diff --git a/enso/enso/graphics/transparentwindow.py b/enso/enso/graphics/transparentwindow.py
index b7d3826f..ac08eb82 100644
--- a/enso/enso/graphics/transparentwindow.py
+++ b/enso/enso/graphics/transparentwindow.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ def __init__( self, xPos, yPos, width, height ):
                                                   width, height )
 
     def makeCairoContext( self ):
-        self._surf = self._impl.makeCairoSurface() # TODO: do not forget to remove self._surf
-        context = cairo.Context( self._surf )
+        context = cairo.Context( self._impl.makeCairoSurface() )
 
         convertUserSpaceToPoints( context )
         return context
diff --git a/enso/enso/messages/primarywindow.py b/enso/enso/messages/primarywindow.py
index f5fc7ca7..60a3b432 100644
--- a/enso/enso/messages/primarywindow.py
+++ b/enso/enso/messages/primarywindow.py
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ def __setupBackground( self, width, height ):
         cr.set_source_rgba( *MSG_BGCOLOR )
         cr.fill_preserve()
 
-        #self._wind._surf.write_to_png("d:/tmp/surf.png")
-
 
     def __layoutBlocks( self, messageDoc, captionDoc ):
         """
diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/AsyncEventProcessorRegistry.dll b/enso/enso/platform/win32/AsyncEventProcessorRegistry.dll
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/CLogging.dll b/enso/enso/platform/win32/CLogging.dll
index 0dc95782..327e75d0 100644
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/Keyhook.dll b/enso/enso/platform/win32/Keyhook.dll
index 33129bb4..4fe4f395 100644
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/cairo.dll b/enso/enso/platform/win32/cairo.dll
index 924a9e15..e5ca33b3 100644
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/cairo/_cairo.pyd b/enso/enso/platform/win32/cairo/_cairo.pyd
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/graphics/_TransparentWindow.pyd b/enso/enso/platform/win32/graphics/_TransparentWindow.pyd
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/input/_AsyncEventThread.pyd b/enso/enso/platform/win32/input/_AsyncEventThread.pyd
index 0854b754..703c6883 100644
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/input/_InputManager.pyd b/enso/enso/platform/win32/input/_InputManager.pyd
index 952fdb2f..2dcc3bd2 100644
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diff --git a/enso/enso/platform/win32/selection/_ClipboardBackend.pyd b/enso/enso/platform/win32/selection/_ClipboardBackend.pyd
index 3cae0ff6..d827d1e7 100644
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diff --git a/platform/README.win32 b/platform/README.win32
index bcf2a8b5..5c1b21e7 100644
--- a/platform/README.win32
+++ b/platform/README.win32
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Modern build instructions:
   3. Install pywin32 for Python 3 (https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32)
   4. Install SCons for Python 3 (https://scons.org/)
   5. Install SWIG (http://www.swig.org/) and make it available through the PATH environment variable
-  6. Install MS Visual Studio 2015+
-  7. Install MSYS2 (https://www.msys2.org/) and make it available through the PATH environment variable
+  6. Install MSYS2 (https://www.msys2.org/) and make it available through the PATH environment variable
+  7. Install MS Visual Studio 2015+
   8. Open MSVS Developer Console and change the current working directory to `platform' (this) folder
   9. Navigate to `win32/Graphics/cairo' subdirectory
   10. Execute "sh build.sh"
diff --git a/platform/win32/Graphics/TransparentWindow/TransparentWindow.cxx b/platform/win32/Graphics/TransparentWindow/TransparentWindow.cxx
index bf02112a..3bd56128 100644
--- a/platform/win32/Graphics/TransparentWindow/TransparentWindow.cxx
+++ b/platform/win32/Graphics/TransparentWindow/TransparentWindow.cxx
@@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ TransparentWindow::makeCairoSurface( void )
 
         /* Creating surface with cairo 1.16+ */
 
-         //_cairoSurface = cairo_win32_surface_create( _hDC );
-
-         _cairoSurface = cairo_win32_surface_create_with_format(_hDC, CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32);
+        _cairoSurface = cairo_win32_surface_create_with_format(_hDC, CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32);
 
         if ( cairo_surface_status(_cairoSurface) != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS )
             throw FatalError( "Couldn't init Cairo surface." );
@@ -205,6 +203,9 @@ TransparentWindow::makeCairoSurface( void )
 void
 TransparentWindow::update( void )
 {
+    if (_cairoSurface)
+        cairo_surface_flush(_cairoSurface);
+
     POINT srcPoint;
     BLENDFUNCTION bf;
     POINT destPoint;