
+
+# for some reason, the generated libtool file has a reference to the 'msvcrt'
+# lib which breaks compilation... so get rid of it.  This might no longer be
+# necessary.
+sed -i '/-lmsvcrt/s/-lmsvcrt//g' libtool
+
+make
+
+# prepare to run Dan Wilcox's app-builcding script
+cd msw
+# copy in a pre-compiled version of TK (this was previously built using
+# Dan's tk-building script here)
+cp -a $HOME/bis/work/pd-versions/build-tk-on-win64/msw/tcltk-$tkversion .
+
+# run the app building script itself
+/home/msp/bis/work/pd-versions/build-tk-on-win64/msw/msw-app.sh \
+   --builddir ..  --tk tcltk-$tkversion $pdversion
+
+# On my machine at least, the wrong winpthread library gets loaded (the
+# 32 bit one I think) - manually copy the correct one in.  This too is
+# probably no longer necessary.
+
+cp /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libwinpthread-1.dll \
+   pd-$pdversion/bin/
+
+# make the zip archive
+zip -r /tmp/pd-$pdversion.wxp.zip  pd-$pdversion
+
+# for convenience echo the finished filename and a command to quickly test
+# it in wine
+echo /tmp/pd-$pdversion.wxp.zip
+echo wine `pwd`/pd-$pdversion/bin/wish86.exe `pwd`/pd-$pdversion/tcl/pd-gui.tcl