diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 87fa5c12d..dd2c02ac4 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@
       sh -e playTests.sh --test-large-data &&
       fullbench.exe -i1 &&
       fullbench.exe -i1 -P0 &&
-      fuzzer_VS2008_%PLATFORM%_Release.exe %FUZZERTEST% &&
-      fuzzer_VS2010_%PLATFORM%_Release.exe %FUZZERTEST% &&
       fuzzer_VS2012_%PLATFORM%_Release.exe %FUZZERTEST% &&
       fuzzer_VS2013_%PLATFORM%_Release.exe %FUZZERTEST% &&
       fuzzer_VS2015_%PLATFORM%_Release.exe %FUZZERTEST%
diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index c0d6494ec..983376728 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -525,7 +525,11 @@ static FILE* FIO_openSrcFile(const char* srcFileName)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (!UTIL_isRegularFile(srcFileName) && !UTIL_isFIFO(srcFileName)) {
+    if (!UTIL_isRegularFile(srcFileName)
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+        && !UTIL_isFIFO(srcFileName)
+#endif /* _MSC_VER */
+    ) {
         DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: %s is not a regular file -- ignored \n",
                         srcFileName);
         return NULL;
diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 2143d178b..5d15450d2 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ int UTIL_isSameFile(const char* fName1, const char* fName2)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+/* Using this to distinguish named pipes */
 U32 UTIL_isFIFO(const char* infilename)
 {
 /* macro guards, as defined in : https://linux.die.net/man/2/lstat */
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ U32 UTIL_isFIFO(const char* infilename)
     (void)infilename;
     return 0;
 }
-
+#endif
 
 U32 UTIL_isLink(const char* infilename)
 {
diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index 0d0642cb5..1f524f293 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ int UTIL_compareStr(const void *p1, const void *p2);
 int UTIL_isCompressedFile(const char* infilename, const char *extensionList[]);
 const char* UTIL_getFileExtension(const char* infilename);
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 U32 UTIL_isFIFO(const char* infilename);
+#endif
 U32 UTIL_isLink(const char* infilename);
 #define UTIL_FILESIZE_UNKNOWN  ((U64)(-1))
 U64 UTIL_getFileSize(const char* infilename);
diff --git a/programs/zstdcli.c b/programs/zstdcli.c
index 5463c019f..cd6b40bc0 100644
--- a/programs/zstdcli.c
+++ b/programs/zstdcli.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,11 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
     if (!followLinks) {
         unsigned u;
         for (u=0, fileNamesNb=0; u<filenameIdx; u++) {
-            if (UTIL_isLink(filenameTable[u]) && !UTIL_isFIFO(filenameTable[u])) {
+            if (UTIL_isLink(filenameTable[u])
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+                && !UTIL_isFIFO(filenameTable[u])
+#endif /* _MSC_VER */
+            ) {
                 DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Warning : %s is a symbolic link, ignoring\n", filenameTable[u]);
             } else {
                 filenameTable[fileNamesNb++] = filenameTable[u];
diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index 4672ecaa3..c09e0c21c 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -1170,6 +1170,8 @@ test -f dictionary
 rm -f tmp* dictionary
 
 
+if [ "$isWindows" = false ] ; then
+
 println "\n===>  zstd fifo named pipe test "
 head -c 10 /dev/zero > tmp_original
 mkfifo named_pipe
@@ -1180,4 +1182,6 @@ $DIFF -s tmp_original tmp_decompressed
 rm -rf tmp*
 rm -rf named_pipe
 
+fi
+
 rm -f tmp*