howto create windows msi installer you need: 1. windows installer XML installed and callable from your path get it from http://wixtoolset.org/ Because of a bug in the current version of wix the installer works using version 3.7 only. build the installer 1. build inkscape 2. open command shell "cmd" 3. change current directory to inkscape\packaging\wix 4. set environment variables wixenv.bat 5. create installer using batch install.bat when completed there should be inkscape.msi in your path things still todo - detailed explanation what to do for new revisions - better filenames (nightly builds versus releases) - howto remove python .pyc files after deinstallation - localisation into the installer theAdib