diff --git a/lib/wx/core/task_bar_button.rb b/lib/wx/core/task_bar_button.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ac418a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/wx/core/task_bar_button.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 M.J.N. Corino, The Netherlands
+#
+# This software is released under the MIT license.
+
+
+module Wx
+
+  if Wx::PLATFORM == 'WXMSW'
+    class TaskBarButton
+
+      wx_remove_thumb_bar_button = instance_method :remove_thumb_bar_button
+      define_method :remove_thumb_bar_button do |button|
+        button = button.get_id if button.is_a?(Wx::ThumbBarButton)
+        wx_remove_thumb_bar_button.bind(self).call(button)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/director/accessible.rb b/rakelib/lib/director/accessible.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6402751e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rakelib/lib/director/accessible.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 M.J.N. Corino, The Netherlands
+#
+# This software is released under the MIT license.
+
+###
+# wxRuby3 wxWidgets interface director
+###
+
+module WXRuby3
+
+  class Director
+
+    class Accessible < Director
+
+      def setup
+        super
+        spec.make_abstract 'wxAccessible'
+        spec.map 'wxAccessible**' => 'Wx::Accessible' do
+          map_in ignore: true, temp: 'wxAccessible* tmp', code: '$1 = &tmp;'
+          map_argout code: <<~__HEREDOC
+            if (tmp$argnum)
+            {
+              $result = SWIG_Ruby_AppendOutput($result, SWIG_NewPointerObj(SWIG_as_voidptr(tmp$argnum), SWIGTYPE_p_wxAccessible,  0));
+            }
+            __HEREDOC
+
+        end
+        spec.map 'wxString *' => 'String' do
+          map_in ignore: true, temp: 'wxString tmp', code: '$1 = &tmp;'
+          map_argout code: '$result = SWIG_Ruby_AppendOutput($result, WXSTR_TO_RSTR(tmp$argnum));'
+        end
+        spec.map 'wxAccRole *' => 'Wx::AccRole' do
+          map_in ignore: true, temp: 'wxAccRole tmp', code: '$1 = &tmp;'
+          map_argout code: <<~__HEREDOC
+            $result = SWIG_Ruby_AppendOutput($result, wxRuby_GetEnumValueObject("AccRole", static_cast<int>(tmp$argnum)));
+            __HEREDOC
+        end
+        spec.map_apply 'int * OUTPUT' => ['int * childCount', 'int * childId', 'int * toId']
+        spec.map_apply 'long * OUTPUT' => 'long * state'
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
+
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/director/app.rb b/rakelib/lib/director/app.rb
index 44133e1c..914d346a 100644
--- a/rakelib/lib/director/app.rb
+++ b/rakelib/lib/director/app.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ class App < EvtHandler
 
       def setup
         spec.items << 'wxAppConsole' << 'wxEventFilter'
+        if Config.platform == :mingw && Config.instance.wx_version >= '3.3.0'
+          spec.items << 'wxDarkModeSettings'
+          spec.disown 'wxDarkModeSettings *settings'
+          # wxDarkModeSettings does has have virt dtor; it's just not documented
+          spec.suppress_warning(514, 'wxDarkModeSettings')
+        end
         spec.fold_bases('wxApp' => 'wxAppConsole', 'wxAppConsole' => 'wxEventFilter')
         spec.override_inheritance_chain('wxApp', %w[wxEvtHandler wxObject])
         spec.ignore %w{
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/director/frame.rb b/rakelib/lib/director/frame.rb
index 10c52af7..245ab225 100644
--- a/rakelib/lib/director/frame.rb
+++ b/rakelib/lib/director/frame.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ def setup
         when 'wxFrame'
           spec.ignore %w[
             wxFrame::OnCreateStatusBar wxFrame::OnCreateToolBar]
-          unless Config.instance.features_set?(*%w[__WXMSW__ wxUSE_TASKBARBUTTON])
+          if Config.instance.features_set?(*%w[__WXMSW__ wxUSE_TASKBARBUTTON])
+            spec.items << 'wxTaskBarButton' << 'wxThumbBarButton'
+            spec.no_proxy 'wxTaskBarButton'
+            spec.gc_as_untracked 'wxTaskBarButton', 'wxThumbBarButton'
+            spec.disown 'wxThumbBarButton *button'
+            # superfluous and causing trouble for disown policy (re-implemented in pure Ruby)
+            spec.ignore 'wxTaskBarButton::RemoveThumbBarButton(wxThumbBarButton*)', ignore_doc: false
+            spec.new_object 'wxTaskBarButton::RemoveThumbBarButton(int)'
+          else
             spec.ignore('wxFrame::MSWGetTaskBarButton')
           end
           # this reimplemented window base method need to be properly wrapped but
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/director/icon.rb b/rakelib/lib/director/icon.rb
index 189d73aa..033f5c8f 100644
--- a/rakelib/lib/director/icon.rb
+++ b/rakelib/lib/director/icon.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ def setup
         spec.ignore('wxIcon::wxIcon(const char *const *)', 'wxIcon::wxIcon(const char[],int,int)')
         # xml specs incorrectly list this method for MWS while it does not exist anymore
         spec.ignore('wxIcon::ConvertToDisabled')
-        unless Config.platform == :mingw
+        if Config.platform == :mingw
+          spec.ignore 'wxIconBundle::wxIconBundle(const wxString &, WXHINSTANCE)',
+                      'wxIconBundle::AddIcon(const wxString&,WXHINSTANCE)',
+                      'wxIcon::CreateFromHICON'
+        else
           spec.override_inheritance_chain('wxIcon', %w[wxBitmap wxGDIObject wxObject])
-          spec.ignore 'wxIconBundle::wxIconBundle(const wxString &, WXHINSTANCE)'
         end
         super
       end
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/director/media_ctrl.rb b/rakelib/lib/director/media_ctrl.rb
index 9a85f5bd..eec0b490 100644
--- a/rakelib/lib/director/media_ctrl.rb
+++ b/rakelib/lib/director/media_ctrl.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,60 @@ class MediaCtrl < Window
 
       def setup
         super
+        spec.map 'const wxURI&' => 'URI' do
+          add_header <<~__CODE
+            static VALUE wxRuby_GetRubyURIClass()
+            {
+              static VALUE rb_cURI = Qnil;
+              if (NIL_P(rb_cURI))
+              {
+                rb_require("uri");
+                rb_cURI = rb_const_get(rb_cObject, rb_intern("URI"));
+              }
+              return rb_cURI;
+            }
+            static WxRuby_ID to_s_id("to_s");
+            __CODE
+          map_in temp: 'wxURI tmp', code: <<~__CODE
+            if (rb_obj_is_kind_of($input, wxRuby_GetRubyURIClass()))
+            {
+              VALUE s = rb_funcall($input, to_s_id(), 0);
+              tmp = wxURI(RSTR_TO_WXSTR(s));
+              $1 = &tmp;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+              rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "expected URI for %d", $argnum-1);
+            }                        
+            __CODE
+          map_typecheck precedence: 'POINTER', code: '$1 = rb_obj_is_kind_of($input, wxRuby_GetRubyURIClass());'
+        end
+        spec.map 'wxFileOffset' => 'Integer' do
+          # we need these inline methods here as we do not want SWIG to preprocess the code
+          # as it will do in the type mapping code sections
+          add_header_code <<~__CODE
+            inline wxFileOffset __ruby2wxFileOffset(VALUE num)
+            {
+            #ifdef wxHAS_HUGE_FILES
+              return static_cast<wxFileOffset> (NUM2LL(num));
+            #else
+              return static_cast<wxFileOffset> (NUM2LONG(num));
+            #endif
+            } 
+            inline VALUE __wxFileOffset2ruby(wxFileOffset offs)
+            {
+            #ifdef wxHAS_HUGE_FILES
+              return LL2NUM(offs);
+            #else
+              return LONG2NUM(offs);
+            #endif
+            } 
+            __CODE
+
+          map_in code: '$1 = __ruby2wxFileOffset($input);'
+          map_out code: '$result = __wxFileOffset2ruby($1);'
+          map_typecheck code: '$1 = TYPE($input) == T_FIXNUM;'
+        end
         spec.do_not_generate :variables, :enums, :defines, :functions
       end
     end # class MediaCtrl
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/director/menu.rb b/rakelib/lib/director/menu.rb
index 247ce109..2f2a90cf 100644
--- a/rakelib/lib/director/menu.rb
+++ b/rakelib/lib/director/menu.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class wxRubyMenu : public wxMenu
         spec.add_swig_code <<~__HEREDOC
           %markfunc wxMenu "mark_wxMenu";
         __HEREDOC
+        # ignore MSW specific method
+        spec.ignore 'wxMenu::MSWCommand'
         # fix SWIG's problems with const& return value
         spec.ignore('wxMenu::GetTitle', ignore_doc: false) # keep doc
         spec.add_extend_code 'wxMenu', <<~__HEREDOC
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/director/window.rb b/rakelib/lib/director/window.rb
index eeb18b48..7b9fdcba 100644
--- a/rakelib/lib/director/window.rb
+++ b/rakelib/lib/director/window.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ def setup
           spec.ignore [
             'wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow',
             'wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow',
-            'wxWindow::GetAccessible',
             'wxWindow::PopEventHandler',
             'wxWindow::SetConstraints',
             'wxWindow::GetHandle',
@@ -112,7 +111,12 @@ def setup
           if Config.instance.wx_version >= '3.3.0'
             spec.ignore('wxWindow::MSWDisableComposited') unless Config.instance.features_set?('__WXMSW__')
           end
-          spec.ignore('wxWindow::SetAccessible') unless Config.instance.features_set?('wxUSE_ACCESSIBILITY')
+          if Config.instance.features_set?('wxUSE_ACCESSIBILITY')
+            spec.disown 'wxAccessible *accessible'
+          else
+            spec.ignore('wxWindow::SetAccessible',
+                        'wxWindow::GetAccessible')
+          end
           spec.ignore(%w[wxWindow::RegisterHotKey wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey]) unless Config.instance.features_set?('wxUSE_HOTKEY')
           spec.ignore('wxWindow::SetSize(int, int)') # not useful as the wxSize variant will also accept an array
           spec.swig_import %w{
diff --git a/rakelib/lib/typemap/common.rb b/rakelib/lib/typemap/common.rb
index 8a4638c0..440715a5 100644
--- a/rakelib/lib/typemap/common.rb
+++ b/rakelib/lib/typemap/common.rb
@@ -436,6 +436,35 @@ module Common
           # do not seem to be virtual methods returning that
         end
 
+        # const wxVector<int>&
+
+        map 'const wxVector<int>&' => 'Array<Integer>' do
+          map_in temp: 'wxVector<int> tmp', code: <<~__CODE
+            if (($input == Qnil) || (TYPE($input) != T_ARRAY))
+            {
+              VALUE dump = rb_inspect($input);
+              rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "expected Array of Integer for %d but got %s", 
+                                     $argnum-1, StringValuePtr(dump));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+              for (int i = 0; i < RARRAY_LEN($input); i++)
+              {
+                tmp.push_back(NUM2INT(rb_ary_entry($input,i)));
+              }
+              $1 = &tmp;
+            }
+            __CODE
+          map_directorin code: <<~__CODE
+            $input = rb_ary_new();
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < $1.size(); i++)
+            {
+              rb_ary_push($input,INT2NUM( $1[i] ) );
+            }
+          __CODE
+          map_typecheck precedence: 'INT32_ARRAY', code: '$1 = (TYPE($input) == T_ARRAY);'
+        end
+
         # various enumerator type mappings
 
         map *%w[wxEdge wxRelationship wxKeyCode], as: 'Integer' do
diff --git a/tests/test_list_ctrl.rb b/tests/test_list_ctrl.rb
index 112bdc1e..851d542c 100644
--- a/tests/test_list_ctrl.rb
+++ b/tests/test_list_ctrl.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 require_relative './lib/wxframe_runner'
 
-class ButtonTests < WxRuby::Test::GUITests
+class ListCtrlTests < WxRuby::Test::GUITests
 
   def setup
     super
diff --git a/tests/test_media_ctrl.rb b/tests/test_media_ctrl.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aea44ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_media_ctrl.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 M.J.N. Corino, The Netherlands
+#
+# This software is released under the MIT license.
+
+require_relative './lib/wxframe_runner'
+
+# test seems to deadlock for WXGTK
+if Wx.has_feature?(:USE_MEDIACTRL) && Wx::PLATFORM != 'WXGTK'
+
+require 'uri'
+
+class MediaCtrlTests < WxRuby::Test::GUITests
+
+  def setup
+    super
+    @media = Wx::MediaCtrl.new(frame_win)
+  end
+
+  def cleanup
+    @media.destroy
+    super
+  end
+
+  attr_reader :media
+
+  def test_uri
+    # just checking if Ruby URI is properly mapped
+    uri = URI('/path/to/somewhere/media.type')
+    # can't check for true/false since the return value doesn't seem particularly
+    # reliable for non-existing media resources
+    assert_boolean(media.load(uri))
+  end
+
+end
+
+end
diff --git a/tools/check_swig_types.rb b/tools/check_swig_types.rb
index 945fbd06..3cff0425 100644
--- a/tools/check_swig_types.rb
+++ b/tools/check_swig_types.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ def scan_sources
               SWIG_TYPES_USED << type_str
               (SWIG_TYPES_USED_FILES[type_str] ||= ::Set.new) << File.basename(p)
             end
+          when /VALUE\s+vresult\s+=\s+SWIG_NewClassInstance\(self,\s*(SWIGTYPE_p_\w+)\);/
+            SWIG_TYPES_USED << $1
+            (SWIG_TYPES_USED_FILES[$1] ||= ::Set.new) << File.basename(p)
+          when /SwigClassWxBitmap.klass\s+=\s+rb_define_class_under\(.*\(\(swig_class\s+\*\)\s*(SWIGTYPE_p_\w+)->clientdata\)->klass\);/
+            SWIG_TYPES_USED << $1
+            (SWIG_TYPES_USED_FILES[$1] ||= ::Set.new) << File.basename(p)
           when /\A\s+SWIG_TypeClientData\((SWIGTYPE_p_\w+),/
             if SWIG_TYPES_WRAPPED.include?($1)
               STDERR.puts "*** ERROR: SWIG type #{$1} defined multiple times."