diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This version of wxWidgets supports the following primary platforms:
Most popular C++ compilers are supported including but not limited to:
-- Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 or later (up to 2022).
+- Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 or later (up to 2026).
- g++ 4 or later (up to 14), including MinGW/MinGW-64/TDM under Windows.
- Clang (up to 19).
- Intel icc compiler.
diff --git a/build/msw/wx_config.props b/build/msw/wx_config.props
index 58cff74311..797a81aa78 100644
--- a/build/msw/wx_config.props
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
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diff --git a/build/msw/wx_vc18.slnx b/build/msw/wx_vc18.slnx
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diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
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wxMSW:
+- Add MSVS 2026 solution files (PB, #26140).
- Don't use first image for wxListCtrl items without images (#26062).
- Fix regression in wxStaticBitmap::SetBitmap() in 3.2.9 (#26106).
- Handle font names longer than 31 characters (moi15moi, #25333).
diff --git a/docs/msw/install.md b/docs/msw/install.md
index 3389f51fd4..e6d40178b8 100644
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@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ Microsoft Visual C++ Compilation {#msw_build_msvs}
### From the IDE
Ready to use project files are provided for VC++ versions 8, 9,
-10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 (also known as MSVS 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012,
-2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022 respectively).
+10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 (also known as MSVS 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012,
+2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2026 respectively).
-Simply open `wx_vcN.sln` (for N=8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 or 17) file,
+Simply open `wx_vcN.sln` (for N=8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 or 17, matching
+MSVS versions between 2005 and 2022) or `wx_vc18.slnx` (for MSVS 2026) file,
select the appropriate configuration (Debug or Release, static or DLL)
and build the solution. Notice that when building a DLL configuration,
you may need to perform the build several times because the projects
diff --git a/samples/minimal/minimal_vc18.slnx b/samples/minimal/minimal_vc18.slnx
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