diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 9ae7ccb6a..7af8959c3 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -572,6 +572,11 @@ Version 1.6.0beta34 [December 19, 2012]
 Version 1.6.0beta35 [December 21, 2012]
   Made default Zlib compression settings be configurable. This adds #defines to
     pnglibconf.h to control the defaults.
+  Fixed Windows build issues, enabled ARM compilation. Various warnings issued by
+    earlier versions of GCC fixed for Cygwin and Min/GW (which both use old GCCs.)
+    ARM support is enabled by default in zlib.props (unsupported by Microsoft) and
+    ARM compilation is made possible by deleting the check for x86. The test programs
+    cannot be run because they are not signed.
 
   ===========================================================================
                        NOTICE November 17, 2012:
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 41fcc579d..f9613a94c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4324,6 +4324,11 @@ Version 1.6.0beta34 [December 19, 2012]
 Version 1.6.0beta35 [December 21, 2012]
   Made default Zlib compression settings be configurable. This adds #defines to
     pnglibconf.h to control the defaults.
+  Fixed Windows build issues, enabled ARM compilation. Various warnings issued by
+    earlier versions of GCC fixed for Cygwin and Min/GW (which both use old GCCs.)
+    ARM support is enabled by default in zlib.props (unsupported by Microsoft) and
+    ARM compilation is made possible by deleting the check for x86. The test programs
+    cannot be run because they are not signed.
 
   ===========================================================================
                        NOTICE November 17, 2012:
diff --git a/pngconf.h b/pngconf.h
index 458e92b9b..8d7b75eb5 100644
--- a/pngconf.h
+++ b/pngconf.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /* pngconf.h - machine configurable file for libpng
  *
- * libpng version 1.6.0beta35 - December 19, 2012
+ * libpng version 1.6.0beta35 - December 21, 2012
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  * (Version 0.96 Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger)
@@ -198,18 +198,16 @@
  * ==========================
  * This code is used at build time to find PNG_IMPEXP, the API settings
  * and PNG_EXPORT_TYPE(), it may also set a macro to indicate the DLL
- * import processing is possible.  On Windows/x86 systems it also sets
+ * import processing is possible.  On Windows systems it also sets
  * compiler-specific macros to the values required to change the calling
  * conventions of the various functions.
  */
-#if ( defined(_Windows) || defined(_WINDOWS) || defined(WIN32) ||\
-      defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) ) &&\
-    ( defined(_X86_) || defined(_X64_) || defined(_M_IX86) ||\
-      defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_IA64) )
-  /* Windows system (DOS doesn't support DLLs) running on x86/x64.  Includes
-   * builds under Cygwin or MinGW.  Also includes Watcom builds but these need
-   * special treatment because they are not compatible with GCC or Visual C
-   * because of different calling conventions.
+#if defined(_Windows) || defined(_WINDOWS) || defined(WIN32) ||\
+    defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+  /* Windows system (DOS doesn't support DLLs).  Includes builds under Cygwin or
+   * MinGW on any architecture currently supported by Windows.  Also includes
+   * Watcom builds but these need special treatment because they are not
+   * compatible with GCC or Visual C because of different calling conventions.
    */
 #  if PNG_API_RULE == 2
     /* If this line results in an error, either because __watcall is not
@@ -223,6 +221,9 @@
 #  if defined(__GNUC__) || (defined (_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 800))
 #    define PNGCAPI __cdecl
 #    if PNG_API_RULE == 1
+       /* If this line results in an error __stdcall is not understood and
+        * PNG_API_RULE should not have been set to '1'.
+        */
 #      define PNGAPI __stdcall
 #    endif
 #  else
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@
 #    endif
 #  endif /* compiler */
 
-#else /* !Windows/x86 */
+#else /* !Windows */
 #  if (defined(__IBMC__) || defined(__IBMCPP__)) && defined(__OS2__)
 #    define PNGAPI _System
 #  else /* !Windows/x86 && !OS/2 */
diff --git a/pngwrite.c b/pngwrite.c
index 6e333f58b..fb1d4e55b 100644
--- a/pngwrite.c
+++ b/pngwrite.c
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ png_write_end(png_structrp png_ptr, png_inforp info_ptr)
 }
 
 #ifdef PNG_CONVERT_tIME_SUPPORTED
-/* "tm" structure is not supported on WindowsCE */
 void PNGAPI
 png_convert_from_struct_tm(png_timep ptime, PNG_CONST struct tm * ttime)
 {
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/libpng/libpng.vcxproj b/projects/vstudio/libpng/libpng.vcxproj
index e66b9c673..de7fc3c41 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/libpng/libpng.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/vstudio/libpng/libpng.vcxproj
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>libpng</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\zlib.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/pnglibconf/pnglibconf.vcxproj b/projects/vstudio/pnglibconf/pnglibconf.vcxproj
index 7c691c32d..e2a232cb6 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/pnglibconf/pnglibconf.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/vstudio/pnglibconf/pnglibconf.vcxproj
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\zlib.props" />
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/pngstest/pngstest.vcxproj b/projects/vstudio/pngstest/pngstest.vcxproj
index fc2e9d5d8..0d2980dd8 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/pngstest/pngstest.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/vstudio/pngstest/pngstest.vcxproj
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>pngstest</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\zlib.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib;zlib.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
     <CustomBuildStep>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib;zlib.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
     </Link>
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/pngtest/pngtest.vcxproj b/projects/vstudio/pngtest/pngtest.vcxproj
index 3680b8ce5..bf9266f75 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/pngtest/pngtest.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/vstudio/pngtest/pngtest.vcxproj
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>pngtest</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\zlib.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/pngunknown/pngunknown.vcxproj b/projects/vstudio/pngunknown/pngunknown.vcxproj
index 6f9059544..a30cc7a21 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/pngunknown/pngunknown.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/vstudio/pngunknown/pngunknown.vcxproj
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>pngunknown</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\zlib.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib;zlib.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
     <CustomBuildStep>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib;zlib.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>libpng16.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
     </Link>
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/pngvalid/pngvalid.vcxproj b/projects/vstudio/pngvalid/pngvalid.vcxproj
index 84efc4d81..07cf24119 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/pngvalid/pngvalid.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/vstudio/pngvalid/pngvalid.vcxproj
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>pngvalid</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\zlib.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/readme.txt b/projects/vstudio/readme.txt
index 189e26cf5..b68bf9629 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/readme.txt
+++ b/projects/vstudio/readme.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 VisualStudio instructions
 
-libpng version 1.6.0beta35 - December 19, 2012
+libpng version 1.6.0beta35 - December 21, 2012
 
 Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/zlib.props b/projects/vstudio/zlib.props
index 348d68663..8b7591c3d 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/zlib.props
+++ b/projects/vstudio/zlib.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!--
  * zlib.props - location of zlib source
  *
- * libpng version 1.6.0beta35 - December 19, 2012
+ * libpng version 1.6.0beta35 - December 21, 2012
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  *
@@ -33,5 +33,13 @@
 	 below:
      -->
     <ZLibSrcDir>..\..\..\..\zlib-1.2.5</ZLibSrcDir>
+
+    <!-- The following line allows compilation for an ARM target with Visual
+         Studio 2012.  Notice that this is not supported by the Visual Studio
+         2012 IDE and that the programs that result cannot be run unless they
+         signed by Microsoft.  This is therefore untested; only Microsoft can
+         test it:
+     -->
+    <WindowsSDKDesktopARMSupport>true</WindowsSDKDesktopARMSupport>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/zlib/zlib.vcxproj b/projects/vstudio/zlib/zlib.vcxproj
index 8e271988f..6e5b94a61 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/zlib/zlib.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/vstudio/zlib/zlib.vcxproj
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>zlib</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\zlib.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug Library|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>