diff --git a/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.cpp b/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.cpp
index 48d74fc5c0..bc1e03973f 100644
--- a/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,20 @@ namespace
 	{
 	protected:
 		uint8_t lastOutput[FULL_SEXTET_COUNT];
-		RageFile * out;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		HANDLE out;
+#else
+		RageFile* out;
+#endif
 
 	public:
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		SextetImpl(HANDLE file) {
+#else
 		SextetImpl(RageFile * file) {
+#endif
 			out = file;
 
 			// Ensure a non-match the first time
@@ -33,9 +43,13 @@ namespace
 		virtual ~SextetImpl() {
 			if(out != nullptr)
 			{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+				CloseHandle(out);
+#else
 				out->Flush();
 				out->Close();
 				RageUtil::SafeDelete(out);
+#endif
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -50,8 +64,19 @@ namespace
 			{
 				if(out != nullptr)
 				{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+					DWORD cbWritten;
+					bool fSuccess = WriteFile(
+						out,                  // pipe handle 
+						buffer,             // message 
+						FULL_SEXTET_COUNT,              // message length 
+						&cbWritten,             // bytes written 
+						NULL);                  // not overlapped 
+
+#else
 					out->Write(buffer, FULL_SEXTET_COUNT);
 					out->Flush();
+#endif
 				}
 
 				// Remember last message
@@ -109,19 +134,52 @@ inline RageFile * openOutputStream(const RString& filename)
 	return file;
 }
 
-LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile::LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile(RageFile * file)
+#ifdef _WIN32
+LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile::LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile(HANDLE file)
 {
 	_impl = new SextetImpl(file);
 }
+#else
+LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile::LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile(RageFile* file)
+{
+	_impl = new SextetImpl(file);
+}
+#endif // _WIN32
+
+
+
+
 
 LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile::LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile(const RString& filename)
 {
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	_impl = new SextetImpl(CreateFile(
+		filename,   // pipe name 
+		GENERIC_WRITE,
+		0,              // no sharing 
+		NULL,           // default security attributes
+		OPEN_EXISTING,  // opens existing pipe 
+		0,              // default attributes 
+		NULL));
+#else
 	_impl = new SextetImpl(openOutputStream(filename));
+#endif
 }
 
 LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile::LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile()
 {
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	_impl = new SextetImpl(CreateFile(
+		g_sSextetStreamOutputFilename.Get(),   // pipe name 
+		GENERIC_WRITE,
+		0,              // no sharing 
+		NULL,           // default security attributes
+		OPEN_EXISTING,  // opens existing pipe 
+		0,              // default attributes 
+		NULL));
+#else
 	_impl = new SextetImpl(openOutputStream(g_sSextetStreamOutputFilename));
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.h b/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.h
index df96269f7c..bb47461946 100644
--- a/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.h
+++ b/src/arch/Lights/LightsDriver_SextetStream.h
@@ -16,15 +16,18 @@
 
 #include "LightsDriver.h"
 #include "RageFile.h"
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "Windows.h"
+#endif
 
 class LightsDriver_SextetStream : public LightsDriver
 {
 public:
 	LightsDriver_SextetStream();
 	virtual ~LightsDriver_SextetStream();
-	virtual void Set(const LightsState *ls);
+	virtual void Set(const LightsState* ls);
 protected:
-	void * _impl;
+	void* _impl;
 };
 
 class LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile : public LightsDriver_SextetStream
@@ -35,7 +38,11 @@ public:
 
 	// The file object passed here should already be open, and will be
 	// flushed, closed, and deleted in the destructor.
-	LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile(RageFile * file);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile(HANDLE file);
+#else
+	LightsDriver_SextetStreamToFile(RageFile* file);
+#endif
 };
 
 #endif