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index 94401ef40..4b90d98ad 100755
--- a/mk/windoze/shared_lib.vcproj
+++ b/mk/windoze/shared_lib.vcproj
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@
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+					RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\sources\platform\sdl\thread.cpp"
+					>
+				</File>
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 					RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\sources\platform\sdl\window.cpp"
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@@ -441,10 +445,6 @@
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-						RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\sources\platform\win32\thread.cpp"
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@@ -760,6 +760,10 @@
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+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\include\platform\sdl\thread.h"
+					>
+				</File>
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 					RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\include\platform\sdl\window.h"
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@@ -779,18 +783,10 @@
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-						RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\include\platform\win32\platform_menu.h"
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 						RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\include\platform\win32\platform_util.h"
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-						RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\include\platform\win32\thread.h"
-						>
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 						RelativePath="..\..\source\shared_lib\include\platform\win32\types.h"
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diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/thread.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/thread.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 907542b59..000000000
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/thread.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-// ==============================================================
-//	This file is part of Glest Shared Library (www.glest.org)
-//
-//	Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Martio Figueroa
-//
-//	You can redistribute this code and/or modify it under 
-//	the terms of the GNU General Public License as published 
-//	by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the 
-//	License, or (at your option) any later version
-// ==============================================================
-
-#include "thread.h"
-
-#include "leak_dumper.h"
-
-namespace Shared{ namespace Platform{ 
-
-// =====================================================
-//	class Threads
-// =====================================================
-
-ThreadId Thread::nextThreadId= threadIdBase;
-
-void Thread::start(){
-	threadHandle= CreateThread(NULL, 0, beginExecution, this, 0, &nextThreadId); 
-	nextThreadId++;
-}
-
-void Thread::setPriority(Thread::Priority threadPriority){
-	SetThreadPriority(threadHandle, threadPriority);
-}
-
-DWORD WINAPI Thread::beginExecution(void *param){
-	static_cast<Thread*>(param)->execute();
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void Thread::suspend(){
-	SuspendThread(threadHandle);
-}
-
-void Thread::resume(){
-	ResumeThread(threadHandle);
-}
-
-// =====================================================
-//	class Mutex
-// =====================================================
-
-Mutex::Mutex(){
-    InitializeCriticalSection(&mutex); 
-}
-
-Mutex::~Mutex(){
-    DeleteCriticalSection(&mutex);
-}
-
-void Mutex::p(){
-    EnterCriticalSection(&mutex);
-}
-
-void Mutex::v(){
-    LeaveCriticalSection(&mutex);
-}
-
-// =====================================================
-//	class Semaphore
-// =====================================================
-
-Semaphore::Semaphore(Uint32 initialValue) {
-	semaphore = SDL_CreateSemaphore(initialValue);
-}
-
-Semaphore::~Semaphore() {
-	SDL_DestroySemaphore(semaphore);
-	semaphore = NULL;
-}
-
-void Semaphore::signal() {
-	SDL_SemPost(semaphore);
-}
-
-int Semaphore::waitTillSignalled() {
-	int semValue = SDL_SemWait(semaphore);
-	return semValue;
-}
-
-}}//end namespace