diff --git a/etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb b/etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb
index c1e629a1..c22271cd 100644
--- a/etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb
+++ b/etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb
@@ -1,34 +1,49 @@
+is_windows = (RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw|cygwin/)
+
+if is_windows
+  require 'win32/pipe'
+  include Win32
+end
+
 #
 # Used to "install" the 'xiki' shell command (copy it to
 # /usr/local/bin/) when installing Xiki manually from source
 # rather than as a gem.
 #
 dest = ARGV[0]
+xiki_dir = Dir.pwd
 
-if ! dest
-  puts "Usage (run it from the xiki project dir):\n\n  $ etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb /usr/bin/xiki"
-  exit
-end
 
-if dest !~ /xiki$/
-  puts "The path you pass should end with 'xiki'.  Such as:\n\n  $ etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb /usr/bin/xiki"
-  exit
-end
+if is_windows
+  puts "plase crate a xiki.bat file somewhere in your PATH with this content
 
-puts "Putting the 'xiki' shell command at:
+  start ruby \"#{xiki_dir}/bin/xiki\"
 
-  #{dest}
-"
+thanks"
+else
+  if ! dest
+    puts "Usage (run it from the xiki project dir):\n\n  $ etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb /usr/bin/xiki"
+    exit
+  end
+  if dest !~ /xiki$/
+    puts "The path you pass should end with 'xiki'.  Such as:\n\n  $ etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb /usr/bin/xiki"
+    exit
+  end
+  puts "Putting the 'xiki' shell command at:
 
-source = "etc/command/xiki_wrapper"
+    #{dest}
+  "
+
+  source = "etc/command/xiki_wrapper"
 
-xiki_dir = Dir.pwd
 
-puts ""   # Blank line
+  puts ""   # Blank line
 
-txt = File.read source
-txt.sub! /\(xiki_dir\)/, xiki_dir
+  txt = File.read source
+  txt.sub! /\(xiki_dir\)/, xiki_dir
 
-File.open(dest, "w", 0755) { |f| f << txt }
+  File.open(dest, "w", 0755) { |f| f << txt }
+
+  puts "Finished."
+end
 
-puts "Finished."
diff --git a/etc/command/xiki_command.rb b/etc/command/xiki_command.rb
index 45e8f5fa..d083d9fa 100644
--- a/etc/command/xiki_command.rb
+++ b/etc/command/xiki_command.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 require 'timeout'
 require 'json'
+
+is_windows = (RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw|cygwin/)
+
+if is_windows
+  require 'win32/pipe'
+  include Win32
+end
 # require 'xiki/environment'
 
 #
@@ -62,16 +69,22 @@ def self.run
     wasnt_running = false
 
     begin
-      `mkfifo -m 600 /tmp/xikirequest` if ! File.exists?("/tmp/xikirequest")   # Always create first, so they have to be pipes and can't be files
-      `mkfifo -m 600 /tmp/xikiresponse` if ! File.exists?("/tmp/xikiresponse")
+      if is_windows
+        Pipe::Client.new("xikirequest") do |out|
+          out.write path
+          out.close
+        end
+      else
+        `mkfifo -m 600 /tmp/xikirequest` if ! File.exists?("/tmp/xikirequest")   # Always create first, so they have to be pipes and can't be files
+        `mkfifo -m 600 /tmp/xikiresponse` if ! File.exists?("/tmp/xikiresponse")
 
       # Try writing to pipe...
 
-      open("/tmp/xikirequest", 'w+') do |out|
-        out.puts path
-        out.flush   # do this when we're done writing data
-        out.close
-      end
+        open("/tmp/xikirequest", 'w+') do |out|
+          out.puts path
+          out.flush   # do this when we're done writing data
+          out.close
+        end
 
       # Try reading from pipe...
 
@@ -154,17 +167,25 @@ def self.get_response
     timeout(3) do
       #     timeout(0.5) do
       #     timeout(1.5) do
-      open("/tmp/xikiresponse", "r+") do |response|
+      if is_windows
+        Pipe::Server.new("xikiresponse") do |responsee|
+          responsee.connect
+          response = responsee.read
+          responsee.close
+        end
+      else
+        open("/tmp/xikiresponse", "r+") do |response|
 
-        # old TODO Try using select here, to see if there's data avaliable
-        # old IO.select ["/tmp/xikiresponse"]
+          # old TODO Try using select here, to see if there's data avaliable
+          # old IO.select ["/tmp/xikiresponse"]
 
-        response = response.gets   # will block if there's nothing in the pipe
+          response = response.gets   # will block if there's nothing in the pipe
+        end
+      end
         response.strip!
         response.gsub! "\036", "\n"   # Escape linebreaks as 036 char (record separator)
         return "" if @@dont_show_output
         self.add_coloring response
-      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/etc/command/xiki_process.rb b/etc/command/xiki_process.rb
index dfe671f5..c7da999c 100644
--- a/etc/command/xiki_process.rb
+++ b/etc/command/xiki_process.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 require 'xiki/core/menu'
 require 'xiki/core/launcher'
 
+is_windows = (RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw|cygwin/)
+
+if is_windows
+  require 'win32/pipe'
+  include Win32
+end
+
 Xiki.init
 
 # Make named pipes for input and output
@@ -15,8 +22,9 @@ class XikiProcess
 
   def self.run
 
-    open('/tmp/xikirequest', 'r+') do |f|
-      open('/tmp/xikiresponse', 'w+') do |response|
+    is_windows?Pipe::Server.new('xikirequest'):open('/tmp/xikirequest', 'r+') do |f|
+      if is_windows then f.connect end
+      is_windows?Pipe::Client.new('xikiresponse'):open('/tmp/xikiresponse', 'w+') do |response|
         loop do
 
           # Read request...
@@ -34,7 +42,7 @@ def self.run
             # Turn keys into symbols
             options = options.reduce({}){ |acc, o| acc[o[0].to_sym] = o[1]; acc }
 
-            path = f.gets
+            path = is_windows?f.read:f.gets
             path.strip!
           end
 
@@ -54,8 +62,13 @@ def self.run
           menu_output = menu_output.to_s
 
           menu_output.gsub! "\n", "\036"   # Escape linebreaks as 036 char (record separator)
-          response.puts menu_output
-          response.flush
+          if is_windows
+            response.write menu_output
+            response.close
+          else
+            response.puts menu_output
+            response.flush
+          end
         end
       end
     end