diff --git a/src/common/base.rc b/src/common/base.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fdf32aa0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/base.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name:        src/base/base.rc
+// Purpose:     contains version info resource for wxBase DLL build
+// Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
+// Modified by:
+// Created:     09.07.00
+// RCS-ID:      $Id$
+// Copyright:   (c) 2000 Vadim Zeitlin
+// Licence:     wxWindows license
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "wx/version.h"
+
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+    #define DLL_FLAGS 0x1L
+    #define DLL_SUFFIX "d"
+#else
+    #define DLL_FLAGS 0x0L
+    #define DLL_SUFFIX ""
+#endif
+
+1 VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION wxMAJOR_VERSION,wxMINOR_VERSION,wxRELEASE_NUMBER,wxBETA_NUMBER
+ PRODUCTVERSION wxMAJOR_VERSION,wxMINOR_VERSION,wxRELEASE_NUMBER,wxBETA_NUMBER
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+ FILEFLAGS DLL_FLAGS
+ FILEOS 0x40004L
+ FILETYPE 0x2L
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "Comments", "wxBase (part of Windows) cross-platform framework\0"
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "wxWindows development team\0"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "wxBase is a non GUI part of wxWindows\0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.2.1\0"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "wxBase\0"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 1993, 2000 wxWindows development team\0"
+            VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "wxbase221" DLL_SUFFIX ".dll\0"
+            VALUE "PrivateBuild", "\0"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "wxWindows\0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.2.1\0"
+            VALUE "SpecialBuild", "\0"
+        END
+    END
+END
diff --git a/src/msw/version.rc b/src/msw/version.rc
index c70a5750c5..eaca646963 100644
--- a/src/msw/version.rc
+++ b/src/msw/version.rc
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 #include "wx/version.h"
 
-#define MAKE_STR(x) #x
-
 #ifdef _DEBUG
     #define DLL_FLAGS 0x1L
     #define DLL_SUFFIX "d"
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@
     #define DLL_SUFFIX ""
 #endif
 
-VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+1 VERSIONINFO
  FILEVERSION wxMAJOR_VERSION,wxMINOR_VERSION,wxRELEASE_NUMBER,wxBETA_NUMBER
  PRODUCTVERSION wxMAJOR_VERSION,wxMINOR_VERSION,wxRELEASE_NUMBER,wxBETA_NUMBER
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
@@ -37,19 +35,15 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "wxWindows cross-platform GUI framework\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "wxWindows development team\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "wxWindows for MSW\0"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", MAKE_STR(wxMAJOR_VERSION) MAKE_STR(wxMINOR_VERSION) MAKE_STR(wxRELEASE_NUMBER) MAKE_STR(wxBETA_NUMBER) "\0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.2.1\0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "wxMSW\0"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 1993, 2000 wxWindows development team\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "wxmsw" MAKE_STR(wxMAJOR_VERSION) MAKE_STR(wxMINOR_VERSION) MAKE_STR(wxRELEASE_NUMBER) DLL_SUFFIX ".dll\0"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "wxmsw221" DLL_SUFFIX ".dll\0"
             VALUE "PrivateBuild", "\0"
-            VALUE "ProductName", "wxMSW\0"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", MAKE_STR(wxMAJOR_VERSION) MAKE_STR(wxMINOR_VERSION) MAKE_STR(wxRELEASE_NUMBER) MAKE_STR(wxBETA_NUMBER) "\0"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "wxWindows\0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.2.1\0"
             VALUE "SpecialBuild", "\0"
         END
     END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
-    END
 END