diff -ru '--exclude=*.txt' hidapi-0.7.99.post12/hidapi/windows/hid.c hidapi-0.7.99.post12-mod/hidapi/windows/hid.c
--- hidapi-0.7.99.post12/hidapi/windows/hid.c   2015-09-30 01:23:20.000000000 +0200
+++ hidapi-0.7.99.post12-mod/hidapi/windows/hid.c   2016-01-29 22:37:15.629671300 +0100
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 #ifndef HIDAPI_USE_DDK
 static int lookup_functions()
 {
-   lib_handle = LoadLibraryA("hid.dll");
+   lib_handle = LoadLibraryExA(".\\hid.dll", NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
    if (lib_handle) {
 #define RESOLVE(x) x = (x##_)GetProcAddress(lib_handle, #x); if (!x) return -1;
        RESOLVE(HidD_GetAttributes);
@@ -222,9 +222,7 @@
 {
    HANDLE handle;
    DWORD desired_access = (enumerate)? 0: (GENERIC_WRITE | GENERIC_READ);
-   DWORD share_mode = (enumerate)?
-                         FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE:
-                         FILE_SHARE_READ;
+   DWORD share_mode = FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE;

    handle = CreateFileA(path,
        desired_access,
diff -ru '--exclude=*.txt' hidapi-0.7.99.post12/setup.py hidapi-0.7.99.post12-mod/setup.py
--- hidapi-0.7.99.post12/setup.py   2016-01-19 22:32:54.000000000 +0100
+++ hidapi-0.7.99.post12-mod/setup.py   2016-01-29 21:55:23.049329900 +0100
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         )
     ]

-if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+if sys.platform.startswith('win') or sys.platform.startswith('cygwin'):
     modules = [
         Extension('hid',
             sources = ['hid.pyx', 'chid.pxd', hidapi_src('windows')],