diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.cpp
index d040da77..e9eb3240 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.cpp
@@ -19,20 +19,6 @@
 
 WcharMbcsConvertor * WcharMbcsConvertor::_pSelf = new WcharMbcsConvertor;
 
-void systemMessage(const TCHAR *title)
-{
-  LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
-  FormatMessage( FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                 NULL,
-				 ::GetLastError(),
-                 MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), // Default language
-                 (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
-                 0,
-                 NULL );// Process any inserts in lpMsgBuf.
-  MessageBox( NULL, (LPTSTR)lpMsgBuf, title, MB_OK | MB_ICONSTOP);
-  ::LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
-}
-
 void printInt(int int2print) 
 {
 	TCHAR str[32];
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.h b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.h
index 61a4bb9e..e61be4ae 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Common/Common.h
@@ -73,14 +73,11 @@ typedef std::basic_string<TCHAR> generic_string;
 
 void folderBrowser(HWND parent, int outputCtrlID, const TCHAR *defaultStr = NULL);
 
-void systemMessage(const TCHAR *title);
-//DWORD ShortToLongPathName(LPCTSTR lpszShortPath, LPTSTR lpszLongPath, DWORD cchBuffer);
 void printInt(int int2print);
 void printStr(const TCHAR *str2print);
 
 void writeLog(const TCHAR *logFileName, const char *log2write);
 int filter(unsigned int code, struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ep);
-//int getCpFromStringValue(const char * encodingStr);
 generic_string purgeMenuItemString(const TCHAR * menuItemStr, bool keepAmpersand = false);
 std::vector<generic_string> tokenizeString(const generic_string & tokenString, const char delim);
 
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Process/Process.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Process/Process.cpp
index 0c0625f0..4fba6525 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Process/Process.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/Process/Process.cpp
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ BOOL Process::run()
 	try {
 		// Create stdout pipe
 		if (!::CreatePipe(&_hPipeOutR, &hPipeOutW, &sa, 0))
-			error(TEXT("CreatePipe"), result, 1000);
+			throw std::runtime_error("Create stdout pipe failed");
 		
 		// Create stderr pipe
 		if (!::CreatePipe(&_hPipeErrR, &hPipeErrW, &sa, 0))
-			error(TEXT("CreatePipe"), result, 1001);
+			throw std::runtime_error("Create stderr pipe failed");
 
 		STARTUPINFO startup;
 		PROCESS_INFORMATION procinfo;
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ BOOL Process::run()
 		_hProcessThread = procinfo.hThread;
 
 		if(!started)
-			error(TEXT("CreateProcess"), result, 1002);
+			throw std::runtime_error("CreateProcess function call failed");
 
         if (_type == CONSOLE_PROG)
         {
 		    hListenerEvent[0] = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, TEXT("listenerEvent"));
 		    if(!hListenerEvent[0])
-			    error(TEXT("CreateEvent"), result, 1003);
+			    throw std::runtime_error("Create listenerEvent failed");
 
 		    hListenerEvent[1] = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, TEXT("listenerStdErrEvent"));
 		    if(!hListenerEvent[1])
-			    error(TEXT("CreateEvent"), result, 1004);
+			    throw std::runtime_error("Create listenerStdErrEvent failed");
 
         
 		    // The process is running so we set this to FALSE
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@ BOOL Process::run()
 
 		    hWaitForProcessEndThread = ::CreateThread(NULL, 0, staticWaitForProcessEnd, this, 0, NULL);
 		    if (!hWaitForProcessEndThread)
-			    error(TEXT("CreateThread"), result, 1005);
+			    throw std::runtime_error("CreateThread for staticWaitForProcessEnd failed");
 
 		    hListenerStdOutThread = ::CreateThread(NULL, 0, staticListenerStdOut, this, 0, NULL);
 		    if (!hListenerStdOutThread)
-			    error(TEXT("CreateThread"), result, 1006);
+			    throw std::runtime_error("CreateThread for staticListenerStdOut failed");
     		
 		    hListenerStdErrThread = ::CreateThread(NULL, 0, staticListenerStdErr, this, 0, NULL);
 		    if (!hListenerStdErrThread)
-			    error(TEXT("CreateThread"), result, 1007);
+			    throw std::runtime_error("CreateThread for staticListenerStdErr failed");
 
 		    // We wait until the process is over
 		    // TO DO: This should be a bit secured in case something happen and the
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void Process::listenerStdOut()
 
 	if(!::SetEvent(hListenerEvent))
 	{
-		systemMessage(TEXT("Thread listenerStdOut"));
+		::MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("SetEvent function call failed"), TEXT("Thread listenerStdOut"), MB_OK);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ void Process::listenerStdErr()
 
 	if(!::SetEvent(hListenerEvent))
 	{
-		systemMessage(TEXT("Thread stdout listener"));
+		::MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("SetEvent function call failed"), TEXT("Thread stdout listener"), MB_OK);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -293,10 +293,3 @@ void Process::waitForProcessEnd()
 
 	_bProcessEnd = TRUE;
 }
-
-void Process::error(const TCHAR *txt2display, BOOL & returnCode, int errCode)
-{
-	systemMessage(txt2display);
-	returnCode = FALSE;
-	throw int(errCode);
-}
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.cpp
index c7953fab..446b302b 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ size_t Printer::doPrint(bool justDoIt)
 			lengthDoc = lengthDocMax;
 	}
 
-	RangeToFormat frPrint;
+	NPP_RangeToFormat frPrint;
 	frPrint.hdc = _pdlg.hDC;
 	frPrint.hdcTarget = _pdlg.hDC;
 	frPrint.rc.left = rectMargins.left - rectPhysMargins.left;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.h b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.h
index bdfe7e4d..5e0ede36 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/Printer.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #endif //SCINTILLA_EDIT_VIEW_H
 
 
-struct RangeToFormat {
+struct NPP_RangeToFormat {
 	HDC hdc;
 	HDC hdcTarget;
 	RECT rc;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/ColourPicker.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/ColourPicker.cpp
index 6e9ceaec..74956200 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/ColourPicker.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/ColourPicker.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ void ColourPicker::init(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND parent)
 					(LPVOID)0);
 	if (!_hSelf)
 	{
-		systemMessage(TEXT("System Err"));
 		throw std::runtime_error("ColourPicker::init : CreateWindowEx() function return null");
 	}
 
diff --git a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj
index 20d52b08..75c4ff1b 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj
+++ b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="1"
 				PrecompiledHeaderThrough="precompiledHeaders.h"
-				PrecompiledHeaderFile=""
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile="$(IntDir)\$(TargetName).pch"
 				WarningLevel="4"
 				WarnAsError="true"
 				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="false"
diff --git a/readmeFirst.txt b/readmeFirst.txt
index 860d9c0c..10f6209a 100644
--- a/readmeFirst.txt
+++ b/readmeFirst.txt
@@ -7,18 +7,17 @@ Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code
 To build Notepad++ package from source code:
 ============================================
 
-For generating the executable file (notepad++.exe), you can use Visual Studio 2005 or MinGW 3.0 / 2.X (a makefile is available, but not maintained).
-A CMakeLists.txt (located in the PowerEditor\src directory) is available (but not maintained anymore) for generating the different VC project and MinGW makefile via cmake.
-
-For generating the the dll file (SciLexer.dll), you have 2 choices : VC++ 6 (from v2.5) or MinGW 3.0 / 2.X 
+There should be several ways to generate Notepad++ binaries, here we show you only the way with which Notepad++ official releases are generated.
+* notepad++.exe: Visual Studio 2005
+* SciLexer.dll: VC++ 6
 
 Notepad++ Unicode release binary (notepad++.exe) and Scintilla release binary (SciLexer.dll) will be built in the directories "notepad++\trunk\PowerEditor\bin" and "notepad++\trunk\scintilla\bin" respectively.
 You have to copy SciLexer.dll in "notepad++\PowerEditor\bin" in order to launch notepad++.exe
 
 
 Go to Notepad++ official site for more information :
-http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/
+http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
 
 
 Notepad++ team
-http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=95717
+http://notepad-plus-plus.org/members/