diff --git a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1 b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1
index b20f4676b..f90265288 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1
+++ b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1
@@ -1,44 +1,48 @@
 $testRoot = ".\"
 
-Get-ChildItem $testRoot -Filter *.* | 
+Get-ChildItem -Path $testRoot -Attribute Directory | 
 Foreach-Object {
-    if ((Get-Item $testRoot$_) -is [System.IO.DirectoryInfo])
-    {
-        $dirName = (Get-Item $testRoot$_).Name
+
+		$dirName = (Get-Item $testRoot$_).Name
 		$langName = $dirName
-        $result = &.\unitTest.ps1 $dirName $langName
+		$sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
+		$result = &.\unitTest.ps1 $dirName $langName
+		$sw.Stop()
+		"Test: " + $sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds + " ms"
+
 		
-        if ($result -eq 0)
+		if ($result -eq 0)
 		{
 			"$dirName ... OK"
 		}
-        elseif ($result -eq 1)
+		elseif ($result -eq 1)
 		{		
-			"$dirName ... unitTest file not found. Test skipt."
+			"$dirName ... unitTest file not found. Test skipped."
 		}
-        else
-        {
+		else
+		{
 			"$dirName ... KO"
 			""
 			"There are some problems in your functionList.xml"
-            exit -1
-        }
+			exit -1
+		}
 		
 		# Check all Sub-directories for other unit-tests
-		Get-ChildItem $testRoot$dirName -Filter *.* | 
+		Get-ChildItem -Path $testRoot\$dirName -Attribute Directory | 
 		Foreach-Object {
-		    if ((Get-Item $testRoot$dirName\$_) -is [System.IO.DirectoryInfo])
-			{
+
 				$subDirName = (Get-Item $testRoot$dirName\$_).Name
+				$sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
 				$subResult = &.\unitTest.ps1 $langName\$subDirName $langName
-				
+				$sw.Stop()
+				"Test:" + $sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds + " ms"
 				if ($subResult -eq 0)
 				{
 					"$dirName-$subDirName ... OK"
 				}
 				elseif ($subResult -eq 1)
 				{		
-					"$dirName-$subDirName ... unitTest file not found. Test skipt."
+					"$dirName-$subDirName ... unitTest file not found. Test skipped."
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -47,9 +51,7 @@ Foreach-Object {
 					"There are some problems in your functionList.xml"
 					exit -1
 				}
-			}
 		}
-    }
 }
 ""
 "All tests are passed."
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 729204a92..d72f7ddf9 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ after_build:
     - ps: >-
         $nppFileName = "Notepad++.$env:PLATFORM_INPUT.$env:CONFIGURATION.exe"
 
+        Push-AppveyorArtifact "scintilla\bin\SciLexer.dll" -FileName "SciLexer.$env:PLATFORM.$env:CONFIGURATION.dll"
+
         if ($env:PLATFORM_INPUT -eq "x64" -and $env:CONFIGURATION -eq "Unicode Release") {
             Push-AppveyorArtifact "PowerEditor\bin64\Notepad++.exe" -FileName "$nppFileName"
         }
@@ -59,6 +61,22 @@ after_build:
 
         if ($env:PLATFORM_INPUT -eq "Win32" -and $env:CONFIGURATION -eq "Unicode Debug") {
             Push-AppveyorArtifact "PowerEditor\visual.net\Unicode Debug\Notepad++.exe" -FileName "$nppFileName"
+
+            Start-FileDownload 'https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v7.8.9/npp.7.8.9.bin.minimalist.7z'
+            7z x -y npp.7.8.9.bin.minimalist.7z | Out-Null
+            #take SciLexer.dll from downloaded version due to dependency of the functionlist tests on a version build with boost regex
+            #what is not the case for the dll build on appveyor CI (would either need a very time consuming boost build or usage of nuget packages)
+            Copy-Item "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\SciLexer.dll" -Destination "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\bin"
+            Copy-Item "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\visual.net\Unicode Debug\Notepad++.exe" -Destination "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\bin"
+            Copy-Item "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\src\langs.model.xml" -Destination "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\bin"
+            Copy-Item "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\src\stylers.model.xml" -Destination "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\bin"
+            Copy-Item "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\src\shortcuts.xml" -Destination "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\bin"
+            Copy-Item "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\src\functionList.xml" -Destination "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\bin"
+            Copy-Item "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\src\contextMenu.xml" -Destination "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\PowerEditor\bin"
+            cd .\PowerEditor\Test\FunctionList\
+            .\unitTestLauncher.ps1
+            .\unitTestLauncher.ps1
+            #ATTENTION: current working dir is no longer at APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER
         }
 
         if ($env:PLATFORM_INPUT -eq "mingw") {
@@ -66,4 +84,4 @@ after_build:
             Push-AppveyorArtifact "PowerEditor\bin\NotepadPP.exe_dynamic" -FileName "$nppFileName_dynamic"
         }
 
-        Push-AppveyorArtifact "scintilla\bin\SciLexer.dll" -FileName "SciLexer.$env:PLATFORM.$env:CONFIGURATION.dll"
+