diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageException.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageException.cpp
index 1b3bb307f4..dd5f4e2e12 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageException.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageException.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #pragma comment(lib, "DxErr8.lib")
 
 
-RageException::RageException( LPCTSTR fmt, ...)
+RageException::RageException( const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list	va;
     va_start(va, fmt);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RageException::RageException( LPCTSTR fmt, ...)
 #endif
 }
 
-RageException::RageException( HRESULT hr, LPCTSTR fmt, ...)
+RageException::RageException( HRESULT hr, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list	va;
     va_start(va, fmt);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageException.h b/stepmania/src/RageException.h
index a130ab51de..e6ac22463d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageException.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageException.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 class RageException : exception
 {
 public:
-	RageException( LPCTSTR fmt, ...);
-	RageException( HRESULT hr, LPCTSTR fmt, ...);
+	RageException( const char *fmt, ...);
+	RageException( HRESULT hr, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 	virtual const char *what() const;
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
index 47afc51944..2da24acb2d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ RageSound::~RageSound()
 
 void RageSound::PlayOnceStreamed( CString sPath )
 {
-	HSTREAM hStream = BASS_StreamCreateFile( FALSE, (void*)((LPCTSTR)sPath), 0, 0, BASS_STREAM_AUTOFREE );
+	HSTREAM hStream = BASS_StreamCreateFile( FALSE, const_cast<char*>((const char *)sPath), 0, 0, BASS_STREAM_AUTOFREE );
 	if( hStream == NULL )
 		throw RageException( "RageSound: Error creating stream." );