diff --git a/src/RageDisplay_D3D.cpp b/src/RageDisplay_D3D.cpp
index e97865f5fd..cdc747d3d0 100644
--- a/src/RageDisplay_D3D.cpp
+++ b/src/RageDisplay_D3D.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <D3dx9tex.h>
 #include <d3d9.h>
-#include <dxerr.h>
+#include <dxerr9.h>
 
 #include "archutils/Win32/GraphicsWindow.h"
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 	#pragma comment(lib, "d3d9.lib")
 	#pragma comment(lib, "d3dx9.lib")
-	#pragma comment(lib, "DxErr.lib")
+	#pragma comment(lib, "DxErr9.lib")
 #endif
 
 #include <math.h>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 RString GetErrorString( HRESULT hr )
 {
-	return DXGetErrorString(hr);
+	return DXGetErrorString9(hr);
 }
 
 // Globals
diff --git a/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj b/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj
index 9ee42972fe..ce6cf4c69a 100644
--- a/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj
+++ b/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj
@@ -93,15 +93,23 @@
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     <CodeAnalysisRules Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" />
     <CodeAnalysisRuleAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" />
+    <IncludePath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Lib;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+    <IncludePath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='FastDebug|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <IncludePath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-SSE2|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
     <TargetName Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">StepMania-debug</TargetName>
     <TargetName Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='FastDebug|Win32'">StepMania-fastdebug</TargetName>
     <TargetName Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-SSE2|Win32'">StepMania-SSE2</TargetName>
     <TargetName Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">StepMania</TargetName>
+    <IncludePath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='FastDebug|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Lib;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+    <LibraryPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-SSE2|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Lib;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+    <LibraryPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2004)\Lib;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>archutils\Win32\verinc
-cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
+cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo"$(IntDir)verstub.obj"</Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
     <Midl>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
     </Midl>
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;$(DXSDK_DIR)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;WINDOWS;DEBUG;GLEW_STATIC;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
@@ -140,7 +148,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
       <AdditionalDependencies>shell32.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;Comctl32.lib;swscale.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>..\Program\StepMania-debug.exe</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;$(DXSDK_DIR)\Lib\x86;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>wininet.lib;msimg32.lib;libci.lib;msvcrt.lib;%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>$(IntDir)StepMania.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>archutils\Win32\verinc
-cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
+cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo"$(IntDir)verstub.obj"</Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
     <Midl>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -175,7 +183,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;$(DXSDK_DIR)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;WINDOWS;RELEASE;GLEW_STATIC;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
@@ -205,7 +213,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
       <AdditionalDependencies>shell32.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;Comctl32.lib;swscale.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>..\Program\StepMania.exe</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;$(DXSDK_DIR)\Lib\x86;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>wininet.lib;msimg32.lib;libci.lib;%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>$(IntDir)StepMania.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <GenerateMapFile>true</GenerateMapFile>
@@ -226,7 +234,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='FastDebug|Win32'">
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>archutils\Win32\verinc
-cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
+cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo"$(IntDir)verstub.obj"</Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
     <Midl>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -237,7 +245,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
     </Midl>
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;$(DXSDK_DIR)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;WINDOWS;DEBUG;GLEW_STATIC;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>Default</BasicRuntimeChecks>
@@ -268,7 +276,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
       <AdditionalDependencies>shell32.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;Comctl32.lib;swscale.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>..\Program\StepMania-fastdebug.exe</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;$(DXSDK_DIR)\Lib\x86;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>wininet.lib;msimg32.lib;libci.lib;msvcrt.lib;%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>$(IntDir)StepMania.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -289,7 +297,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-SSE2|Win32'">
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>archutils\Win32\verinc
-cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
+cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo"$(IntDir)verstub.obj"</Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
     <Midl>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -303,7 +311,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;$(DXSDK_DIR)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\extern\lua-5.1\src;..\extern\ffmpeg\include;BaseClasses;..\extern\jsoncpp\include;..\extern\glew-1.5.8\include;..\extern\pcre;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b;..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\libpng\include;..\extern\libjpeg;..\extern\zlib;..\extern\vorbis;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;WINDOWS;RELEASE;GLEW_STATIC;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>
@@ -335,7 +343,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)</Command>
       <AdditionalDependencies>shell32.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;Comctl32.lib;swscale.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>..\Program\StepMania-SSE2.exe</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;$(DXSDK_DIR)\Lib\x86;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\extern\libpng\lib;..\extern\ffmpeg\lib;..\extern\libjpeg\;..\extern\zlib\;..\extern\mad-0.15.1b\msvc++\Release\%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>wininet.lib;msimg32.lib;libci.lib;%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>$(IntDir)StepMania-SSE2.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <GenerateMapFile>true</GenerateMapFile>
diff --git a/src/archutils/Win32/DirectXHelpers.cpp b/src/archutils/Win32/DirectXHelpers.cpp
index 4d47a9b60a..ecc6a37204 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Win32/DirectXHelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/archutils/Win32/DirectXHelpers.cpp
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #include "RageUtil.h"
 
 #include <windows.h>
-#include <dxerr.h>
+#include <dxerr9.h>
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#  pragma comment(lib, "dxerr.lib")
+#  pragma comment(lib, "dxerr9.lib")
 #endif
 
 RString hr_ssprintf( int hr, const char *fmt, ... )
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RString hr_ssprintf( int hr, const char *fmt, ... )
 	RString s = vssprintf( fmt, va );
 	va_end(va);
 
-	const char *szError = DXGetErrorString( hr );
+	const char *szError = DXGetErrorString9( hr );
 	return s + ssprintf( " (%s)", szError );
 }