diff --git a/PC/VC6/_tkinter.dsp b/PC/VC6/_tkinter.dsp
index d06198c..fb35219 100644
--- a/PC/VC6/_tkinter.dsp
+++ b/PC/VC6/_tkinter.dsp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 # ADD BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /subsystem:windows /dll /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
-# ADD LINK32 ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tk84.lib ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tcl84.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib user32.lib kernel32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /base:"0x1e190000" /subsystem:windows /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"./_tkinter_d.pyd" /pdbtype:sept /libpath:"C:\Program Files\Tcl\lib"
+# ADD LINK32 ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tk85.lib ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tcl85.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib user32.lib kernel32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /base:"0x1e190000" /subsystem:windows /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"./_tkinter_d.pyd" /pdbtype:sept
 # SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none
 
 !ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "_tkinter - Win32 Release"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 # ADD BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /subsystem:windows /dll /machine:I386
-# ADD LINK32 ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tk84.lib ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tcl84.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib user32.lib kernel32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /base:"0x1e190000" /subsystem:windows /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"./_tkinter.pyd" /libpath:"C:\Program Files\Tcl\lib"
+# ADD LINK32 ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tk85.lib ..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tcl85.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib user32.lib kernel32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /base:"0x1e190000" /subsystem:windows /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"./_tkinter.pyd"
 # SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none
 
 !ENDIF 
diff --git a/PC/VC6/readme.txt b/PC/VC6/readme.txt
index e5fb06f..5c91806 100644
--- a/PC/VC6/readme.txt
+++ b/PC/VC6/readme.txt
@@ -63,18 +63,21 @@
 
 _tkinter
     Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system.  Requires building
-    Tcl/Tk first.  Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.4.12.
+    Tcl/Tk first.  Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.5.2.
 
     Get source
     ----------
     In the dist directory, run
-    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl8.4.12
-    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk8.4.12
-    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tix-8.4.0
+    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl-8.5.2.1 tcl8.5.2
+    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk-8.5.2.0 tk8.5.2
+    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tix-8.4.3.1 tix8.4.3
 
     Build Tcl first (done here w/ MSVC 6 on Win2K)
     ---------------
-    cd dist\tcl8.4.12\win
+    If your environment doesn't have struct _stat64, you need to apply
+    tcl852.patch in this directory to dist\tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h.
+
+    cd dist\tcl8.5.2\win
     run vcvars32.bat
     nmake -f makefile.vc
     nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
@@ -84,16 +87,16 @@
     Optional:  run tests, via
         nmake -f makefile.vc test
 
-        all.tcl:        Total   10835   Passed  10096   Skipped 732     Failed  7
-        Sourced 129 Test Files.
-        Files with failing tests: exec.test expr.test io.test main.test string.test stri
+        all.tcl:        Total   24242   Passed  23358   Skipped 877     Failed  7
+        Sourced 137 Test Files.
+        Files with failing tests: exec.test http.test io.test main.test string.test stri
         ngObj.test
 
     Build Tk
     --------
-    cd dist\tk8.4.12\win
-    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12
-    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
+    cd dist\tk8.5.2\win
+    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.5.2
+    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.5.2 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
 
     XXX Should we compile with OPTS=threads?
 
@@ -101,11 +104,11 @@
     XXX failed.  It popped up tons of little windows, and did lots of
     XXX stuff, and nothing blew up.
 
-   Built Tix
-   ---------
-   cd dist\tix-8.4.0\win
-   nmake -f python.mak
-   nmake -f python.mak install
+    Build Tix
+    ---------
+    cd dist\tix8.4.3\win
+    nmake -f python.mak TCL_MAJOR=8 TCL_MINOR=5 TCL_PATCH=2 MACHINE=IX86 DEBUG=0
+    nmake -f python.mak TCL_MAJOR=8 TCL_MINOR=5 TCL_PATCH=2 MACHINE=IX86 DEBUG=0 INSTALL_DIR=..\..\tcltk install
 
 bz2
     Python wrapper for the libbz2 compression library.  Homepage
diff --git a/PC/VC6/tcl852.patch b/PC/VC6/tcl852.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8071e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PC/VC6/tcl852.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h	Fri Jun 13 03:35:39 2008
++++ tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h	Sun Jan  4 16:52:30 2009
+@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
+ typedef struct stati64 Tcl_StatBuf;
+ #         define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"L"
+ #      else /* __BORLANDC__ */
+-#         if _MSC_VER < 1400 && !defined(_M_IX86)
++#         if _MSC_VER < 1400 /*&& !defined(_M_IX86)*/
+ typedef struct _stati64	Tcl_StatBuf;
+ #         else
+ typedef struct _stat64	Tcl_StatBuf;
+--- tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h	Fri Jun 13 03:35:39 2008
++++ tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h	Sun Jan  4 16:52:30 2009
+@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
+ typedef struct stati64 Tcl_StatBuf;
+ #         define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"L"
+ #      else /* __BORLANDC__ */
+-#         if _MSC_VER < 1400 && !defined(_M_IX86)
++#         if _MSC_VER < 1400 /*&& !defined(_M_IX86)*/
+ typedef struct _stati64	Tcl_StatBuf;
+ #         else
+ typedef struct _stat64	Tcl_StatBuf;