diff --git a/common/os/w32tiger.c b/common/os/w32tiger.c
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+/* Copyright (C) 2011 TigerVNC Team.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this software; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,
+ * USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef WIN32 
+
+#define INITGUID
+#include <basetyps.h>
+
+#ifndef HAVE_ACTIVE_DESKTOP_L
+DEFINE_GUID(CLSID_ActiveDesktop,0x75048700L,0xEF1F,0x11D0,0x98,0x88,0x00,0x60,0x97,0xDE,0xAC,0xF9);
+DEFINE_GUID(IID_IActiveDesktop,0xF490EB00L,0x1240,0x11D1,0x98,0x88,0x00,0x60,0x97,0xDE,0xAC,0xF9);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* WIN32 */