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diff --git a/INSTALL.win32 b/INSTALL.win32
index 5f5fa6672a..6ad01e51b5 100644
--- a/INSTALL.win32
+++ b/INSTALL.win32
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-$Id$
-
 INSTALL file for the Windows9x/Me/NT4/2k/XP version of the VLC media player
 
 
@@ -31,6 +29,13 @@ If you want to build VLC from sources, you can do it in several ways:
   NOTE: This is the PREFERRED way of building VLC natively (the others
   are not as much tested so expect more difficulties with them).
 
+  Read http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwinNew to have a complete HOWTO
+
+- On GNU/Linux, using the mingw32 cross-compiler.
+  This method is  preferred over all the others.
+
+UNSUPPORTED METHODS
+-------------------
 - natively on Windows, using MSYS+MINGW (www.mingw.org)
   (MSYS is a minimal build environment to compile Unixish projects under
   windoze. It provides all the common Unix tools like sh, gmake...)
@@ -46,8 +51,6 @@ If you want to build VLC from sources, you can do it in several ways:
     with the --fast-mutex --win9x-cv-method=1 options because the debugger
     usually loses signals sent by PulseEvent() )
 
-- or on GNU/Linux, using the mingw32 cross-compiler.
-
 Getting the right compiler tools
 ================================
 
@@ -113,13 +116,14 @@ Configuring the build
 Once you've got all the files you need in place, you need to configure the
 build with the `./configure' script.
 
-I'll assume that you are using the pre-compiled 3rd party libraries I'm
+I'll assume that you are using the pre-compiled 3rd party libraries we are
 providing and that they are in /usr/win32.
 
 If you are cross-compiling from Debian, you can use something
 along those lines:
 
   ./bootstrap && \
+  PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \
   PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \
   CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \
   LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ hasn't been tested in about a year or so. So to build without the
 emulation layer, use something like this:
 
   ./bootstrap && \
+  PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \
   PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \
   CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \
   LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
@@ -173,6 +178,7 @@ If you are compiling with MSYS/MINGW, then you can use something along those
 lines:
   ./bootstrap && \
   PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \
+  PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \
   CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \
   LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
   ./configure \