diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bd7a588f139d7e124efecc7f3f8f8459cb9919b..c82c7864bf89c115d6eb3fa21185e64df348ec26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Please look into the doxygen configuration (Generated from Doc/history.docu) 
+The changelog can be found in the html Documentation.
 
 The latest changelog for the master can be found here:
-http://openmesh.org/Daily-Builds/Doc/a00002.html
+http://openmesh.org/Daily-Builds/Doc/
diff --git a/CI/Windows.bat b/CI/Windows.bat
index c96a9e6cb358169a60f01df8929b6c5edede73d3..f37de30e8f4133e37d54ce137d62b4094f701f5d 100644
--- a/CI/Windows.bat
+++ b/CI/Windows.bat
@@ -16,22 +16,6 @@ IF "%SHARED%" == "TRUE" (
   set STRING_DLL=
 )
 
-IF "%BUILD_PLATFORM%" == "VS2012" (
-    set LIBPATH=E:\libs\VS2012
-    set GTESTVERSION=gtest-1.6.0
-    set GENERATOR=Visual Studio 11%ARCH_VS%
-    set VS_PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.com"
-    IF "%ARCHITECTURE%" == "x64" (
-      set QT_INSTALL_PATH=E:\Qt\4.8.5-vs2012-%STRING_ARCH%\
-      set QT_BASE_CONFIG=-DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=E:\Qt\4.8.5-vs2012-%STRING_ARCH%\bin\qmake.exe
-    )
-
-    IF "%ARCHITECTURE%" == "x32" (
-      set QT_INSTALL_PATH=E:\Qt\4.8.5-vs2012-%STRING_ARCH%\
-      set QT_BASE_CONFIG=-DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=E:\Qt\4.8.5-vs2012-%STRING_ARCH%\bin\qmake.exe 
-    )
-) 
-
 IF "%BUILD_PLATFORM%" == "VS2013" (
     set LIBPATH=E:\libs\VS2013
     set GTESTVERSION=gtest-1.6.0
@@ -83,10 +67,15 @@ IF "%BUILD_PLATFORM%" == "VS2017" (
 IF "%APPS%" == "ON" (
   set STRING_APPS=
 
+  ECHO "Copying Platform plugins from %QT_INSTALL_PATH%\plugins\platforms to Build\plugins\platforms"
+  
+
+  
   REM Create the platform plugins subdirectory for the qt plugins required to run the gui apps
+  mkdir Build
   mkdir Build\plugins
   mkdir Build\plugins\platforms
-
+  
   REM Copy the platform plugins subdirectory for the qt plugins required to run the gui apps
   xcopy /Y %QT_INSTALL_PATH%\plugins\platforms Build\plugins\platforms 
   set CMAKE_CONFIGURATION=%QT_BASE_CONFIG%
@@ -95,6 +84,9 @@ IF "%APPS%" == "ON" (
   set CMAKE_CONFIGURATION=
 )
 
+
+
+
 ECHO "============================================================="
 ECHO "============================================================="
 ECHO "Building with :"
@@ -111,7 +103,23 @@ ECHO "QT_INSTALL_PATH     : %QT_INSTALL_PATH%"
 ECHO "CMAKE_CONFIGURATION : %CMAKE_CONFIGURATION%"
 ECHO "============================================================="
 ECHO "============================================================="
+ECHO ""
+ECHO "Running Build environment checks"
 
+IF EXIST %LIBPATH%\ (
+  ECHO "LIBPATH ... Ok"
+) ELSE (
+  ECHO "LIBPATH not found!"
+  exit 10;
+)
+
+
+IF EXIST %QT_INSTALL_PATH%\ (
+  ECHO "QT_INSTALL_PATH ... Ok"
+) ELSE (
+  ECHO "QT_INSTALL_PATH: %QT_INSTALL_PATH%\ not found!"
+  exit 10;
+)
 
 
 "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -DGTEST_PREFIX="%LIBPATH%\%ARCHITECTURE%\%GTESTVERSION%" -G "%GENERATOR%"  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_APPS=%APPS% -DOPENMESH_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DCMAKE_WINDOWS_LIBS_DIR="e:\libs" -DOPENMESH_BUILD_SHARED=%SHARED% %CMAKE_CONFIGURATION% ..
diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index c38bd385a09ea61897216c2a9c244ad51e8a85ee..e977abfafcab778c6cd54259380740c8652a4553 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 
 
-<tr valign=top><td><b>7.2</b> (?/?/?)</td><td>
+<tr valign=top><td><b>8.0</b> (?/?/?)</td><td>
 
 <b>Core</b>
 <ul>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3a4d17f623eed0517c3ee66ed02ff58dee4ea6a..0c8c38ded65554c860ab2cdf2eb3cfe002b1c711 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# OpenMesh, 7.2
+# OpenMesh, 8.0
 
 [![](https://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/OpenMesh/OpenMesh/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/OpenMesh/OpenMesh/commits/master)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c975e25f2166653e8fec876b7b5a240dc39bfd8c..47e41527805628e67e62836a91a42fa7bd25c372 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-VERSION=7.2
-MAJOR=7
-MINOR=2
+VERSION=8.0
+MAJOR=8
+MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
 ID=OPENMESH
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
index 19509deb650aac7b4946fadd38a78df5d9bad229..13213ad99c3666e7c7690eb440705cb4d2c2bf76 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND)
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libs_required/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 8.0"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 7.2"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 7.1"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 7.0"
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND)
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4.1"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.0/include"
+    "C:/libs/OpenMesh 8.0"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 7.1"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 7.0"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 6.3"
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
index bb5a78938e5ac731891622be184ab99ac7b56606..4611fbfbd2c82abc5df7f6bc7d011370ef39e1b9 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-#define OM_VERSION 0x70200
+#define OM_VERSION 0x80000
+//#define OM_VERSION 0x70200
 
 #define OM_GET_VER ((OM_VERSION & 0xf0000) >> 16)
 #define OM_GET_MAJ ((OM_VERSION & 0x0ff00) >> 8)