diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 57850490d..af6574e5b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ When building the command line tool, [PCRE](http://www.pcre.org/) is optional. I
 
 There are multiple compilation choices:
 * qmake - cross platform build tool
-* Windows: Visual Studio (VS 2010 and above) or Qt Creator or MinGW
+* cmake - cross platform build tool
+* Windows: Visual Studio (VS 2010 and above)
+* Windows: Qt Creator + mingw
 * gnu make
-* g++ 4.4 (and above)
-* clang++ 2.9 (and above)
+* g++ 4.6 (or later)
+* clang++
 
 ### qmake
 
@@ -43,14 +45,9 @@ make
 
 ### Visual Studio
 
-Use the cppcheck.sln file. The rules are normally enabled.
+Use the cppcheck.sln file. The file is configured for Visual Studio 2013, but the platform toolset can be changed easily to older or newer versions. The solution contains platform targets for both x86 and x64.
 
-To compile with rules (PCRE dependency):
-* the PCRE dll is needed. It can be downloaded from [here](http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/pcre-8.10-vs.zip).
-
-To compile without rules (no dependencies):
-* remove the preprocessor define `HAVE_RULES` from the project
-* remove the pcre.lib from the project
+To compile with rules, select "Release-PCRE" or "Debug-PCRE" configuration. pcre.lib (pcre64.lib for x64 builds) and pcre.h are expected to be in /extlibs then.
 
 ### Qt Creator + MinGW
 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index fe82e107d..bda58184d 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ Compiling
 
     There are multiple compilation choices:
       * qmake - cross platform build tool
+      * cmake - cross platform build tool
       * Windows: Visual Studio
       * Windows: Qt Creator + mingw
       * gnu make
-      * g++
+      * g++ 4.6 (or later)
+      * clang++
 
     qmake
     =====
@@ -39,15 +41,12 @@ Compiling
 
     Visual Studio
     =============
-        Use the cppcheck.sln file. The rules are normally enabled.
+        Use the cppcheck.sln file. The file is configured for Visual Studio 2013, but the platform
+        toolset can be changed easily to older or newer versions. The solution contains platform
+        targets for both x86 and x64.
 
-        To compile with rules (pcre dependency):
-            * the pcre dll is needed. it can be downloaded from:
-                http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/pcre-8.10-vs.zip
-
-        To compile without rules (no dependencies):
-            * remove the preprocessor define HAVE_RULES from the project
-            * remove the pcre.lib from the project
+        To compile with rules, select "Release-PCRE" or "Debug-PCRE" configuration.
+        pcre.lib (pcre64.lib for x64 builds) and pcre.h are expected to be in /extlibs then.
 
     Qt Creator + mingw
     ==================
diff --git a/readme_64-bit_Windows.txt b/readme_64-bit_Windows.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index fdb707782..000000000
--- a/readme_64-bit_Windows.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-Cppcheck for 64-bit Windows
-===========================
-
-This is quick start to get you started with compiling Cppcheck for 64-bit
-Windows with free VS Express editions.
-
-Software needed:
-- Visual Studio 2010 (or later) Express edition
-- Only for VS2010: Windows SDK 7.1
-
-
-LIB, CLI and testsuite
-----------------------
-
-Visual Studio 2010 and later:
-Just open cppcheck.sln, choose "x64" as platform and compile.
-
-
-GUI
----
-
-Software needed:
-- Visual Studio 2010 Express edition
-- Windows SDK 7.1 (containing x64 compiler)
-- latest Qt SDK (4.7.0 or later, earlier versions don't support VS 2010)
-
-Turns out you just need to use Windows SDK's Command prompt and 64-bit
-environment to configure and build Qt. No extra steps needed. But of course you
-should build 64-bit Qt to different folder than 32-bit Qt.
-
-Compiling 64-bit GUI works fine from Windows SDK Console. With VS2010 Express IDE
-everything works fine after adding new x64 platform for the project.
diff --git a/readme_gui.txt b/readme_gui.txt
index 0a42f299a..54c8ae882 100644
--- a/readme_gui.txt
+++ b/readme_gui.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ These commands generate makefiles to actually build the software. After that
 the actual building is done in IDE or command line as usual. Note that you
 don't need to run qmake again unless you add/remove files from the project.
 
+The Visual Studio solution does not contain a configuration for x64 platform, but
+it can be added easily.
+
 Tests
 -----
 There are tests for the GUI in gui/test -directory. There is test.pro