diff --git a/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x64.bat b/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x64.bat
index d5755beb..0ec0c504 100644
--- a/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x64.bat
+++ b/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x64.bat
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\SetEnv.cmd" /x64
 rem del x64\Release\RetroArch-msvc2010.exe 2>nul
 echo %date% %time% >buildlog.txt
 tskill vcexpress 2>nul
+rem this is a hack for sleep()
+ping 192.0.2.1 -n 1 -w 2000 >nul
+taskkill /t /f /im vcexpress.exe
+ping 192.0.2.1 -n 1 -w 2000 >nul
 set platform=
 set PLATFORM=
 set tmp=
diff --git a/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x86.bat b/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x86.bat
index 3a558904..1d09f3ab 100644
--- a/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x86.bat
+++ b/retroarch-build-msvc2010-x86.bat
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
 rem del Release\RetroArch-msvc2010.exe 2>nul
 echo %date% %time% >buildlog.txt
 tskill vcexpress 2>nul
+rem this is a hack for sleep()
+ping 192.0.2.1 -n 1 -w 2000 >nul
+taskkill /t /f /im vcexpress.exe
+ping 192.0.2.1 -n 1 -w 2000 >nul
 set platform=
 set PLATFORM=
 set tmp=