diff --git a/basis/windows/com/prettyprint/prettyprint.factor b/basis/windows/com/prettyprint/prettyprint.factor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c75f43f560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/windows/com/prettyprint/prettyprint.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2009 Slava Pestov.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: windows.com windows.kernel32 windows.ole32
+prettyprint.custom prettyprint.sections sequences ;
+IN: windows.com.prettyprint
+
+M: GUID pprint* guid>string "GUID: " prepend text ;
diff --git a/basis/windows/com/syntax/syntax.factor b/basis/windows/com/syntax/syntax.factor
index d380b1ba83..2100d6a215 100755
--- a/basis/windows/com/syntax/syntax.factor
+++ b/basis/windows/com/syntax/syntax.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ USING: alien alien.c-types alien.accessors effects kernel
 windows.ole32 parser lexer splitting grouping sequences
 namespaces assocs quotations generalizations accessors words
 macros alien.syntax fry arrays layouts math classes.struct
-windows.kernel32 prettyprint.custom prettyprint.sections ;
+windows.kernel32 ;
 IN: windows.com.syntax
 
 <PRIVATE
@@ -99,4 +99,8 @@ SYNTAX: COM-INTERFACE:
 
 SYNTAX: GUID: scan string>guid parsed ;
 
-M: GUID pprint* guid>string "GUID: " prepend text ;
+USING: vocabs vocabs.loader ;
+
+"prettyprint" vocab [
+    "windows.com.prettyprint" require
+] when
diff --git a/basis/windows/com/wrapper/wrapper.factor b/basis/windows/com/wrapper/wrapper.factor
index 25b11a6a1d..2cf6b31cf5 100755
--- a/basis/windows/com/wrapper/wrapper.factor
+++ b/basis/windows/com/wrapper/wrapper.factor
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ init windows.com.syntax.private windows.com continuations kernel
 namespaces windows.ole32 libc vocabs assocs accessors arrays
 sequences quotations combinators math words compiler.units
 destructors fry math.parser generalizations sets
-specialized-arrays.alien specialized-arrays.direct.alien
-windows.kernel32 classes.struct ;
+specialized-arrays.alien windows.kernel32 classes.struct ;
 IN: windows.com.wrapper
 
 TUPLE: com-wrapper < disposable callbacks vtbls ;