diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 44106112..a7f761aa 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include LICENSE
 include README.md
 include README
 include requirements.txt
+include win-requirements.txt
 include dev-requirements.txt
 recursive-include test *
 global-exclude *.pyc
diff --git a/README b/README
index d90c6ec1..d7af4cd3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ The table below identifies the services this tool supports and some example serv
 	xbmc://user@hostname
 	xbmc://user:password@hostname:port
 
+
+* Windows Notifications
+	windows://
+
 Email Support
 -------------
 * mailto://
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7384d35e..da42622b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ The table below identifies the services this tool supports and some example serv
 | [Telegram](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_telegram) | tgram://  | (TCP) 443   | tgram://bottoken/ChatID<br />tgram://bottoken/ChatID1/ChatID2/ChatIDN
 | [Twitter](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_twitter) | tweet://  | (TCP) 443   | tweet://user@CKey/CSecret/AKey/ASecret
 | [XBMC](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_xbmc) | xbmc:// or xbmcs://    | (TCP) 8080 or 443   | xbmc://hostname<br />xbmc://user@hostname<br />xbmc://user:password@hostname:port
+| [Windows Notification](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_windows) | windows://    |        n/a          | windows://
+
 
 ### Email Support
 | Service ID | Default Port | Example Syntax |
diff --git a/apprise/Apprise.py b/apprise/Apprise.py
index 42e5e624..188d475c 100644
--- a/apprise/Apprise.py
+++ b/apprise/Apprise.py
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ class Apprise(object):
             instance = Apprise.instantiate(_server, asset=asset)
             if not instance:
                 return_status = False
+                logging.error(
+                        "Failed to load notification url: {}".format(_server))
                 continue
 
             # Add our initialized plugin to our server listings
@@ -261,10 +263,15 @@ class Apprise(object):
                     # Toggle our return status flag
                     status = False
 
+            except TypeError:
+                # These our our internally thrown notifications
+                # TODO: Change this to a custom one such as AppriseNotifyError
+                status = False
+
             except Exception:
                 # A catch all so we don't have to abort early
                 # just because one of our plugins has a bug in it.
-                logging.exception("notification exception")
+                logging.exception("Notification Exception")
                 status = False
 
         return status
diff --git a/apprise/AppriseAsset.py b/apprise/AppriseAsset.py
index 5353357a..5bbba2a9 100644
--- a/apprise/AppriseAsset.py
+++ b/apprise/AppriseAsset.py
@@ -54,12 +54,16 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
     # The default color to return if a mapping isn't found in our table above
     default_html_color = '#888888'
 
+    # The default image extension to use
+    default_extension = '.png'
+
     # The default theme
     theme = 'default'
 
     # Image URL Mask
     image_url_mask = \
-        'http://nuxref.com/apprise/themes/{THEME}/apprise-{TYPE}-{XY}.png'
+        'http://nuxref.com/apprise/themes/{THEME}/' \
+        'apprise-{TYPE}-{XY}{EXTENSION}'
 
     # Application Logo
     image_url_logo = \
@@ -71,11 +75,11 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
         'assets',
         'themes',
         '{THEME}',
-        'apprise-{TYPE}-{XY}.png',
+        'apprise-{TYPE}-{XY}{EXTENSION}',
     ))
 
     def __init__(self, theme='default', image_path_mask=None,
-                 image_url_mask=None):
+                 image_url_mask=None, default_extension=None):
         """
         Asset Initialization
 
@@ -89,6 +93,9 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
         if image_url_mask is not None:
             self.image_url_mask = image_url_mask
 
+        if default_extension is not None:
+            self.default_extension = default_extension
+
     def color(self, notify_type, color_type=None):
         """
         Returns an HTML mapped color based on passed in notify type
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
         raise ValueError(
             'AppriseAsset html_color(): An invalid color_type was specified.')
 
-    def image_url(self, notify_type, image_size, logo=False):
+    def image_url(self, notify_type, image_size, logo=False, extension=None):
         """
         Apply our mask to our image URL
 
@@ -134,10 +141,14 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
             # No image to return
             return None
 
+        if extension is None:
+            extension = self.default_extension
+
         re_map = {
             '{THEME}': self.theme if self.theme else '',
             '{TYPE}': notify_type,
             '{XY}': image_size,
+            '{EXTENSION}': extension,
         }
 
         # Iterate over above list and store content accordingly
@@ -148,7 +159,8 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
 
         return re_table.sub(lambda x: re_map[x.group()], url_mask)
 
-    def image_path(self, notify_type, image_size, must_exist=True):
+    def image_path(self, notify_type, image_size, must_exist=True,
+                   extension=None):
         """
         Apply our mask to our image file path
 
@@ -158,10 +170,14 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
             # No image to return
             return None
 
+        if extension is None:
+            extension = self.default_extension
+
         re_map = {
             '{THEME}': self.theme if self.theme else '',
             '{TYPE}': notify_type,
             '{XY}': image_size,
+            '{EXTENSION}': extension,
         }
 
         # Iterate over above list and store content accordingly
@@ -178,13 +194,17 @@ class AppriseAsset(object):
         # Return what we parsed
         return path
 
-    def image_raw(self, notify_type, image_size):
+    def image_raw(self, notify_type, image_size, extension=None):
         """
         Returns the raw image if it can (otherwise the function returns None)
 
         """
 
-        path = self.image_path(notify_type=notify_type, image_size=image_size)
+        path = self.image_path(
+            notify_type=notify_type,
+            image_size=image_size,
+            extension=extension,
+        )
         if path:
             try:
                 with open(path, 'rb') as fd:
diff --git a/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-failure-128x128.ico b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-failure-128x128.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72e69091
Binary files /dev/null and b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-failure-128x128.ico differ
diff --git a/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-info-128x128.ico b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-info-128x128.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d72c5b7
Binary files /dev/null and b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-info-128x128.ico differ
diff --git a/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-success-128x128.ico b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-success-128x128.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de8cc6b0
Binary files /dev/null and b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-success-128x128.ico differ
diff --git a/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-warning-128x128.ico b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-warning-128x128.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6600ac14
Binary files /dev/null and b/apprise/assets/themes/default/apprise-warning-128x128.ico differ
diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyBase.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyBase.py
index bcf811a9..9f028499 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/NotifyBase.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyBase.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class NotifyBase(object):
 
         return
 
-    def image_url(self, notify_type, logo=False):
+    def image_url(self, notify_type, logo=False, extension=None):
         """
         Returns Image URL if possible
         """
@@ -186,9 +186,10 @@ class NotifyBase(object):
             notify_type=notify_type,
             image_size=self.image_size,
             logo=logo,
+            extension=extension,
         )
 
-    def image_path(self, notify_type):
+    def image_path(self, notify_type, extension=None):
         """
         Returns the path of the image if it can
         """
@@ -201,9 +202,10 @@ class NotifyBase(object):
         return self.asset.image_path(
             notify_type=notify_type,
             image_size=self.image_size,
+            extension=extension,
         )
 
-    def image_raw(self, notify_type):
+    def image_raw(self, notify_type, extension=None):
         """
         Returns the raw image if it can
         """
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ class NotifyBase(object):
         return self.asset.image_raw(
             notify_type=notify_type,
             image_size=self.image_size,
+            extension=extension,
         )
 
     def color(self, notify_type, color_type=None):
diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyWindows.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyWindows.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa0759de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyWindows.py
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Windows Notify Wrapper
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of apprise.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+from time import sleep
+
+from .NotifyBase import NotifyBase
+from ..common import NotifyImageSize
+
+# Default our global support flag
+NOTIFY_WINDOWS_SUPPORT_ENABLED = False
+
+try:
+    # 3rd party modules (Windows Only)
+    import win32api
+    import win32con
+    import win32gui
+
+    # We're good to go!
+    NOTIFY_WINDOWS_SUPPORT_ENABLED = True
+
+except ImportError:
+    # No problem; we just simply can't support this plugin because we're
+    # either using Linux, or simply do not have pypiwin32 installed.
+    pass
+
+
+class NotifyWindows(NotifyBase):
+    """
+    A wrapper for local Windows Notifications
+    """
+
+    # The default protocol
+    protocol = 'windows'
+
+    # Allows the user to specify the NotifyImageSize object
+    image_size = NotifyImageSize.XY_128
+
+    # This entry is a bit hacky, but it allows us to unit-test this library
+    # in an environment that simply doesn't have the windows packages
+    # available to us.  It also allows us to handle situations where the
+    # packages actually are present but we need to test that they aren't.
+    # If anyone is seeing this had knows a better way of testing this
+    # outside of what is defined in test/test_windows_plugin.py, please
+    # let me know! :)
+    _enabled = NOTIFY_WINDOWS_SUPPORT_ENABLED
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Initialize Windows Object
+        """
+
+        # Number of seconds to display notification for
+        self.duration = 12
+
+        # Define our handler
+        self.hwnd = None
+
+        super(NotifyWindows, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def _on_destroy(self, hwnd, msg, wparam, lparam):
+        """
+        Destroy callback function
+        """
+
+        nid = (self.hwnd, 0)
+        win32gui.Shell_NotifyIcon(win32gui.NIM_DELETE, nid)
+        win32api.PostQuitMessage(0)
+
+        return None
+
+    def notify(self, title, body, notify_type, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Perform Windows Notification
+        """
+
+        if not self._enabled:
+            self.logger.warning(
+                "Windows Notifications are not supported by this system.")
+            return False
+
+        # Limit results to just the first 2 line otherwise
+        # there is just to much content to display
+        body = re.split('[\r\n]+', body)
+        body[0] = body[0].strip('#').strip()
+        body = '\r\n'.join(body[0:2])
+
+        try:
+            # Register destruction callback
+            message_map = {win32con.WM_DESTROY: self._on_destroy, }
+
+            # Register the window class.
+            self.wc = win32gui.WNDCLASS()
+            self.hinst = self.wc.hInstance = win32api.GetModuleHandle(None)
+            self.wc.lpszClassName = str("PythonTaskbar")
+            self.wc.lpfnWndProc = message_map
+            self.classAtom = win32gui.RegisterClass(self.wc)
+
+            # Styling and window type
+            style = win32con.WS_OVERLAPPED | win32con.WS_SYSMENU
+            self.hwnd = win32gui.CreateWindow(
+                self.classAtom, "Taskbar", style, 0, 0,
+                win32con.CW_USEDEFAULT, win32con.CW_USEDEFAULT, 0, 0,
+                self.hinst, None)
+            win32gui.UpdateWindow(self.hwnd)
+
+            # image path
+            icon_path = self.image_path(notify_type, extension='.ico')
+            icon_flags = win32con.LR_LOADFROMFILE | win32con.LR_DEFAULTSIZE
+
+            try:
+                hicon = win32gui.LoadImage(
+                    self.hinst, icon_path, win32con.IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0,
+                    icon_flags)
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    "Could not load windows notification icon ({}): {}"
+                    .format(icon_path, e))
+
+                # disable icon
+                hicon = win32gui.LoadIcon(0, win32con.IDI_APPLICATION)
+
+            # Taskbar icon
+            flags = win32gui.NIF_ICON | win32gui.NIF_MESSAGE | win32gui.NIF_TIP
+            nid = (self.hwnd, 0, flags, win32con.WM_USER + 20, hicon,
+                   "Tooltip")
+            win32gui.Shell_NotifyIcon(win32gui.NIM_ADD, nid)
+            win32gui.Shell_NotifyIcon(win32gui.NIM_MODIFY, (
+                self.hwnd, 0, win32gui.NIF_INFO, win32con.WM_USER + 20, hicon,
+                "Balloon Tooltip", body, 200, title))
+
+            # take a rest then destroy
+            sleep(self.duration)
+            win32gui.DestroyWindow(self.hwnd)
+            win32gui.UnregisterClass(self.wc.lpszClassName, None)
+
+            self.logger.info('Sent Windows notification.')
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.warning('Failed to send Windows notification.')
+            self.logger.exception('Windows Exception')
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_url(url):
+        """
+        There are no parameters nessisary for this protocol; simply having
+        windows:// is all you need.  This function just makes sure that
+        is in place.
+
+        """
+
+        # return a very basic set of requirements
+        return {
+            'schema': NotifyWindows.protocol,
+            'user': None,
+            'password': None,
+            'port': None,
+            'host': 'localhost',
+            'fullpath': None,
+            'path': None,
+            'url': url,
+            'qsd': {},
+        }
diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyXBMC.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyXBMC.py
index 8b02fda7..8878b646 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/NotifyXBMC.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyXBMC.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class NotifyXBMC(NotifyBase):
         """
         super(NotifyXBMC, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
+        # Number of micro-seconds to display notification for
+        self.duration = 12000
+
         if self.secure:
             self.schema = 'https'
 
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ class NotifyXBMC(NotifyBase):
                 'title': title,
                 'message': body,
                 # displaytime is defined in microseconds
-                'displaytime': 12000,
+                'displaytime': self.duration,
             },
             'id': 1,
         }
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ class NotifyXBMC(NotifyBase):
                 'title': title,
                 'message': body,
                 # displaytime is defined in microseconds
-                'displaytime': 12000,
+                'displaytime': self.duration,
             },
             'id': 1,
         }
diff --git a/apprise/plugins/__init__.py b/apprise/plugins/__init__.py
index d4991a74..02adfc13 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from .NotifyToasty import NotifyToasty
 from .NotifyTwitter.NotifyTwitter import NotifyTwitter
 from .NotifyXBMC import NotifyXBMC
 from .NotifyXML import NotifyXML
+from .NotifyWindows import NotifyWindows
 
 from .NotifyPushjet import pushjet
 from .NotifyGrowl import gntp
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'NotifyMatterMost', 'NotifyProwl', 'NotifyPushalot',
     'NotifyPushBullet', 'NotifyPushjet', 'NotifyPushover', 'NotifyRocketChat',
     'NotifySlack', 'NotifyStride', 'NotifyToasty', 'NotifyTwitter',
-    'NotifyTelegram', 'NotifyXBMC', 'NotifyXML',
+    'NotifyTelegram', 'NotifyXBMC', 'NotifyXML', 'NotifyWindows',
 
     # Reference
     'NotifyImageSize', 'NOTIFY_IMAGE_SIZES', 'NotifyType', 'NOTIFY_TYPES',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9f5eac0..2650f097 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #
 
 import os
+import platform
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ except ImportError:
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
 install_options = os.environ.get("APPRISE_INSTALL", "").split(",")
+install_requires = open('requirements.txt').readlines()
+if platform.system().lower().startswith('win'):
+    # Windows Notification Support
+    install_requires += open('win-requirements.txt').readlines()
+
 libonly_flags = set(["lib-only", "libonly", "no-cli", "without-cli"])
 if libonly_flags.intersection(install_options):
     console_scripts = []
@@ -52,9 +58,10 @@ setup(
         'apprise': [
             'assets/NotifyXML-1.0.xsd',
             'assets/themes/default/*.png',
+            'assets/themes/default/*.ico',
         ],
     },
-    install_requires=open('requirements.txt').readlines(),
+    install_requires=install_requires,
     classifiers=(
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
diff --git a/test/test_api.py b/test/test_api.py
index 60802200..4dc2e12f 100644
--- a/test/test_api.py
+++ b/test/test_api.py
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ def test_apprise_asset(tmpdir):
 
     a = AppriseAsset(
         theme='dark',
-        image_path_mask='/{THEME}/{TYPE}-{XY}.png',
-        image_url_mask='http://localhost/{THEME}/{TYPE}-{XY}.png',
+        image_path_mask='/{THEME}/{TYPE}-{XY}{EXTENSION}',
+        image_url_mask='http://localhost/{THEME}/{TYPE}-{XY}{EXTENSION}',
     )
 
     a.default_html_color = '#abcabc'
@@ -431,3 +431,32 @@ def test_apprise_asset(tmpdir):
            must_exist=False) is None)
     assert(a.image_path(NotifyType.INFO, NotifyImageSize.XY_256,
            must_exist=True) is None)
+
+    # Test our default extension out
+    a = AppriseAsset(
+        image_path_mask='/{THEME}/{TYPE}-{XY}{EXTENSION}',
+        image_url_mask='http://localhost/{THEME}/{TYPE}-{XY}{EXTENSION}',
+        default_extension='.jpeg',
+    )
+    assert(a.image_path(
+        NotifyType.INFO,
+        NotifyImageSize.XY_256,
+        must_exist=False) == '/default/info-256x256.jpeg')
+
+    assert(a.image_url(
+        NotifyType.INFO,
+        NotifyImageSize.XY_256) == 'http://localhost/'
+                                   'default/info-256x256.jpeg')
+
+    # extension support
+    assert(a.image_path(
+        NotifyType.INFO,
+        NotifyImageSize.XY_128,
+        must_exist=False,
+        extension='.ico') == '/default/info-128x128.ico')
+
+    assert(a.image_url(
+        NotifyType.INFO,
+        NotifyImageSize.XY_256,
+        extension='.test') == 'http://localhost/'
+                              'default/info-256x256.test')
diff --git a/test/test_windows_plugin.py b/test/test_windows_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5c09107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_windows_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# NotifyWindows - Unit Tests
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of apprise.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+import mock
+import sys
+import types
+
+# Rebuild our Apprise environment
+import apprise
+
+try:
+    # Python v3.4+
+    from importlib import reload
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        # Python v3.0-v3.3
+        from imp import reload
+    except ImportError:
+        # Python v2.7
+        pass
+
+
+def test_windows_plugin():
+    """
+    API: NotifyWindows Plugin()
+
+    """
+
+    # We need to fake our windows environment for testing purposes
+    win32api_name = 'win32api'
+    win32api = types.ModuleType(win32api_name)
+    sys.modules[win32api_name] = win32api
+    win32api.GetModuleHandle = mock.Mock(
+        name=win32api_name + '.GetModuleHandle')
+    win32api.PostQuitMessage = mock.Mock(
+        name=win32api_name + '.PostQuitMessage')
+
+    win32con_name = 'win32con'
+    win32con = types.ModuleType(win32con_name)
+    sys.modules[win32con_name] = win32con
+    win32con.CW_USEDEFAULT = mock.Mock(name=win32con_name + '.CW_USEDEFAULT')
+    win32con.IDI_APPLICATION = mock.Mock(
+        name=win32con_name + '.IDI_APPLICATION')
+    win32con.IMAGE_ICON = mock.Mock(name=win32con_name + '.IMAGE_ICON')
+    win32con.LR_DEFAULTSIZE = 1
+    win32con.LR_LOADFROMFILE = 2
+    win32con.WM_DESTROY = mock.Mock(name=win32con_name + '.WM_DESTROY')
+    win32con.WM_USER = 0
+    win32con.WS_OVERLAPPED = 1
+    win32con.WS_SYSMENU = 2
+
+    win32gui_name = 'win32gui'
+    win32gui = types.ModuleType(win32gui_name)
+    sys.modules[win32gui_name] = win32gui
+    win32gui.CreateWindow = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.CreateWindow')
+    win32gui.DestroyWindow = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.DestroyWindow')
+    win32gui.LoadIcon = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.LoadIcon')
+    win32gui.LoadImage = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.LoadImage')
+    win32gui.NIF_ICON = 1
+    win32gui.NIF_INFO = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.NIF_INFO')
+    win32gui.NIF_MESSAGE = 2
+    win32gui.NIF_TIP = 4
+    win32gui.NIM_ADD = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.NIM_ADD')
+    win32gui.NIM_DELETE = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.NIM_DELETE')
+    win32gui.NIM_MODIFY = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.NIM_MODIFY')
+    win32gui.RegisterClass = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.RegisterClass')
+    win32gui.UnregisterClass = mock.Mock(
+        name=win32gui_name + '.UnregisterClass')
+    win32gui.Shell_NotifyIcon = mock.Mock(
+        name=win32gui_name + '.Shell_NotifyIcon')
+    win32gui.UpdateWindow = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.UpdateWindow')
+    win32gui.WNDCLASS = mock.Mock(name=win32gui_name + '.WNDCLASS')
+
+    # The following allows our mocked content to kick in. In python 3.x keys()
+    # returns an iterator, therefore we need to convert the keys() back into
+    # a list object to prevent from getting the error:
+    #    "RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"
+    #
+    for mod in list(sys.modules.keys()):
+        if mod.startswith('apprise.'):
+            del(sys.modules[mod])
+    reload(apprise)
+
+    # Create our instance
+    obj = apprise.Apprise.instantiate('windows://', suppress_exceptions=False)
+    obj.duration = 0
+
+    # Check that it found our mocked environments
+    assert(obj._enabled is True)
+
+    # _on_destroy check
+    obj._on_destroy(0, '', 0, 0)
+
+    # test notifications
+    assert(obj.notify(title='title', body='body',
+           notify_type=apprise.NotifyType.INFO) is True)
+
+    # Test our loading of our icon exception; it will still allow the
+    # notification to be sent
+    win32gui.LoadImage.side_effect = AttributeError
+    assert(obj.notify(title='title', body='body',
+           notify_type=apprise.NotifyType.INFO) is True)
+    # Undo our change
+    win32gui.LoadImage.side_effect = None
+
+    # Test our global exception handling
+    win32gui.UpdateWindow.side_effect = AttributeError
+    assert(obj.notify(title='title', body='body',
+           notify_type=apprise.NotifyType.INFO) is False)
+    # Undo our change
+    win32gui.UpdateWindow.side_effect = None
+
+    # Toggle our testing for when we can't send notifications because the
+    # package has been made unavailable to us
+    obj._enabled = False
+    assert(obj.notify(title='title', body='body',
+           notify_type=apprise.NotifyType.INFO) is False)
diff --git a/win-requirements.txt b/win-requirements.txt
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+pypiwin32