diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ac47bf1..6bfad110 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# v3.9.26-alpha
+
+## Bugx fixed
+
+- fixed windows release (#116). ldc2 >= 1.31.0 is a minimal requirement now.
+
 # v3.9.25
 
 ## Enhancements
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08eb3a47..29beea58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The _zip_ archives allow to move freely the files.
 The _setup.zip_ archives contain a command line program that installs to predefined locations so that the software can be run without additional intervention.
 The _deb_ and the _rpm_ packages are for those who prefer the official setup system of their linux systems.
 FreeBSD (all archs), Linux (32 bit) and Windows (32 bits) versions must be [built manually](https://basile.b.gitlab.io/dexed/build.html).
-~~A Windows 64bit build can be found [on appveyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/BBasile/dexed/history). Click the top most item that has a green left margin and download the file listed in the "Artifacts" tab.~~
+A Windows 64bit build can be found [on appveyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/BBasile/dexed/history). Click the top most item that has a green left margin and download the file listed in the "Artifacts" tab.
 
 [**See this page**](https://basile.b.gitlab.io/dexed/setup.html) for more information about the setup.
 
diff --git a/disabled.appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
similarity index 96%
rename from disabled.appveyor.yml
rename to appveyor.yml
index 9911e630..ad1d4ecc 100644
--- a/disabled.appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ branches:
 
 install:
   - ps: |
-        $LDC_URL = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v1.30.0/ldc2-1.30.0-windows-x64.7z"
+        $LDC_URL = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v1.33.0/ldc2-1.33.0-windows-multilib.7z"
         $LDC_NME = "C:\ldc.7z";
         $LAZ_URL = "https://gitlab.com/basile.b/laz-bin-cache.git"
         $LAZ_NME = "laz-bin-cache\lazarus-2.2.0-fpc-3.2.2-win64.exe"
 
         (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile($LDC_URL, $LDC_NME)
         7z x $LDC_NME -o"C:\" -y -r
-        Rename-Item "C:\ldc2-1.30.0-windows-x64" "C:\ldc"
+        Rename-Item "C:\ldc2-1.33.0-windows-multilib" "C:\ldc"
 
         git clone $LAZ_URL --depth=1
         Start-Process -FilePath $LAZ_NME -Wait -ArgumentList "/SILENT", "/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES", "/DIR=C:\lazarus"
diff --git a/dexed-d/dub.json b/dexed-d/dub.json
index 754ec718..44cc2402 100644
--- a/dexed-d/dub.json
+++ b/dexed-d/dub.json
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
       "path" : "../etc/libdparse"
     }
   },
-  "dflags" : [
+  "dflags-linux" : [
     "-link-defaultlib-shared=false"
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  ],
+  "dflags-windows" : [
+    "-link-defaultlib-shared=false",
+    "-fvisibility=public",
+    "-dllimport=none",
+  ],
+}
diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md
index cf0008f6..53e0c2ed 100644
--- a/docs/build.md
+++ b/docs/build.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Dexed is mostly programmed in Object Pascal, using the the [Lazarus development
 * [Download](http://lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?page=downloads) and setup the latest Lazarus version (>= 2.2.0) and  FPC + FPC sources (= 3.2.2) for your platform.
     * Windows: the three packages are bundled in an installer.
     * Linux: the three packages must be downloaded and setup individually. It's recommended to download the packages from _SourceForge_ and not from the official repository of the distribution because they don't always propose the latest version.
-* [Download](https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases) and setup LDC2, the LLVM-based D compiler. It is used to compile the part of the IDE that's written in D, a library called _libdexed-d_. LDC2 binaries must be visible in the system PATH variable. Note that building _libdexed-d_ is automatic.
+* [Download](https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases) and setup LDC2 (>= v1.31.0), the LLVM-based D compiler. It is used to compile the part of the IDE that's written in D, a library called _libdexed-d_. LDC2 binaries must be visible in the system PATH variable. Note that building _libdexed-d_ is automatic.
 
 ## Build