diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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+install: powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "windows_cygwin\bootstrap.ps1"
+build_script: windows_cygwin\build.bat
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/README.md b/windows_cygwin/README.md
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+Bootstrap from cmd.exe running as Administrator:
+
+    @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cyplo/dotfiles/master/windows_cygwin/bootstrap.ps1'))"
+
+launch a normal user's cmd.exe and:
+
+    refreshenv
+    ssh-keygen -b 8192
+    type .ssh\id_rsa.pub
+    # add this key to github
+    mkdir dev
+    cd dev
+    git clone git@github.com:cyplo/dotfiles.git
+
+launch new cmd.exe as Administrator and:
+    
+    cd %HOMEPATH%\dev\dotfiles
+    windows_cygwin\build.bat
+
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/bootstrap.ps1 b/windows_cygwin/bootstrap.ps1
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+iwr https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex
+choco install -y git win32-openssh
+
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/build.bat b/windows_cygwin/build.bat
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+choco install -y firefox googlechrome wget
+wget -c https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
+REM cygwin installation
+setup-x86_64.exe -R "C:\cygwin64" -s http://cygwin.netbet.org/ -q -g -P curl,zsh,git,vim,wget,xz,tar,gawk,bzip2,subversion
+