diff --git a/3rdparty/w32pthreads/w32pthreads.v2.rc b/3rdparty/w32pthreads/w32pthreads.v2.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd048f1815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/w32pthreads/w32pthreads.v2.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
+//
+#include "resource.h"
+
+#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
+//
+#include "afxresmw.h"
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// English (U.S.) resources
+
+#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
+#ifdef _WIN32
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
+#pragma code_page(1252)
+#endif //_WIN32
+
+#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// TEXTINCLUDE
+//
+
+1 TEXTINCLUDE 
+BEGIN
+    "resource.h\0"
+END
+
+2 TEXTINCLUDE 
+BEGIN
+    "#include ""afxresmw.h""\r\0"
+END
+
+3 TEXTINCLUDE 
+BEGIN
+    "\r\0"
+END
+
+#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Version
+//
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION 2,8,2,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 2,8,0,0
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x17L
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS 0x1L
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
+ FILEOS 0x4L
+ FILETYPE 0x2L
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "Comments", "Built for PCSX2 (SEH, CDECL, Align16)"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "POSIX Threads for Win32"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.8.pxr2"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "w32pthreads"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2009"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "w32pthreads.v2"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "w32pthreads"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.8"
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+END
+
+#endif    // English (U.S.) resources
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+
+#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
+//
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#endif    // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+
diff --git a/clean_msvc.cmd b/clean_msvc.cmd
index e00b106ace..581f69efbb 100644
--- a/clean_msvc.cmd
+++ b/clean_msvc.cmd
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 :: so, don't go running this batch file in your root c:\ folder.  It's probably not a wise action.
 :: Enjoy. :)
 
-del /s *.ncb;*.ilk;*.pdb;*.bsc;*.sbr
\ No newline at end of file
+del /s *.ncb;*.ilk;*.pdb;*.bsc;*.sbr;*.res
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/CDVDpeops/cdvdPeops_private.res b/plugins/CDVDpeops/cdvdPeops_private.res
deleted file mode 100644
index 73dde28c62..0000000000
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diff --git a/plugins/PeopsSPU2/spu2PeopsSound_private.res b/plugins/PeopsSPU2/spu2PeopsSound_private.res
deleted file mode 100644
index 2542852aa2..0000000000
Binary files a/plugins/PeopsSPU2/spu2PeopsSound_private.res and /dev/null differ