diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d26aac0..874dde48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 ### 1.7 (December 22, 2013)
 
+* __1.7.5__ Optional return of colorama (for color on Windows), fixes editing (stops deleting entries instead of editing them), improves Windows documentation.
 * __1.7.4__ Gets rid of colorama.
 * __1.7.3__ Touches temporary files before opening them to allow more external editors.
 * __1.7.2__ Dateutil added to requirements.
diff --git a/docs/advanced.rst b/docs/advanced.rst
index b00c4525..a4beacf2 100644
--- a/docs/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced.rst
@@ -99,3 +99,30 @@ Your ``default`` and your ``food`` journals won't be encrypted, however your ``w
 
     Changing ``encrypt`` to a different value will not encrypt or decrypt your journal file, it merely says whether or not your journal `is` encrypted. Hence manually changing this option will most likely result in your journal file being impossible to load.
 
+Windows Usage
+-------------
+
+A couple of tips to get jrnl working better on Windows:
+
+To get colored output on Windows, install ``colorama`` ::
+
+    pip install colorama
+
+The configuration file is typically found at ``C:\Users\[Your Username\.jrnl_conf``. This is just a text file and so can be edited in a text editor (but don't use Notepad, it will mess with the line endings).
+
+For editing entries, Notepad will technically work, but doesn't play nice with line endings. A good alternative is `Notepad++ <http://notepad-plus-plus.org/>`_. To set Notepad++ as your editor, edit the jrnl config file (``.jrnl_conf``) like this:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    {
+      ...
+      "editor": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe -multiInst",
+    }
+
+The double backslashes are needed so jrnl can read the file path correctly. The ``-multiInst`` option will cause jrnl to open its own Notepad++ windows. When you're done editing an entry in Notepad++, save the file and close the Notepad++ window for jrnl to know you're done editing and record your changes.
+
+Known Issues
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- The Windows shell prior to Windows 7 has issues with unicode encoding. If you want to use non-ascii characters, change the codepage with ``chcp 1252`` before using `jrnl` (Thanks to Yves Pouplard for solving this!)
+- _jrnl_ relies on the `PyCrypto` package to encrypt journals, which has some known problems with installing on Windows and within virtual environments.
diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 0fa9eada..b42d9ba1 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     crypto_installed = False
 import hashlib
+try:
+    import colorama
+    colorama.init()
+except ImportError:
+    colorama = None
 import plistlib
 import pytz
 import uuid
@@ -163,11 +168,11 @@ class Journal(object):
                 for tag in self.search_tags:
                     tagre = re.compile(re.escape(tag), re.IGNORECASE)
                     pp = re.sub(tagre,
-                                lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0)),
+                                lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0), colorama),
                                 pp, re.UNICODE)
             else:
                 pp = re.sub(r"(?u)([{tags}]\w+)".format(tags=self.config['tagsymbols']),
-                            lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0)),
+                            lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0), colorama),
                             pp)
         return pp
 
@@ -430,4 +435,3 @@ class DayOne(Journal):
         self._deleted_entries = [e for e in self.entries if e.uuid not in edited_uuids]
         self.entries[:] = [e for e in self.entries if e.uuid in edited_uuids]
         return entries
-
diff --git a/jrnl/__init__.py b/jrnl/__init__.py
index 33c20aa5..c57606c0 100644
--- a/jrnl/__init__.py
+++ b/jrnl/__init__.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ jrnl is a simple journal application for your command line.
 """
 
 __title__ = 'jrnl'
-__version__ = '1.7.4'
+__version__ = '1.7.5'
 __author__ = 'Manuel Ebert'
 __license__ = 'MIT License'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 Manuel Ebert'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013-14 Manuel Ebert'
 
 from . import Journal
 from . import cli
diff --git a/jrnl/install.py b/jrnl/install.py
index 3240a206..4ad2b748 100644
--- a/jrnl/install.py
+++ b/jrnl/install.py
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ def install_jrnl(config_path='~/.jrnl_config'):
         password = None
         print("PyCrypto not found. To encrypt your journal, install the PyCrypto package from http://www.pycrypto.org or with 'pip install pycrypto' and run 'jrnl --encrypt'. For now, your journal will be stored in plain text.")
 
+    # Use highlighting:
+    if os.name == "nt" and not module_exists("colorama"):
+        print("colorama not found. To turn on highlighting, install colorama and set highlight to true in your .jrnl_conf.")
+        default_config['highlight'] = False
+
     open(default_config['journals']['default'], 'a').close()  # Touch to make sure it's there
 
     # Write config to ~/.jrnl_conf
diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index 102433c7..5f6dca4d 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ def load_and_fix_json(json_path):
 
 def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
     tmpfile = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "jrnl")
+    with open(tmpfile, 'w'):
+        pass
     if template:
         with codecs.open(tmpfile, 'w', "utf-8") as f:
             f.write(template)
-    with open(tmpfile, 'w'):
-        pass
     subprocess.call(config['editor'].split() + [tmpfile])
     with codecs.open(tmpfile, "r", "utf-8") as f:
         raw = f.read()
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
         prompt('[Nothing saved to file]')
     return raw
 
-def colorize(string):
+def colorize(string, colorama=None):
     """Returns the string wrapped in cyan ANSI escape"""
-    return u"\033[36m{}\033[39m".format(string)
-
+    if os.name == "nt" and not colorama:
+        return string
+    else:
+        return u"\033[36m{}\033[39m".format(string)