diff --git a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
index a1786c04b8..c2684110f8 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ void BitmapText::DrawPrimitives()
 			const char c = szLine[j];
 			const int iFrameNo = m_pFont->m_iCharToFrameNo[ (unsigned char)c ];
 			if( iFrameNo == -1 )	// this font doesn't impelemnt this character
-				throw RageException( "The font '%s' does not implement the character '%c'", m_sFontFilePath.GetString(), c );
+				RageException::Throw( "The font '%s' does not implement the character '%c'", m_sFontFilePath.GetString(), c );
 			const int iCharWidth = m_pFont->m_iFrameNoToWidth[iFrameNo];
 
 			// The right side of any italic letter is being cropped.  So, we're going to draw a little bit
diff --git a/stepmania/src/DifficultyIcon.cpp b/stepmania/src/DifficultyIcon.cpp
index 7f1300100a..42b6bd717e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/DifficultyIcon.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/DifficultyIcon.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bool DifficultyIcon::Load( CString sPath )
 {
 	Sprite::Load( sPath );
 	if( GetNumStates() != 6  &&  GetNumStates() != 12 )
-		throw RageException( "The difficulty icon graphic '%s' must have 6 or 12 states.", sPath.GetString() );
+		RageException::Throw( "The difficulty icon graphic '%s' must have 6 or 12 states.", sPath.GetString() );
 	StopAnimating();
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp
index a9ea1e1397..4800dd0e5b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void FontManager::UnloadFont( CString sFontFilePath )
 	Font* pFont;
 	std::map<CString, Font*>::iterator p = m_mapPathToFont.find(sFontFilePath);
 	if(p == m_mapPathToFont.end())
-		throw RageException( "Tried to Unload a font that wasn't loaded. '%s'", sFontFilePath.GetString() );
+		RageException::Throw( "Tried to Unload a font that wasn't loaded. '%s'", sFontFilePath.GetString() );
 
 	pFont=p->second;
 	pFont->m_iRefCount--;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/GameManager.cpp
index ccc05eafdc..860d91b142 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameManager.cpp
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ void GameManager::SwitchNoteSkin( CString sNewNoteSkin )
 		CString sPath = GetCurNoteSkinDir() + "metrics.ini";
 		m_pIniFile->SetPath(sPath);
 		if( !m_pIniFile->ReadFile() )
-			throw RageException( "Could not read NoteSkin metrics file '%s'", sPath.GetString() );
+			RageException::Throw( "Could not read NoteSkin metrics file '%s'", sPath.GetString() );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ CString GameManager::GetMetric( CString sClassName, CString sValue )	// looks in
 {
 	CString sReturn;
 	if( !m_pIniFile->GetValue( sClassName, sValue, sReturn ) )
-		throw RageException( "Could not read metric '%s - %s' from '%smetrics.ini'", sClassName.GetString(), sValue.GetString(), GetCurNoteSkinDir().GetString() );
+		RageException::Throw( "Could not read metric '%s - %s' from '%smetrics.ini'", sClassName.GetString(), sValue.GetString(), GetCurNoteSkinDir().GetString() );
 	return sReturn;
 }
 
@@ -1296,6 +1296,10 @@ RageColor GameManager::GetMetricC( CString sClassName, CString sValueName )
 	return RageColor(r,g,b,a);
 }
 
+__declspec(noreturn) void blah()
+{
+
+}
 
 CString GameManager::GetPathTo( const int col, CString sElementName )	// looks in GAMESTATE for the current Style
 {
@@ -1320,7 +1324,7 @@ CString GameManager::GetPathTo( const int col, CString sElementName )	// looks i
 	if( !arrayPossibleFileNames.empty() )
 		return arrayPossibleFileNames[0];
 
-	throw RageException( "The NoteSkin element '%s %s' is missing from '%s'.", sButtonName.GetString(), sElementName.GetString(), sDir.GetString() );
+	RageException::Throw( "The NoteSkin element '%s %s' is missing from '%s'.", sButtonName.GetString(), sElementName.GetString(), sDir.GetString() );
 }
 
 void GameManager::GetEnabledGames( CArray<Game,Game>& aGamesOut )