--- a/ide/launcher/windows/nblauncher.cpp	Tue Oct 23 14:20:30 2012 +0200
+++ a/ide/launcher/windows/nblauncher.cpp	Tue Oct 23 15:31:18 2012 +0200
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ 
  * Author: Tomas Holy
  */
 
+#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT        
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x05010100
+#endif
+
 #include "nblauncher.h"
 #include "../../../o.n.bootstrap/launcher/windows/utilsfuncs.h"
 #include "../../../o.n.bootstrap/launcher/windows/argnames.h"
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ 
     adjustHeapAndPermGenSize();
     addExtraClusters();
     string nbexecPath;
+    SetDllDirectory(baseDir.c_str());
     if (dirExists(platformDir.c_str())) {
         nbexecPath = platformDir;
     } else {