Index: app/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 
 install(FILES kdevelop! DESTINATION bin PERMISSIONS OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ GROUP_EXECUTE GROUP_READ WORLD_EXECUTE WORLD_READ)
 
+if (WIN32)
+install(FILES windows/kdevelop-msvc.bat DESTINATION bin PERMISSIONS OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_READ GROUP_EXECUTE GROUP_READ WORLD_EXECUTE WORLD_READ)
+endif (WIN32)
+
 if (APPLE)
     # the MacOSX bundle display name property (CFBundleDisplayName) is not currently supported by cmake,
     # so has to be set for all targets in this cmake file
Index: app/windows/kdevelop-msvc.bat
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ app/windows/kdevelop-msvc.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
+setlocal enableextensions
+
+if DEFINED VS140COMNTOOLS (
+    SET "base=%VS140COMNTOOLS%"
+) else ( IF DEFINED VS120COMNTOOLS (
+    SET "base=%VS120COMNTOOLS%"
+) else ( IF DEFINED VS110COMNTOOLS (
+    SET "base=%VS110COMNTOOLS%"
+) else ( IF DEFINED VS100COMNTOOLS (
+    SET "base=%VS100COMNTOOLS%"
+) else (
+    START CMD /C "The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler was not found on your system, you might not be able to compile programs. && PAUSE"
+) )))
+
+SET script="!base!/../../VC/vcvarsall.bat"^
+CALL %script%
+
+FOR /F "usebackq tokens=3*" %%A IN (`REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\KDE\KDevelop" /v Install_Dir`) DO (
+    set appdir=%%A %%B
+)
+
+if NOT DEFINED appdir (
+    FOR /F "usebackq tokens=3*" %%A IN (`REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\KDE\KDevelop" /v Install_Dir`) DO (
+        set appdir=%%A %%B
+    )
+)
+
+START "" "%appdir%/bin/kdevelop.exe"