diff --git a/win32/MANIFEST b/win32/MANIFEST
index 4945cd1478..a0d954aa40 100644
--- a/win32/MANIFEST
+++ b/win32/MANIFEST
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@ win32/MANIFEST
 win32/common/config.h
 win32/common/config.h.in
 win32/vs6/gst_plugins_bad.dsw
-win32/vs6/libgstdirectdraw.dsp
 win32/vs6/libgstdshow.dsp
 win32/vs6/libgstdshowdecwrapper.dsp
 win32/vs6/libgstflv.dsp
 win32/vs6/libgstmpegvideoparse.dsp
 win32/vs6/libgstneon.dsp
-win32/vs7/gst-plugins-bad.sln
-win32/vs7/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj
 win32/vs8/gst-plugins-bad.sln
 win32/vs8/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj
 win32/vs8/libdshowsrcwrapper.vcproj
diff --git a/win32/vs6/gst_plugins_bad.dsw b/win32/vs6/gst_plugins_bad.dsw
index 388fd82287..6d0c9b5c05 100755
--- a/win32/vs6/gst_plugins_bad.dsw
+++ b/win32/vs6/gst_plugins_bad.dsw
@@ -15,30 +15,6 @@ Package=<4>
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-Project: "libgstdshow"=".\libgstdshow.dsp" - Package Owner=<4>
-
-Package=<5>
-{{{
-}}}
-
-Package=<4>
-{{{
-}}}
-
-###############################################################################
-
-Project: "libgstdshowdecwrapper"=".\libgstdshowdecwrapper.dsp" - Package Owner=<4>
-
-Package=<5>
-{{{
-}}}
-
-Package=<4>
-{{{
-}}}
-
-###############################################################################
-
 Project: "libgstflv"=".\libgstflv.dsp" - Package Owner=<4>
 
 Package=<5>
diff --git a/win32/vs7/gst-plugins-bad.sln b/win32/vs7/gst-plugins-bad.sln
deleted file mode 100644
index 2df4288f8f..0000000000
--- a/win32/vs7/gst-plugins-bad.sln
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libgstdirectsound", "libgstdirectsound.vcproj", "{566A2EB9-984C-4027-86DD-EDC7B390C679}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-	EndProjectSection
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libgstdirectdraw", "libgstdirectdraw.vcproj", "{1594A623-5529-4B86-BD4A-694CF0BDB5C4}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-	EndProjectSection
-EndProject
-Global
-	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
-		Debug = Debug
-		Release = Release
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
-		{566A2EB9-984C-4027-86DD-EDC7B390C679}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
-		{566A2EB9-984C-4027-86DD-EDC7B390C679}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
-		{566A2EB9-984C-4027-86DD-EDC7B390C679}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{566A2EB9-984C-4027-86DD-EDC7B390C679}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-		{1594A623-5529-4B86-BD4A-694CF0BDB5C4}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
-		{1594A623-5529-4B86-BD4A-694CF0BDB5C4}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
-		{1594A623-5529-4B86-BD4A-694CF0BDB5C4}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{1594A623-5529-4B86-BD4A-694CF0BDB5C4}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
-	EndGlobalSection
-EndGlobal
diff --git a/win32/vs7/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj b/win32/vs7/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 553d0c08a9..0000000000
--- a/win32/vs7/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1251"?>
-<VisualStudioProject
-	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="7.10"
-	Name="libgstdirectdraw"
-	ProjectGUID="{1594A623-5529-4B86-BD4A-694CF0BDB5C4}"
-	Keyword="Win32Proj">
-	<Platforms>
-		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"/>
-	</Platforms>
-	<Configurations>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="Debug"
-			IntermediateDirectory="Debug"
-			ConfigurationType="2"
-			CharacterSet="2">
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../gstreamer,../../../gst-plugins-base/gst-libs,../../../gstreamer/libs,../../../gstreamer/win32/common"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;LIBGSTDIRECTDRAW_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H"
-				MinimalRebuild="TRUE"
-				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
-				RuntimeLibrary="1"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="TRUE"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalDependencies="ddraw.lib libgstvideo-0.10.lib libgstreamer-0.10.lib libgstbase-0.10.lib glib-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib"
-				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.dll"
-				LinkIncremental="2"
-				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="../../../gstreamer/win32/vs7/$(OutDir);../../../gst-plugins-base/win32/vs7/$(OutDir)"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
-				ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.pdb"
-				SubSystem="2"
-				ImportLibrary="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.lib"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-				CommandLine="copy /y &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; c:\gstreamer\debug\lib\gstreamer-0.10"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
-		</Configuration>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="Release"
-			IntermediateDirectory="Release"
-			ConfigurationType="2"
-			CharacterSet="2">
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../gstreamer,../../../gst-plugins-base/gst-libs,../../../gstreamer/libs,../../../gstreamer/win32/common"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;LIBGSTDIRECTDRAW_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H"
-				RuntimeLibrary="0"
-				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="TRUE"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalDependencies="ddraw.lib libgstvideo-0.10.lib libgstreamer-0.10.lib libgstbase-0.10.lib glib-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib"
-				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.dll"
-				LinkIncremental="1"
-				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="../../../gstreamer/win32/vs7/$(OutDir);../../../gst-plugins-base/win32/vs7/$(OutDir)"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
-				SubSystem="2"
-				OptimizeReferences="2"
-				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
-				ImportLibrary="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.lib"
-				TargetMachine="1"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-				CommandLine="copy /y &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; c:\gstreamer\lib\gstreamer-0.10"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
-		</Configuration>
-	</Configurations>
-	<References>
-	</References>
-	<Files>
-		<Filter
-			Name="Source Files"
-			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
-			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}">
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\sys\directdraw\gstdirectdrawplugin.c">
-			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\sys\directdraw\gstdirectdrawsink.c">
-			</File>
-		</Filter>
-		<Filter
-			Name="Header Files"
-			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl;inc;xsd"
-			UniqueIdentifier="{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}">
-		</Filter>
-		<Filter
-			Name="Resource Files"
-			Filter="rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx"
-			UniqueIdentifier="{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}">
-		</Filter>
-	</Files>
-	<Globals>
-	</Globals>
-</VisualStudioProject>
diff --git a/win32/vs8/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj b/win32/vs8/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 31af1ca9d6..0e64b45f2d
--- a/win32/vs8/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj
+++ b/win32/vs8/libgstdirectdraw.vcproj
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../gstreamer,../../../gst-plugins-base/gst-libs,../../../gstreamer/libs,../../../gstreamer/win32/common"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="C:\msys\1.0\local\include;C:\msys\1.0\local\include\libxml2;&quot;C:\msys\1.0\local\include\glib-2.0&quot;;&quot;C:\msys\1.0\local\lib\glib-2.0\include&quot;;&quot;C:\msys\1.0\local\include\gstreamer-0.10&quot;;..\common;&quot;$(DXSDK_DIR)Include&quot;"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;LIBGSTDIRECTDRAW_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="false"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalDependencies="ddraw.lib libgstvideo-0.10.lib libgstreamer-0.10.lib libgstbase-0.10.lib glib-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib"
+				AdditionalDependencies="ddraw.lib libgstinterfaces-0.10.lib libgstvideo-0.10.lib libgstreamer-0.10.lib libgstbase-0.10.lib glib-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib dxguid.lib"
 				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.dll"
 				LinkIncremental="2"
-				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="../../../gstreamer/win32/vs8/$(ConfigurationName);../../../gst-plugins-base/win32/vs8/$(ConfigurationName)"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="C:\msys\1.0\local\lib;&quot;$(DXSDK_DIR)Lib\x86&quot;"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.pdb"
 				SubSystem="2"
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-				CommandLine="copy /y &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; c:\gstreamer\debug\lib\gstreamer-0.10"
+				CommandLine="copy /Y Debug\libgstdirectdraw.dll c:\msys\1.0\local\lib\gstreamer-0.10"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../gstreamer,../../../gst-plugins-base/gst-libs,../../../gstreamer/libs,../../../gstreamer/win32/common"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="C:\msys\1.0\local\include;C:\msys\1.0\local\include\libxml2;&quot;C:\msys\1.0\local\include\glib-2.0&quot;;&quot;C:\msys\1.0\local\lib\glib-2.0\include&quot;;&quot;C:\msys\1.0\local\include\gstreamer-0.10&quot;;..\common;&quot;$(DXSDK_DIR)Include&quot;"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;LIBGSTDIRECTDRAW_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="false"
 				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalDependencies="ddraw.lib libgstvideo-0.10.lib libgstreamer-0.10.lib libgstbase-0.10.lib glib-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib"
+				AdditionalDependencies="ddraw.lib libgstinterfaces-0.10.lib libgstvideo-0.10.lib libgstreamer-0.10.lib libgstbase-0.10.lib glib-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib dxguid.lib"
 				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/libgstdirectdraw.dll"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
-				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="../../../gstreamer/win32/vs8/$(ConfigurationName);../../../gst-plugins-base/win32/vs8/$(ConfigurationName)"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="C:\msys\1.0\local\lib;&quot;$(DXSDK_DIR)Lib\x86&quot;"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-				CommandLine="copy /y &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; c:\gstreamer\lib\gstreamer-0.10"
+				CommandLine="copy /Y Release\libgstdirectdraw.dll c:\msys\1.0\local\lib\gstreamer-0.10"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@
 			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl;inc;xsd"
 			UniqueIdentifier="{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}"
 			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\sys\directdraw\gstdirectdrawsink.h"
+				>
+			</File>
 		</Filter>
 		<Filter
 			Name="Resource Files"