diff --git a/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj b/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj
index 2e98600f..20abc8e1 100644
--- a/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj
+++ b/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\index\mimetype.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\internfile\internfile.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\internfile\mh_symlink.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\utils\cancelcheck.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\utils\cpuconf.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\utils\debuglog.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\utils\execmd.h" />
diff --git a/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj.filters b/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj.filters
index 3ec1a77e..d1235f2b 100644
--- a/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/windows/Win32ProjectRecoll.vcxproj.filters
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\utils\cpuconf.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="..\utils\cancelcheck.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\utils\smallut.cpp">
diff --git a/src/windows/execmd_w.cpp b/src/windows/execmd_w.cpp
index 1512f86d..c5265557 100644
--- a/src/windows/execmd_w.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/execmd_w.cpp
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int ExecCmd::send(const string& data)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    WaitResult waitRes = Wait(m->oInputWrite.hEvent, 5000);
+    WaitResult waitRes = Wait(m->oInputWrite.hEvent, m->timeoutMs);
     if (waitRes == Ok) {
         if (!GetOverlappedResult(m->hInputWrite, 
                                  &m->oInputWrite, &dwWritten, TRUE)) {
@@ -569,7 +569,9 @@ int ExecCmd::receive(string& data, int cnt)
             }
             totread += dwRead;
             data.append(chBuf, dwRead);
-            LOGDEB1(("ExecCmd::receive: got %d bytes\n", int(dwRead)));
+			if (m->advise)
+				m->advise->newData(dwRead);
+            LOGDEB(("ExecCmd::receive: got %d bytes\n", int(dwRead)));
         } else if (waitRes == Quit) {
             if (!CancelIo(m->hOutputRead)) {
                 printError("CancelIo");
@@ -577,11 +579,16 @@ int ExecCmd::receive(string& data, int cnt)
             break;
         } else if (waitRes == Timeout) {
             // We only want to cancel if m_advise says so here. Is the io still
-            // valid at this point ?
-            if (!CancelIo(m->hOutputRead)) {
-                printError("CancelIo");
-            }
-            break;
+            // valid at this point ? Should we catch a possible exception to CancelIo?
+			if (m->advise)
+				m->advise->newData(0);
+			if (m->killRequest) {
+				LOGINFO(("ExecCmd::doexec: cancel request\n"));
+				if (!CancelIo(m->hOutputRead)) {
+					printError("CancelIo");
+				}
+				break;
+			}
         }
     }
     return totread;
diff --git a/src/windows/trexecmd.cpp b/src/windows/trexecmd.cpp
index 6ae08bdf..ee0d8ff3 100644
--- a/src/windows/trexecmd.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/trexecmd.cpp
@@ -151,11 +151,12 @@ public:
     void newData(int cnt) {
         if (op_flags & OPT_c) {
             static int  callcnt;
-            if (callcnt++ == 10) {
+            if (callcnt++ == 5) {
                 // Just sets the cancellation flag
                 CancelCheck::instance().setCancel();
                 // Would be called from somewhere else and throws an
                 // exception. We call it here for simplicity
+				cerr << "newData: should throw !\n";
                 CancelCheck::instance().checkCancel();
             }
         }
@@ -223,7 +224,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             case 'm':   op_flags |= OPT_m; break;
             case 'i':   op_flags |= OPT_i; break;
             case 'o':   op_flags |= OPT_o; break;
-			case'h': cout << "MESSAGE FROM TREXECMD\n"; return 0;
+			case'h': 
+				for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+					cout << "MESSAGE " << i << " FROM TREXECMD\n";
+					cout.flush();
+					sleep(1);
+				}
+				return 0;
             default: Usage();   break;
             }
     b1: argc--; argv++;
@@ -265,10 +272,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         // Set callback to be called whenever there is new data
         // available and at a periodic interval, to check for
         // cancellation
-#ifdef LATER
         MEAdv adv;
         mexec.setAdvise(&adv);
-        mexec.setTimeout(5);
+        //mexec.setTimeout(5);
+#ifdef LATER
         // Stderr output goes there
 		mexec.setStderr("/tmp/trexecStderr");
 #endif