diff --git a/utils/nightly/crontab.windows b/utils/nightly/crontab.windows
deleted file mode 100644
index cefb78abb71a96449871c32978accdc191626a4e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/nightly/crontab.windows
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#
-# this will launch a new build every night at 2h01
-#
-1 2 * * * cd ${HOME}/src/gmsh/utils/nightly && make gmsh-windows-nightly
diff --git a/utils/nightly/windows_nightly.bat b/utils/nightly/windows_nightly.bat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7d50ccbf0047e7d299c405c54b49f85e613d46f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/nightly/windows_nightly.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@echo off
+
+C:
+chdir C:\cygwin\bin
+
+bash --login C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\nightly.sh
+