Files in this directory may be useful if you have not set up your TEA (i.e., MinGW) environment and you're using the MSVC++ from Micro$oft. To build the extension invoke the following command: nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR= You would need to give the of the Tcl distribution where tcl.h and other needed Tcl files are located. Please look into the makefile.vc file for more information. Alternatively, you can open the extension workspace and project files (thread_win.dsw and thread_win.dsp) from within the MSVC++ and press the F7 key to build the extension under the control of the MSVC IDE. -EOF-