diff --git a/src/dosbox.rc b/src/dosbox.rc
index 024db97e..a77e6dd1 100644
--- a/src/dosbox.rc
+++ b/src/dosbox.rc
@@ -1 +1,37 @@
-dosbox_ico ICON dosbox.ico
+
+#include "afxres.h"
+
+// icon resource
+dosbox_ico ICON "dosbox.ico"
+
+
+// version resource
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION 0,72,0,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 0,72,0,0
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+ FILEOS 0x40004L
+ FILETYPE 0x1L
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "Comments", "© 2002-2007 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL"
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "DOSBox Team"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "DOSBox DOS Emulator"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "0, 72, 0, 0"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "DOSBox"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2002-2007 DOSBox Team"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "dosbox.exe"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "DOSBox DOS Emulator"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "0, 72, 0, 0"
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+END
diff --git a/visualc_net/dosbox.vcproj b/visualc_net/dosbox.vcproj
index 4a454829..11a108f4 100644
--- a/visualc_net/dosbox.vcproj
+++ b/visualc_net/dosbox.vcproj
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\src\dosbox.cpp">
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\src\dosbox.rc">
+			</File>
 			<Filter
 				Name="cpu"
 				Filter="">
@@ -847,6 +850,9 @@
 				RelativePath="..\include\video.h">
 			</File>
 		</Filter>
+		<File
+			RelativePath="..\src\dosbox.ico">
+		</File>
 	</Files>
 	<Globals>
 	</Globals>