diff --git a/Allwmake.mingw b/Allwmake.mingw
index 4e269f909..ca04a35e6 100644
--- a/Allwmake.mingw
+++ b/Allwmake.mingw
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ echo "Copying MinGW dependencies to $FOAM_APPBIN ..."
 cp -p $MINGW_HOME/bin/libgcc_s_seh-1.dll $FOAM_APPBIN
 cp -p $MINGW_HOME/bin/libstdc++-6.dll $FOAM_APPBIN
 cp -p $MINGW_HOME/bin/libwinpthread-1.dll $FOAM_APPBIN
+echo "Creating release package ... (see `pwd`/createReleasePackage.log)"
+./createReleasePackage.mingw > createReleasePackage.log 2>&1
 
 echo
 echo "All done!"
diff --git a/bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage b/bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3675d62d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#----------------------------------*-sh-*--------------------------------------
+# =========                 |
+# \\      /  F ield         | foam-extend: Open Source CFD
+#  \\    /   O peration     | Version:     3.2
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Web:         http://www.foam-extend.org
+#    \\/     M anipulation  | For copyright notice see file Copyright
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# License
+#     This file is part of foam-extend.
+#
+#     foam-extend is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+#     Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+#     option) any later version.
+#
+#     foam-extend is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+#     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+#     General Public License for more details.
+#
+#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#     along with foam-extend.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Script
+#     createReleasePackage.mingw
+#
+# Description
+#     Creates stand-alone .zip packages for MinGW-based builds on Windows.
+#
+# Author:
+#     Cesare Guardino, Alstom Power Ltd., (2015)
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
+
+echo
+echo "======================== FOAM-EXTEND WINDOWS STAND-ALONE PACKAGE CREATION SCRIPT ========================"
+
+if [ "$PWD" != "$WM_PROJECT_DIR" ]
+then
+    echo "Error: Current directory is not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR"
+    echo "    The environment variable are not consistent with the installation."
+    echo "    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+RELEASE_DIR=$WM_PROJECT-$WM_FORK-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION-win-x64
+MPI_VERSION=`basename $FOAM_MPI_LIBBIN`
+if [ -d $RELEASE_DIR ] ; then
+    echo "Removing previous $RELEASE_DIR"
+    rm -rf $RELEASE_DIR
+fi
+mkdir $RELEASE_DIR
+
+echo "Copying bin directory ..."
+cp -rp $FOAM_APPBIN $RELEASE_DIR/bin
+
+echo "Copying DLLs from lib directory ..."
+mkdir $RELEASE_DIR/lib
+cp -p $FOAM_LIBBIN/*.dll $RELEASE_DIR/lib
+cp -p $FOAM_LIBBIN/*.dll $RELEASE_DIR/lib
+mkdir $RELEASE_DIR/lib/$MPI_VERSION
+cp -p $FOAM_MPI_LIBBIN/*.dll $RELEASE_DIR/lib/$MPI_VERSION
+
+echo "Copying extra files from etc directory ..."
+mkdir $RELEASE_DIR/etc
+cp -p $WM_PROJECT_DIR/setWindowsEnvironment.bat $RELEASE_DIR/
+cp -p $WM_PROJECT_DIR/foamWindowsShell.bat $RELEASE_DIR/
+cp -p $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/controlDict-EXAMPLE $RELEASE_DIR/etc
+cp -p $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/cellModels $RELEASE_DIR/etc
+cp -rp $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/thermoData $RELEASE_DIR/etc
+cp -p $WM_PROJECT_DIR/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/READMEBinaryPackage.txt $RELEASE_DIR/
+cp -p $WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/paraFoam.bat $RELEASE_DIR/bin
+cp -p $WM_PROJECT_DIR/COPYING $RELEASE_DIR/LICENSE.txt
+unix2dos $RELEASE_DIR/LICENSE.txt
+
+echo "Zipping up $RELEASE_DIR ..."
+PACKAGE_FILE=$RELEASE_DIR.zip
+7z a $PACKAGE_FILE $RELEASE_DIR
+rm -rf $RELEASE_DIR
+
+if [ -f $PACKAGE_FILE ] ; then
+    echo "Successfully created $PACKAGE_FILE"
+else
+    echo "Failed to create $PACKAGE_FILE"
+fi
diff --git a/bin/foamWindowsShell.bat b/bin/foamWindowsShell.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b311860e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/foamWindowsShell.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@echo off
+
+set FOAM_ETC=%~dp0
+call %FOAM_ETC%\env.bat
+mode 160,40
+color 81
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo Command shell for foam-extend-3.1
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo/
+cmd.exe
diff --git a/bin/paraFoam.bat b/bin/paraFoam.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34c79fedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/paraFoam.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@echo off
+
+set CASE_DIR=%cd%
+for /d %%d in (%CASE_DIR%) do set CASE_FILE=%%~nxd.foam
+
+type nul >>%CASE_FILE%
+
+set PARAVIEW_CMD=paraview --data="%CASE_FILE%"
+echo Running %PARAVIEW_CMD% ...
+%PARAVIEW_CMD%
+
+del /f %CASE_FILE%
diff --git a/bin/setWindowsEnvironment.bat b/bin/setWindowsEnvironment.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aefe0fcb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/setWindowsEnvironment.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+@echo off
+
+rem =========== USER EDITABLE SETTINGS ===========
+rem set MPI_ROOTDIR=C:\Programs\OpenMPI_v1.6.1-x64
+rem set PARAVIEW_HOME=C:\Programs\ParaView-4.3.1
+rem ==============================================
+
+set FOAM_HOME=%~dp0
+set WM_PROJECT_DIR=%FOAM_HOME%
+
+set MPI_BUFFER_SIZE=20000000
+
+if defined PARAVIEW_HOME set PATH=%PARAVIEW_HOME%\bin;%PATH%
+if defined MPI_ROOTDIR set PATH=%MPI_ROOTDIR%\bin;%PATH%
+set PATH=%FOAM_HOME%\lib;%FOAM_HOME%\lib\openmpi-1.6.1;%FOAM_HOME%\bin;%PATH%
diff --git a/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/README.txt b/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff2945a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# =========                 |
+# \\      /  F ield         | foam-extend: Open Source CFD
+#  \\    /   O peration     | Version:     3.2
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Web:         http://www.foam-extend.org
+#    \\/     M anipulation  | For copyright notice see file Copyright
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# License
+#     This file is part of foam-extend.
+#
+#     foam-extend is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+#     Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+#     option) any later version.
+#
+#     foam-extend is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+#     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+#     General Public License for more details.
+#
+#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#     along with foam-extend.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Script
+#     doc/buildInstructions/Windows/README.txt
+#
+# Description
+#     Environment setup and build instructions for MinGW-based Windows builds.
+#
+# Author:
+#     Cesare Guardino, Alstom Power Ltd., (2015)
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1. INTRODUCTION
+===============
+
+It is strongly recommended to install all required systems tools and utilities
+in a directory with no embedded white spaces. You can skip some steps if you
+already have some of these system tools.
+
+
+2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING ON WINDOWS
+=======================================
+
+1) Download and install 7-Zip (see reference list below). This is necessary to
+   be able to unzip the rest of the required packages mentioned in later steps.
+
+2) Download and install wget, CMake, Git, MinGW-w64, ParaView and PExports (see
+   reference list below). Note that some components (example PExports and GMake)
+   may already be available in other packages (such as Strawberry Perl), although
+   you need to be careful of the version numbers.
+
+3) Download and install MSYS (see reference list below).
+
+4) Download the foam-extend source code from as described on http://wikki.gridcore.se
+
+5) Open a new MSYS shell and chdir to your foam-extend-3.1 source directory
+
+6) Edit the user-modifiable entries in etc/bashrc.mingw to point to the
+   locations where you have installed the required system tools in the first two
+   steps (the first two functions only in bashrc.mingw). The order in which they
+   are added to the PATH (in the add_to_path function) is very important. The
+   PATH is read from left to right, so ensure OpenMPI and MinGW compiler are
+   prepended last to the PATH, so they are found first.
+
+7) Source the file edited in the previous step using the command:
+       . etc/bashrc.mingw
+   (notice the dot "." command to source a file). This action sources other
+   files as required, and also performs a check on the versions of the installed
+   system tools.  An example output is shown at the end of this file.
+   
+8) If "mpirun.exe" failed to run due to a missing DLL (eg. msvcr100.dll), you
+   may need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (see
+   reference list below).
+
+9) If the version checks were all successful and printed the expected version
+   details, proceed with compiling the code. Run "Allwmake.mingw". This will
+   download and build all required third-party dependencies, build the entire
+   foam-extend code, and also create a stand-alone .zip package.
+
+10) After the build has completed, you can run foam in either of two ways:
+
+   (a). From the MSYS shell. This allows use of the utility programs and shell
+        scripts in the bin directory (such as paraFoam). This is the recommended
+        approach for developers.
+        
+   (b). From a standard Windows CMD.exe command prompt using the created
+        foam-extend-3.1-win-x64.zip stand-alone package. This can be used on any
+        Windows machine without access to MSYS shells or compilers. See the README.txt
+        contained within the package for further details.
+        
+
+3. EXTERNAL PACKAGE REFERENCE
+=============================
+
+Name   : 7-Zip
+Version: 9.20 (or above)
+URL    : http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z920-x64.msi
+For    : Extracting .zip and .7z files (can also be used to extract .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 etc.)
+
+Name   : CMake
+Version: 3.2.3 (or above)
+URL    : http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.2/cmake-3.2.3-win32-x86.zip
+For    : Required for building metis and parmetis third-party libraries.
+
+Name   : Git
+Version: 1.9.5
+URL    : https://git-scm.com/download/win
+For    : Version control system. Choose "Use Git from the Windows command prompt" and "Check out as-is. Commit as-is" in installer.
+
+Name   : Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) 
+Version: 2010
+URL    : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632
+For    : msvcr100.dll required by OpenMPI
+
+Name   : MinGW-w64
+Version: 4.8.2 (or above)
+URL    : http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.8.2/threads-win32/seh/x86_64-4.8.2-release-win32-seh-rt_v3-rev3.7z/download
+For    : Windows port of GCC C/C++ compiler (also includes Fortran compiler).
+
+Name   : MSYS
+Version: Latest
+URL    : http://www.mingw.org/download/installer
+For    : Provides Linux-like emulation shell and utilities (eg. find, grep, ls, make etc.) and tools (eg. bison, flex, m4, yacc etc.).
+         Only the "mingw-developer-toolkit" and "msys-base" is required, DO NOT download ming32-* compiler packages (we use MinGW-w64 instead).
+         Assuming you installed this to the default /c/MinGW directory, you will need to "cp -p make.exe gmake.exe" in /c/MinGW/msys/1.0/bin (unless have Strawberry Perl).
+
+Name   : OpenMPI
+Version: 1.6.1 (or above)
+URL    : http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.6/downloads/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-1_win64.exe
+For    : Bulding and running OpenMPI applications. Do not add to PATH in installer.
+
+Name   : ParaView
+Version: 4.3.1 (or above)
+URL    : http://www.paraview.org/download/
+For    : Graphically visualising foam results.
+
+Name   : PExports
+Version: 0.44 (or above)
+URL    : http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Extension/pexports/pexports-0.46/pexports-0.46-mingw32-bin.tar.xz/download
+For    : Extracting symbols from OpenMPI DLLs to pass to dlltool.exe (supplied in MinGW-w64 package). Rename directory "bin" to "pexports" after unpacking.
+
+Name   : Strawberry Perl
+Version: 5.20.2.1 (or above)
+URL    : http://strawberryperl.com/download/5.20.2.1/strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit.msi
+For    : Running Perl scripts, "pexports.exe" and "gmake.exe" utilities
+
+Name   : wget
+Version: 1.11.4-1 (or above)
+URL    : http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/wget-1.11.4-1-bin.zip, http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/wget-1.11.4-1-dep.zip, http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/wget-1.11.4-1-doc.zip
+For    : Automatically downloading files from internet (eg. for use in automated build scripts)
+
+git clone --branch nameClashesForWinPort   git://git.code.sf.net/u/dominikchrist/foam-extend-3.1-dc foam-extend-3.1-win 
+
+
+4. EXAMPLE OUTPUT FROM SOUCING etc/bashrc.mingw
+===============================================
+
+$ . etc/bashrc.mingw
+Setting environment variables for user-defined installed system tools and utilities ...
+
+Sourcing: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/etc/bashrc
+Sourcing: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
+Sourcing: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/etc/settings.sh
+    MESQUITE_DIR is initialized to: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/ThirdParty/packages/mesquite-2.1.2
+    METIS_DIR is initialized to: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/ThirdParty/packages/metis-5.1.0
+    PARMETIS_DIR is initialized to: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/ThirdParty/packages/parmetis-4.0.3
+    PARMGRIDGEN_DIR is initialized to: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/ThirdParty/packages/ParMGridGen-1.0
+    LIBCCMIO_DIR is initialized to:
+    SCOTCH_DIR is initialized to: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/ThirdParty/packages/scotch_6.0.0
+    SCOTCH_DIR is initialized to: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/ThirdParty/packages/scotch_6.0.0
+    CMAKE_DIR is initialized to:
+    M4_DIR is initialized to:
+    BISON_DIR is initialized to:
+    FLEX_DIR is initialized to: /C/MinGW/msys/1.0//bin/..
+    ZOLTAN_DIR is initialized to:
+    PYTHON_DIR is initialized to:
+    PYFOAM_DIR is initialized to:
+    PYFOAM_SITE_DIR is initialized to: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/ThirdParty/PyFoamSiteScripts
+    HWLOC_DIR is initialized to:
+    QT_DIR is initialized to:
+    PARAVIEW_DIR is initialized to:
+    LLVM_DIR is initialized to:
+    MESA_DIR is initialized to:
+Sourcing: /c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1/etc/aliases.sh
+
+Adding user-defined installed system tools to PATH ...
+Setting OpenMPI environment settings ...
+
+Checking versions of installed system tools (based on PATH) ...
+7-Zip:       /c/Program Files/7-Zip/7z.exe [ 7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18]
+Bison:       /bin/bison.exe [bison (GNU Bison) 2.4.2]
+CMake:       /c/Programs/cmake-3.2.3-win32-x86/bin/cmake.exe [cmake version 3.2.3]
+Flex:        /bin/flex.exe [flex 2.5.35]
+G++:         /c/Programs/x86_64-4.8.2-release-win32-seh-rt_v3-rev3/mingw64/bin/g++.exe [g++.exe (x86_64-win32-seh-rev3, Built by MinGW-W64 project) 4.8.2]
+GCC:         /c/Programs/x86_64-4.8.2-release-win32-seh-rt_v3-rev3/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe [gcc.exe (x86_64-win32-seh-rev3, Built by MinGW-W64 project) 4.8.2]
+GMake:       /c/Programs/strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit/c/bin/gmake.exe [GNU Make 4.0.90]
+Git:         /c/Programs/Git/cmd/git.exe [git version 1.9.5.msysgit.1]
+Java:        /c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath/java.exe [java version "1.8.0_45"]
+M4:          /bin/m4.exe [m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16]
+Make:        /bin/make.exe [GNU Make 3.81]
+MinGW-w64:   /c/Programs/x86_64-4.8.2-release-win32-seh-rt_v3-rev3/mingw64
+OpenMPI:     /c/Programs/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-x64/bin/mpirun.exe [mpirun.exe (OpenRTE) 1.6.1]
+PEexports:   /c/Programs/strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit/c/bin/pexports.exe [PExports 0.44 Copyright 1998, Anders Norlander]
+ParaView:    /c/Programs/ParaView-4.3.1
+Perl:        /c/Programs/strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit/perl/bin/perl.exe [ This is perl 5, version 20, subversion 2 (v5.20.2) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread]
+Python:      /c/Programs/Python27/python.exe [Python 2.7.9]
+Subversion:  /c/Programs/svn-win32-1.8.13/bin/svn.exe [svn, version 1.8.13 (r1667537)]
+Vim:         /bin/vim.exe [VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Mar 19 2011 15:37:04)]
+Wget:        /c/Programs/wget-1.11.4-1/bin/wget.exe [GNU Wget 1.11.4 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.]
+
+
+FOAM_INST_DIR=/c/Users/UserName/Git
+WM_PROJECT_DIR=/c/Users/UserName/Git/foam-extend-3.1
+WM_OSTYPE=MSWindows
+ENVIRONMENT SETUP COMPLETE.
+
diff --git a/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/READMEBinaryPackage.txt b/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/READMEBinaryPackage.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ed026f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/buildInstructions/Windows/READMEBinaryPackage.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# =========                 |
+# \\      /  F ield         | foam-extend: Open Source CFD
+#  \\    /   O peration     | Version:     3.2
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Web:         http://www.foam-extend.org
+#    \\/     M anipulation  | For copyright notice see file Copyright
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# License
+#     This file is part of foam-extend.
+#
+#     foam-extend is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+#     Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+#     option) any later version.
+#
+#     foam-extend is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+#     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+#     General Public License for more details.
+#
+#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#     along with foam-extend.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# File
+#     README_Windows.txt
+#
+# Description
+#     Installation and usage instructions for stand-alone Windows builds.
+#
+# Author:
+#     Cesare Guardino, Alstom Power Ltd., (2015)
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+**********************************************************************************************
+**********************************************************************************************
+***** IMPORTANT: THIS IS VERSION IS NOT FULLY TESTED OR VALIDATED. PLEASE USE WITH CARE. *****
+**********************************************************************************************
+**********************************************************************************************
+
+
+INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL AND RUN THE WINDOWS VERSION OF FOAM-EXTEND
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+1) Unzip the package .zip to any suitable location on your computer.
+
+2) Install OpenMPI if you do not already have it. You can download this from:
+       http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.6/downloads/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-1_win64.exe
+   It is strongly recommended to install this in a directory with no whitespaces.
+   Once installed, create a new environment variable called MPI_ROOTDIR to point to the
+   installation directory where you install OpenMPI.
+
+3) If you wish to perform post-processing using ParaView and you do not already have it,
+   you can download ParaView from:
+       http://www.paraview.org/download
+   It is strongly recommended to install this in a directory with no whitespaces.
+   Once installed, create a new environment variable called PARAVIEW_HOME to point to the
+   installation directory where you install ParaView.
+
+4) Start a new CMD (DOS) prompt, and run the following command:
+       call <PATH_TO_FOAM>\bin\setWindowsEnvironment.bat
+   where <PATH_TO_FOAM> is the full path of the directory where you unzipped the package.
+   The foam environment is now configured correctly for use within this CMD prompt only.
+
+   Alternatively, create a desktop shortcut to <PATH_TO_FOAM>\bin\foamWindowsShell.bat
+   When you double-click this shortcut, a new CMD prompt is open with the foam environment automatically set.
+
+5) From the CMD prompts opened in the previous step, you can now run the usual foam applications, for example:
+       cd /d <PATH_TO_CASE>
+       blockMesh
+       sonicFoam
+
+6) To run in parallel using using OpenMPI, run (for example):
+       cd /d <PATH_TO_CASE>
+       decomposePar
+       mpirun -np 4 sonicFoam.exe -parallel
+
+7) To post-process the results using ParaView, just run "parafoam" in the case directory:
+       cd /d <PATH_TO_CASE>
+       parafoam
+
+   This will create a temporary .foam file in the case directory and automatically launch ParaView.
+
+
+NOTES
+-----
+1) This version does not fully support runtime selection of extended features. If necessary, you can
+   explicitly load the required DLL using the "libs" function in system/controlDict, for example:
+       libs ("liblduSolvers.dll");
+
diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index 47f3e9c10..4e9c47f41 100755
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ _foamSource()
 }
 
 # Add in preset user or site preferences:
-if [ -e $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/prefs.sh ]
+if [ "$WM_OSTYPE" == "MSWindows" ]
+then
+    _foamSource $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
+elif [ -e $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/prefs.sh ]
 then
     _foamSource $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/prefs.sh
 else
diff --git a/etc/bashrc.mingw b/etc/bashrc.mingw
index 7f92794cd..a5f1134fe 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc.mingw
+++ b/etc/bashrc.mingw
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@ set_system_paths() {
     echo "Setting installations directories of required tools ..." 
     export CMAKE_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/cmake-3.2.3-win32-x86
     export GIT_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/Git
-    #export JAVA_HOME="/c/Program Files/Java/jre1.8.0_45"
     export MINGW_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/mingw64
     export MPI_ROOTDIR=$PROGRAMS_HOME/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-x64
     #export PERL_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit/perl
     export PEXPORTS_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/pexports
-    #export PYTHON_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/Python27
-    #export SUBVERSION_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/svn-win32-1.8.13
+    export PYTHON_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/Python27
+    export SUBVERSION_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/svn-win32-1.8.13
     export WGET_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/wget
     export ZIP_HOME="/c/Program Files/7-Zip"
 }
@@ -57,9 +56,8 @@ add_to_path() {
     echo "Adding required tools to PATH ..." 
     export PATH=$ZIP_HOME:$PATH
     export PATH=$WGET_HOME/bin:$PATH
-    #export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-    #export PATH=$PYTHON_HOME:$PATH
-    #export PATH=$SUBVERSION_HOME/bin:$PATH
+    export PATH=$PYTHON_HOME:$PATH
+    export PATH=$SUBVERSION_HOME/bin:$PATH
     export PATH=$GIT_HOME/cmd:$PATH
     #export PATH=$PERL_HOME/bin:$PATH
     export PATH=$CMAKE_HOME/bin:$PATH
@@ -91,30 +89,37 @@ set_OMPI_env() {
 }
 
 check_versions() {
+    echo
     echo "Checking versions of installed system tools (based on PATH) ..."
-    echo "7-Zip:      " `which 7z`    [`(7z --help 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -2`]
+    echo "7-Zip:      " `which 7z`       [`(7z --help 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -2`]
+    echo "Bison:      " `which bison`    [`(bison --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
     echo "CMake:      " `which cmake`    [`(cmake --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "G++:        " `which g++`    [`(g++ --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "GCC:        " `which gcc`    [`(gcc --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "Git:        " `which git`    [`(git --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "Java:       " `which java`    [`(java -version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "Make:       " `which make`    [`(make --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "Flex:       " `which flex`     [`(flex --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "G++:        " `which g++`      [`(g++ --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "GCC:        " `which gcc`      [`(gcc --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "GMake:      " `which gmake`    [`(gmake --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "Git:        " `which git`      [`(git --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "Java:       " `which java`     [`(java -version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "M4:         " `which m4`       [`(m4 --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "Make:       " `which make`     [`(make --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
     echo "MinGW-w64:  " $MINGW_HOME
-    echo "OpenMPI:    " `which mpirun`    [`(mpirun --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "PEexports:  " `which pexports`    [`(pexports -v 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "Perl:       " `which perl`    [`(perl -v 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -2`]
-    echo "Python:     " `which python`    [`(python --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "Subversion: " `which svn`    [`(svn --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
-    echo "Wget:       " `which wget`    [`(wget --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -3`]
+    echo "OpenMPI:    " `which mpirun`   [`(mpirun --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "PEexports:  " `which pexports` [`(pexports -v 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "ParaView:   " $PARAVIEW_HOME
+    echo "Perl:       " `which perl`     [`(perl -v 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -2`]
+    echo "Python:     " `which python`   [`(python --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "Subversion: " `which svn`      [`(svn --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "Vim:        " `which vim`      [`(vim --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -1`]
+    echo "Wget:       " `which wget`     [`(wget --version 2>&1) 2> /dev/null | head -3`]
 }
 
 finish() {
     echo
-    echo "=========================================================================================="
-    echo "FOAM_INST_DIR=$FOAM_INST_DIR"
-    echo "ENVIRONMENT SETUP COMPLETE."
-    echo "=========================================================================================="
     echo
+    echo "FOAM_INST_DIR=$FOAM_INST_DIR"
+    echo "WM_PROJECT_DIR=$WM_PROJECT_DIR"
+    echo "WM_OSTYPE=$WM_OSTYPE"
+    echo "ENVIRONMENT SETUP COMPLETE."
 }
 # }}}
 
diff --git a/etc/prefs.sh.mingw b/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
index 6a4f9cc7e..4cebc8770 100644
--- a/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
+++ b/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export FOAM_VERBOSE=1
-
 # Specify system compiler
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 #compilerInstall=System
diff --git a/etc/settings.sh b/etc/settings.sh
index b7c0e53e6..e2624fe2e 100644
--- a/etc/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/settings.sh
@@ -250,10 +250,10 @@ OPENMPI)
         _foamSource  $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/$mpi_version/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/$mpi_version.sh
     fi
 
-    # On windows set mpi_version explicitly
+    # On Windows set mpi_version from value defined in bashrc.mingw:
     if [ "$WM_ARCH_BASE" == "mingw" ]
     then
-        mpi_version=openmpi-1.6.1
+        mpi_version=$MPI_VERSION_MINGW
     fi
 
     export FOAM_MPI_LIBBIN=$FOAM_LIBBIN/$mpi_version
diff --git a/src/lagrangian/intermediate/Make/options b/src/lagrangian/intermediate/Make/options
index f35259728..e6eb9ae1c 100644
--- a/src/lagrangian/intermediate/Make/options
+++ b/src/lagrangian/intermediate/Make/options
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ LIB_LIBS = \
     -lspecie \
     -lbasicThermophysicalModels \
     -lreactionThermophysicalModels \
+    -lradiation \
     -lcompressibleRASModels \
     -lcompressibleLESModels
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/Make/options b/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/Make/options
index 3cdfbc22a..7e70f2e7e 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/Make/options
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/Make/options
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ EXE_INC = \
     -I$(LIB_SRC)/ODE/lnInclude
 
 LIB_LIBS = \
+    -lfiniteVolume \
     -lbasicThermophysicalModels \
     -lreactionThermophysicalModels \
     -lspecie \