diff --git a/development/cmake/Install.cmake b/development/cmake/Install.cmake
index 3e855e7ceb..1b7d6138c2 100755
--- a/development/cmake/Install.cmake
+++ b/development/cmake/Install.cmake
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ lyx_install("data" ${TOP_SRC_DIR}/lib .            *      .)
 lyx_install("data" ${TOP_SRC_DIR}/3rdparty scripts/evince_sync            *      .)
 
 # Install
+set(lyxrcorig "")
+set(program_suffix ${PROGRAM_SUFFIX})
+set(version_suffix ${PROGRAM_SUFFIX})
+
 if(APPLE)
   if(LYX_BUNDLE)
     install(FILES ${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/MacOSX/spotlight/Info.plist DESTINATION "${MACOSX_BUNDLE_STARTUP_COMMAND}/Contents/Library/Spotlight/LyX-Metadata.mdimporter/Contents")
@@ -140,15 +144,20 @@ if(APPLE)
     install(PROGRAMS "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/MacOSX/${_i}" DESTINATION "${LYX_UTILITIES_INSTALL_PATH}")
   endforeach()
   install(FILES "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/MacOSX/LyX.icns" DESTINATION "${LYX_DATA_SUBDIR}")
-  set(program_suffix ${PROGRAM_SUFFIX})
-  configure_file("${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/MacOSX/lyxrc.dist.in" lyxrc.dist)
-  lyx_install("data" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} . lyxrc.dist .)
+  set(lyxrcorig "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/MacOSX/lyxrc.dist.in")
 elseif(UNIX)
-  set(program_suffix ${PROGRAM_SUFFIX})
   configure_file(${TOP_SRC_DIR}/lib/lyx.desktop.in lyx${PROGRAM_SUFFIX}.desktop)
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lyx${PROGRAM_SUFFIX}.desktop DESTINATION ${SYSTEM_DATADIR}/applications)
   install(FILES ${TOP_SRC_DIR}/lib/images/lyx.svg RENAME lyx${PROGRAM_SUFFIX}.svg DESTINATION ${SYSTEM_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/)
-  configure_file(${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/unix/lyxrc.dist.in lyxrc.dist)
+  set(lyxrcorig "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/unix/lyxrc.dist.in")
+elseif(CYGWIN)
+  set(lyxrcorig "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in")
+elseif(WIN32)
+  set(lyxrcorig "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/win32/lyxrc.dist.in")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT lyxrcorig STREQUAL "")
+  configure_file("${lyxrcorig}" lyxrc.dist)
   lyx_install("data" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} . lyxrc.dist .)
 endif()
 
@@ -156,7 +165,6 @@ if(USE_POSIX_PACKAGING AND EXISTS "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/lib/usr.bin.lyxwrap.in")
   # handle lyxwrap
   #get_filename_component(prefix "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" REALPATH)
   set(prefix "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-  set(version_suffix ${PROGRAM_SUFFIX})
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^/" "" lyxwrapprefix1 "${prefix}")
   string(REPLACE "/" "." lyxwrapprefix ${lyxwrapprefix1})
   #message(STATUS "lyxwrapprefix = ${lyxwrapprefix}")
diff --git a/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in b/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in
index 1d83da00ca..d1ca1fb6f2 100644
--- a/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in
+++ b/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ Format 22
 \screen_font_sans "Arial"
 \screen_font_typewriter "Courier New"
 \preview_scale_factor 1.0
-\serverpipe "~/.lyx@version_suffix@/lyxpipe"
+\serverpipe "$$User/lyxpipe"
 \path_prefix "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
diff --git a/development/win32/lyxrc.dist.in b/development/win32/lyxrc.dist.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ad3b417ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/win32/lyxrc.dist.in
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+### This file is part of
+### ========================================================
+###          LyX, The Document Processor
+###
+###          Copyright 1995 Matthias Ettrich
+###          Copyright 1995-2018 The LyX Team.
+###
+### ========================================================
+
+# This file is written by LyX, if you want to make your own
+# modifications you should do them from inside LyX and save
+
+Format 25
+
+\serverpipe "$$User/.lyxpipe"
+