diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index e55d830..070a947 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# you may set env var EXAMPLESROOT (helianthus-examples repo)
+
 set -e
 
 ROOT="$(cd `dirname "$0"`; pwd)"
 cd "$ROOT"
 
+if [ -z "$EXAMPLESROOT" ]; then
+	EXAMPLESROOT="$ROOT/../helianthus-examples"
+fi
+
 VER="$(git describe --tags)"
 PUBDIR="$ROOT/build-publish"
 mkdir -p "$PUBDIR"
@@ -42,6 +48,14 @@ cp -r "$SRCDIR" "$BINDIR/src/"
 echo "Binary files licensed under GPL. Look license notes in src directory and subdirectories" >> "$BINDIR/readme"
 
 
+# prepare examples
+echo " -- prepare examples -- "
+HELIROOT="$ROOT" "$EXAMPLESROOT/publish.sh"
+cp -r "$EXAMPLESROOT/build-publish/"* "$BINDIR/"
+cp -r "$EXAMPLESROOT/build-publish/"* "$SRCDIR/"
+rm -rf "$SRCDIR/examples"*/bin
+
+
 # prepare archives
 cd "$PUBDIR"
 echo " -- prepare archives -- "
diff --git a/win/build-program-win.sh b/win/build-program-win.sh
index dc553f0..610222d 100755
--- a/win/build-program-win.sh
+++ b/win/build-program-win.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
-TARGETPATH="$(pwd)"
+if [ -z "$TARGETPATH" ]; then
+	TARGETPATH="$(pwd)"
+fi
+
 PROGNAME="$1"
 ARGS=()
 for file in ${@:2}; do
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ done
 
 if [ -z "$PROGNAME" ] || [ -z "$ARGS" ]; then
 	echo "Usage: $0 program_name file1.c file2.c ..."
+	echo "You may set environment variable TARGETPATH - the full path to target directory"
 	exit 1
 fi