diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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+image: Visual Studio 2017
+version: '0.1.{build}'
+environment:
+  EXTRA_DIR: 'C:\extra'
+  MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR: '/c/extra'
+  PATH: '%PATH%;%EXTRA_DIR%\bin;C:\\Python36\\Scripts'
+  PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '%EXTRA_DIR%\lib\pkgconfig'
+  MSYS2_PATH_TYPE: 'inherit'
+  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL: '-Tp'
+  MINGW64_RUN: 'C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe --login -c'
+  MSYSTEM: 'MINGW64'
+
+init:
+ - cmd: |
+     echo %TEST_VAR%
+     REM Set VC 2017
+     "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+     mkdir C:\extra\bin
+
+install:
+  - cmd: |
+     cd C:\projects
+     REM Install meson
+     C:\Python36\Scripts\pip install meson
+
+     REM Install ninja
+     curl -o ninja-win.zip -L https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-win.zip
+     7z e ninja-win.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin
+
+     REM Install pkg-config-lite
+     curl -o pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pkgconfiglite/0.28-1/pkg-config-lite-0.28-1_bin-win32.zip
+     7z e pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin pkg-config-lite-0.28-1/bin/pkg-config.exe
+     cd kiwix-build
+
+     REM Install openssh (scp) for deployement
+     choco install openssh openssl.light
+
+build_script:
+  - appveyor\install_zlib.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_lzma.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_pthread.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_dirent.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_xapian.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_icu.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_libzim.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_pugixml.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_kiwix-lib.cmd
+  - appveyor\install_kiwix-desktop.cmd
+
+before_deploy:
+  - cmd: '%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/projects/kiwix-build && appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh"'
+  - cmd: openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md sha256 -pass pass:%ENC_PASSWD% -in appveyor\nightlybot_id_key.enc -out appveyor\nightlybot_id_key
+
+deploy_script:
+  - cmd: '%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/projects/kiwix-build && appveyor/deploy.sh"'
diff --git a/appveyor/build_xapian.sh b/appveyor/build_xapian.sh
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+++ b/appveyor/build_xapian.sh
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+
+XAPIAN_SOURCE=$(pwd)/..
+
+$XAPIAN_SOURCE/configure \
+  CC="cl -nologo" \
+  CXX="$XAPIAN_SOURCE/compile cl -nologo" \
+  CXXFLAGS="-EHsc -MD" AR=lib \
+  CPPFLAGS="-I${MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR}/include" \
+  LDFLAGS="-L${MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR}/lib" \
+  --disable-backend-remote \
+  --disable-documentation \
+  --prefix=${MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR}
+
+make -j2
+
+make install
diff --git a/appveyor/deploy.sh b/appveyor/deploy.sh
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+++ b/appveyor/deploy.sh
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+set -e
+
+NIGHTLY_DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR=/c/projects/NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES/${NIGHTLY_DATE}
+SSH_KEY=C:\\projects\\kiwix-build\\appveyor\\nightlybot_id_key
+
+#if [[ "$APPVEYOR_SCHEDULED_BUILD" = "True" ]]
+#then
+  scp -vrp -i ${SSH_KEY} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+    ${NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR} \
+    nightlybot@download.kiwix.org:/var/www/download.kiwix.org/nightly
+#fi
diff --git a/appveyor/install_dirent.cmd b/appveyor/install_dirent.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_dirent.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install dirent.h
+curl -fsSL -o%EXTRA_DIR%\include\dirent.h https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tronkko/dirent/master/include/dirent.h || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_git_ninja_pkgconfig.cmd b/appveyor/install_git_ninja_pkgconfig.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_git_ninja_pkgconfig.cmd
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+REM Set VC 2017
+"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+mkdir C:\extra\bin
+cd C:\projects
+C:\Python36\Scripts\pip install meson || exit /b 1
+
+REM Set ninja
+curl -fsSL -o ninja-win.zip https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-win.zip || exit /b 1
+7z e ninja-win.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin || exit /b 1
+
+REM Set pkg-config-lit
+curl -fsSL -o pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pkgconfiglite/0.28-1/pkg-config-lite-0.28-1_bin-win32.zip || exit /b 1
+7z e pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin pkg-config-lite-0.28-1/bin/pkg-config.exe || exit /b 1
+cd kiwix-build
diff --git a/appveyor/install_icu.cmd b/appveyor/install_icu.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_icu.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install icu
+curl -SL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip || exit /b 1
+7z x icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR% -r include || exit /b 1
+7z e icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\lib lib64\* || exit /b 1
+7z e icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin bin\*.dll || exit /b 1
+curl -fsSL -o%PKG_CONFIG_PATH%\icu-i18n.pc http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/icu-i18n.pc || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_kiwix-desktop.cmd b/appveyor/install_kiwix-desktop.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_kiwix-desktop.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install kiwix-desktop
+git clone https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-desktop || exit /b 1
+cd kiwix-desktop
+git checkout windows
+echo "Getting fix_desktop"
+curl -fsSL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/fix_desktop_makefile.py_ || exit /b 1
+echo "Running qmake"
+C:\Qt\5.11\msvc2017_64\bin\qmake.exe || exit /b 1
+echo "Running fix_desktop"
+C:\Python36\Python fix_desktop_makefile.py_ Makefile.Release || exit /b 1
+echo "Running nmake"
+nmake || exit /b 1
+cd ..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_kiwix-lib.cmd b/appveyor/install_kiwix-lib.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_kiwix-lib.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install kiwix-lib
+git clone https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib.git || exit /b 1
+cd kiwix-lib
+git checkout windows || exit /b 1
+meson.py . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
+cd build
+ninja || exit /b 1
+ninja install || exit /b 1
+cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_libzim.cmd b/appveyor/install_libzim.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_libzim.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install libzim
+git clone https://github.com/openzim/libzim.git || exit /b 1
+cd libzim
+git checkout windows || exit /b 1
+meson.py . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
+cd build
+ninja || exit /b 1
+ninja install || exit /b 1
+cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_lzma.cmd b/appveyor/install_lzma.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_lzma.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install lzma
+curl -fsSL -O https://tukaani.org/xz/xz-5.2.4-windows.zip || exit /b 1
+7z x xz-5.2.4-windows.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR% -r include || exit /b 1
+7z e xz-5.2.4-windows.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\lib bin_x86-64\liblzma.a || exit /b 1
+curl -fsSL -o%PKG_CONFIG_PATH%\liblzma.pc http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/liblzma.pc || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_pthread.cmd b/appveyor/install_pthread.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_pthread.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install pthread
+curl -fsSL -O ftp://sourceware.org/pub/pthreads-win32/pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release.zip || exit /b 1
+7z x pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release.zip -r pthreads.2 || exit /b 1
+cd pthreads.2
+REM Patch is pthread_timespec.patch
+curl -fsSL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/pthread.h || exit /b 1
+nmake clean VC-inlined || exit /b 1
+copy pthread.h %EXTRA_DIR%\include
+copy sched.h %EXTRA_DIR%\include
+copy pthreadVC2.lib %EXTRA_DIR%\lib
+copy pthreadVC2.dll %EXTRA_DIR%\bin
+curl -fsSL -o%PKG_CONFIG_PATH%\libpthreadVC2.pc http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/libpthreadVC2.pc || exit /b 1
+cd ..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_pugixml.cmd b/appveyor/install_pugixml.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_pugixml.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install pugixml
+curl -fsSL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/pugixml-1.2-meson.zip || exit /b 1
+7z x pugixml-1.2-meson.zip -o. || exit /b 1
+cd pugixml-1.2-meson
+meson.py . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
+cd build
+ninja || exit /b 1
+ninja install || exit /b 1
+cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd b/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install xapian
+curl -fsSL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/xapian-core-1.5.0.zip || exit /b 1
+7z x xapian-core-1.5.0.zip || exit /b 1
+cd xapian-core-1.5.0
+mkdir build
+cd build
+%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/Projects/kiwix-build/xapian-core-1.5.0/build && /c/Projects/kiwix-build/appveyor/build_xapian.sh" > build_xapian.log || exit /b 1
+cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_zlib.cmd b/appveyor/install_zlib.cmd
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+++ b/appveyor/install_zlib.cmd
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+REM ========================================================
+REM Install zlib
+curl -fsSL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/zlib-1.2.11.meson.zip || exit /b 1
+7z x zlib-1.2.11.meson.zip || exit /b 1
+cd zlib-1.2.11
+meson.py . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
+cd build
+ninja || exit /b 1
+ninja install || exit /b 1
+cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/nightlybot_id_key.enc b/appveyor/nightlybot_id_key.enc
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diff --git a/appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh b/appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh
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+++ b/appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh
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+
+set -e
+
+NIGHTLY_DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR=/c/projects/NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES/${NIGHTLY_DATE}
+KIWIX_ARCH_NAME=kiwix-desktop_$NIGHTLY_DATE.zip
+KIWIX_DIR=kiwix-desktop_$NIGHTLY_DATE
+
+mkdir $KIWIX_DIR
+mkdir -p NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR
+
+cp /c/projects/kiwix-build/kiwix-desktop/Release/kiwix-desktop.exe $KIWIX_DIR
+/c/Qt/5.11.0/msvc2017_64/bin/windeployqt --compiler-runtime $KIWIX_DIR
+
+cp $MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR/bin/*.dll $KIWIX_DIR
+
+7z a -tzip $NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR/$KIWIX_ARCH_NAME $KIWIX_DIR