diff --git a/recipes/windows/retroarch-windows-msvc2005-x86_dw2 b/recipes/windows/retroarch-windows-msvc2005-x86_dw2
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+
diff --git a/recipes/windows/retroarch-windows-msvc2005-x86_dw2.conf b/recipes/windows/retroarch-windows-msvc2005-x86_dw2.conf
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+PATH /mingw32/lib/ccache/bin:/mingw32/bin
+MSYSTEM MINGW32
+platform MINGW32
+PLATFORM windows
+ARCH x86
+MAKE make
+CC gcc
+CXX g++
+CXX11 g++
+CONFIGURE echo
+RA YES
+CUSTOM_BUILD ../retroarch-build-msvc2005-x86.bat
+CUSTOM_BUILD_DEBUG ../retroarch-debug-build-msvc2005-x86.bat
diff --git a/recipes/windows/retroarch-windows-msvc2005-x86_dw2.ra b/recipes/windows/retroarch-windows-msvc2005-x86_dw2.ra
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+retroarch retroarch https://github.com/libretro/Retroarch.git SUBMODULE YES . 
diff --git a/retroarch-build-msvc2005-x86.bat b/retroarch-build-msvc2005-x86.bat
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+@echo off
+
+echo cd pkg\msvc
+cd pkg\msvc
+
+rem I moved SetEnv BEFORE vcvarsall because I was getting the dreaded "\Microsoft was unexpected at this time" error and this somehow prevents it.
+rem Even after reading several hard-to-find "none of the other solutions online worked for me, but this one does" posts, still nothing worked for me.
+rem Then I got this:
+rem error MSB6001: Invalid command line switch for "VCBuild.exe". Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'tmp'  Key being added: 'tmp'cho "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.cmd" /2000 /RETAIL
+rem The fix was to unset TMP and TEMP.
+
+set TMP=
+set TEMP=
+
+call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.cmd" /2000 /RETAIL
+
+echo "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
+call "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
+
+echo msbuild RetroArch-msvc2005.sln /p:configuration=Release;platform=win32 /v:diag
+call msbuild RetroArch-msvc2005.sln /p:configuration=Release;platform=win32 /v:diag
+
+echo move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe ..\..\retroarch.exe
+move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe ..\..\retroarch.exe
+
+echo move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe.intermediate.manifest ..\..\retroarch.exe.manifest
+move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe.intermediate.manifest ..\..\retroarch.exe.manifest
+
+echo Build finished.
diff --git a/retroarch-debug-build-msvc2005-x86.bat b/retroarch-debug-build-msvc2005-x86.bat
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+@echo off
+
+echo cd pkg\msvc
+cd pkg\msvc
+
+rem I moved SetEnv BEFORE vcvarsall because I was getting the dreaded "\Microsoft was unexpected at this time" error and this somehow prevents it.
+rem Even after reading several hard-to-find "none of the other solutions online worked for me, but this one does" posts, still nothing worked for me.
+rem Then I got this:
+rem error MSB6001: Invalid command line switch for "VCBuild.exe". Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'tmp'  Key being added: 'tmp'cho "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.cmd" /2000 /RETAIL
+rem The fix was to unset TMP and TEMP.
+
+set TMP=
+set TEMP=
+
+call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.cmd" /2000 /RETAIL
+
+echo "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
+call "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
+
+echo msbuild RetroArch-msvc2005.sln /p:configuration=Debug;platform=win32 /v:diag
+call msbuild RetroArch-msvc2005.sln /p:configuration=Debug;platform=win32 /v:diag
+
+echo move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe ..\..\retroarch.exe
+move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe ..\..\retroarch.exe
+
+echo move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe.intermediate.manifest ..\..\retroarch.exe.manifest
+move msvc-2005\Release\RetroArch-msvc2005.exe.intermediate.manifest ..\..\retroarch.exe.manifest
+
+echo Build finished.