diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 24fae45c6..cd1854304 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,26 +27,6 @@ if (MSVC AND SLIC3R_MSVC_COMPILE_PARALLEL)
 	add_compile_options(/MP)
 endif ()
 
-# Find the Perl interpreter, add local-lib to PATH and PERL5LIB environment variables,
-# so the locally installed modules (mainly the Alien::wxPerl) will be reached.
-if (WIN32)
-    set(ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR ";")
-else()
-    set(ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR ":")
-endif()
-set(ENV{PATH}     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/local-lib/bin${ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR}$ENV{PATH}")
-set(PERL_INCLUDE  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/local-lib/lib/perl5${ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR}$ENV{PERL5LIB}")
-message("PATH: $ENV{PATH}")
-message("PERL_INCLUDE: ${PERL_INCLUDE}")
-find_package(Perl REQUIRED)
-if (WIN32)
-    # On Windows passing the PERL5LIB variable causes various problems (such as with MAX_PATH and others),
-    # basically I've found no good way to do it on Windows.
-    set(PERL5LIB_ENV_CMD "")
-else()
-    set(PERL5LIB_ENV_CMD ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env PERL5LIB=${PERL_INCLUDE})
-endif()
-
 # CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH is used to point CMake to the remaining dependencies (Boost, TBB, ...)
 # We pick it from environment if it is not defined in another way
 if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
@@ -110,7 +90,7 @@ include_directories(${LIBDIR}/libslic3r ${LIBDIR}/clipper ${LIBDIR}/polypartitio
 
 if(WIN32)
     # BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB: Avoid the automatic linking of Boost libraries on Windows. Rather rely on explicit linking.
-    add_definitions(-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -D_WIN32 -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB -DBOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION=0x601)
+    add_definitions(-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -D_WIN32 -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB -DBOOST_USE_WINAPI_VERSION=0x601 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
 
 add_definitions(-DwxUSE_UNICODE -D_UNICODE -DUNICODE -DWXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO)
@@ -120,12 +100,9 @@ if (SLIC3R_PROFILE)
     add_definitions(-DSLIC3R_PROFILE)
 endif ()
 
-# Perl specific stuff
-find_package(PerlLibs REQUIRED)
-set(PerlEmbed_DEBUG 1)
-find_package(PerlEmbed REQUIRED)
 # If the Perl is compiled with optimization off, disable optimization over the whole project.
-if (WIN32 AND ";${PerlEmbed_CCFLAGS};" MATCHES ";[-/]Od;")
+if (0)
+#if (WIN32 AND ";${PerlEmbed_CCFLAGS};" MATCHES ";[-/]Od;")
     message(STATUS "Perl compiled without optimization. Disabling optimization for the Slic3r build.")
     message("Old CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
     message("Old CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
@@ -138,7 +115,7 @@ if (WIN32 AND ";${PerlEmbed_CCFLAGS};" MATCHES ";[-/]Od;")
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "/MD /Od /Zi /DNDEBUG /DWIN32 /DTBB_USE_ASSERT")
 endif()
 # The following line will add -fPIC on Linux to make the XS.so rellocable.
-add_definitions(${PerlEmbed_CCCDLFLAGS})
+#add_definitions(${PerlEmbed_CCCDLFLAGS})
 
 # Find and configure boost
 if(SLIC3R_STATIC)
diff --git a/src/slic3r.cpp b/src/slic3r.cpp
index 95ba4dfb6..35ec62316 100644
--- a/src/slic3r.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+#ifdef WIN32
+    // Why?
+    #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0502
+    // The standard Windows includes.
+    #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+    #define NOMINMAX
+    #include <Windows.h>
+    #include <wchar.h>
+    // Let the NVIDIA and AMD know we want to use their graphics card
+    // on a dual graphics card system.
+    __declspec(dllexport) DWORD NvOptimusEnablement = 0x00000001;
+    __declspec(dllexport) int AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance = 1;
+#endif /* WIN32 */
+
 #include "Config.hpp"
 #include "Geometry.hpp"
 #include "Model.hpp"
diff --git a/src/slic3r.manifest b/src/slic3r.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c480ca337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/slic3r.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3" manifestVersion="1.0">
+  <assemblyIdentity version="SLIC3R_RC_VERSION_DOTS" name="Slic3r" type="Win32" />
+  <description>Perl</description>
+  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <security>
+      <requestedPrivileges>
+        <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
+      </requestedPrivileges>
+    </security>
+  </trustInfo>
+  <dependency>
+    <dependentAssembly>
+      <assemblyIdentity type="Win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0"
+	processorArchitecture="*" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*" />
+    </dependentAssembly>
+  </dependency>
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- The ID below indicates application support for Windows Vista -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
+      <!-- The ID below indicates application support for Windows 7 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+      <!-- The ID below indicates application support for Windows 8 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
+      <!-- The ID below indicates application support for Windows 8.1 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+      <!-- The ID below indicates application support for Windows 10 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+  <asmv3:application>
+    <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2017/WindowsSettings">
+      <!-- set gdiScaling to true? -->
+    </asmv3:windowsSettings>
+  </asmv3:application>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/src/slic3r.rc b/src/slic3r.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ae8653dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/slic3r.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+1 VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION SLIC3R_RC_VERSION
+PRODUCTVERSION SLIC3R_RC_VERSION
+{
+ BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+ {
+  BLOCK "040904E4"
+  {
+   VALUE "CompanyName", "Prusa Research"
+   VALUE "FileDescription", "Slic3r Prusa Edition"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", "SLIC3R_BUILD_ID"
+   VALUE "ProductName", "Slic3r Prusa Edition"
+   VALUE "ProductVersion", "SLIC3R_BUILD_ID"
+   VALUE "InternalName", "Slic3r Prusa Edition"
+   VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright \251 2011-2017 Alessandro Ranelucci, \251 2016 Prusa Research"
+   VALUE "OriginalFilename", "slic3r.exe"
+  }
+ }
+ BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+ {
+   VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
+ }
+}
+2 ICON "../resources/icons/Slic3r.ico"
+1 24 "slic3r.manifest" 
diff --git a/xs/CMakeLists.txt b/xs/CMakeLists.txt
index f3afca619..4ea8bb4d2 100644
--- a/xs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 project(XS)
 
+# Find the Perl interpreter, add local-lib to PATH and PERL5LIB environment variables,
+# so the locally installed modules (mainly the Alien::wxPerl) will be reached.
+if (WIN32)
+    set(ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR ";")
+else()
+    set(ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR ":")
+endif()
+set(ENV{PATH}     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/local-lib/bin${ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR}$ENV{PATH}")
+set(PERL_INCLUDE  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/local-lib/lib/perl5${ENV_PATH_SEPARATOR}$ENV{PERL5LIB}")
+message("PATH: $ENV{PATH}")
+message("PERL_INCLUDE: ${PERL_INCLUDE}")
+find_package(Perl REQUIRED)
+if (WIN32)
+    # On Windows passing the PERL5LIB variable causes various problems (such as with MAX_PATH and others),
+    # basically I've found no good way to do it on Windows.
+    set(PERL5LIB_ENV_CMD "")
+else()
+    set(PERL5LIB_ENV_CMD ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env PERL5LIB=${PERL_INCLUDE})
+endif()
+
+# Perl specific stuff
+find_package(PerlLibs REQUIRED)
+set(PerlEmbed_DEBUG 1)
+find_package(PerlEmbed REQUIRED)
+
 # Generate the Slic3r Perl module (XS) typemap file.
 set(MyTypemap ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/typemap)
 add_custom_command(