diff --git a/scripts/bdist.bat b/scripts/bdist.bat
index 39f3dae1..9691fde8 100755
--- a/scripts/bdist.bat
+++ b/scripts/bdist.bat
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
 REM batch file for generating the windows .exe installer
-set PYTHON="c:\Python25\python.exe"
+set PYTHON="c:\Python26\python.exe"
 cd doc\en
 %PYTHON% ..\rest2htmlnav --stylesheet-path=lc.css --time documentation.txt documentation.html
 %PYTHON% ..\rest2htmlnav --stylesheet-path=lc.css --time index.txt index.html
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cd doc\en
 cd ..\..
 %PYTHON% setup.py clean --all
 %PYTHON% setup.py sdist --manifest-only
-%PYTHON% setup.py build -c mingw32 bdist_wininst -b hase.bmp --install-script install-linkchecker.py
+:: %PYTHON% setup.py build -c mingw32 bdist_wininst -b hase.bmp --install-script install-linkchecker.py
+%PYTHON% setup.py build -c mingw32 py2exe
 REM start resource editor for .exe icon
 REM "%PROGRAMFILES%\XN Resource Editor\XNResourceEditor.exe"
diff --git a/scripts/build.bat b/scripts/build.bat
index e839edc5..5ca51c1f 100755
--- a/scripts/build.bat
+++ b/scripts/build.bat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @echo off
-set PYTHON="c:\Python25\python.exe"
+set PYTHON="c:\Python26\python.exe"
 %PYTHON% setup.py sdist --manifest-only
 %PYTHON% setup.py build -c mingw32
-copy build\lib.win32-2.5\linkcheck\HtmlParser\htmlsax.pyd linkcheck\HtmlParser
-copy build\lib.win32-2.5\linkcheck\ftpparse\_ftpparse.pyd linkcheck\ftpparse
-copy build\lib.win32-2.5\linkcheck\network\_network.pyd linkcheck\network
+copy build\lib.win32-2.6\linkcheck\HtmlParser\htmlsax.pyd linkcheck\HtmlParser
+copy build\lib.win32-2.6\linkcheck\ftpparse\_ftpparse.pyd linkcheck\ftpparse
+copy build\lib.win32-2.6\linkcheck\network\_network.pyd linkcheck\network
diff --git a/scripts/run.bat b/scripts/run.bat
index b02734f8..dfac89ba 100755
--- a/scripts/run.bat
+++ b/scripts/run.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @echo off
-set PYTHON="c:\Python 25\python.exe"
+set PYTHON="c:\Python26\python.exe"
 %PYTHON% linkchecker %*
diff --git a/scripts/test.bat b/scripts/test.bat
index 79666bee..16344ce6 100755
--- a/scripts/test.bat
+++ b/scripts/test.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @echo off
-set PYTHON="c:\Python25\python.exe"
+set PYTHON="c:\Python26\python.exe"
 %PYTHON% test.py -pv --resource=network %*