diff --git a/scripts/src/main.lua b/scripts/src/main.lua
index 870c9dfed88..aaa606c91f5 100644
--- a/scripts/src/main.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/main.lua
@@ -146,25 +146,27 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 		}
 
 	end
+	local rctarget = _subtarget
 
 	if _OPTIONS["targetos"]=="windows" and (not override_resources) then
-		local rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/".._OPTIONS["osd"].."/"  .. _subtarget .. "/" .. _subtarget ..".rc"
+		local rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/".._OPTIONS["osd"].."/"  .. _subtarget .. "/" .. rctarget ..".rc"
 		if not os.isfile(rcfile) then
-			rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/windows/" .. _subtarget .. "/" .. _subtarget ..".rc"
+			rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/windows/" .. _subtarget .. "/" .. rctarget ..".rc"
 		end
 		if os.isfile(rcfile) then
 			files {
 				rcfile,
 			}
 			dependency {
-				{ "$(OBJDIR)/".._subtarget ..".res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _subtarget .. "vers.rc", true  },
+				{ "$(OBJDIR)/".._subtarget ..".res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. rctarget .. "vers.rc", true  },
 			}
 		else
+			rctarget = "mame"
 			files {
 				MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/osd/windows/mame/mame.rc",
 			}
 			dependency {
-				{ "$(OBJDIR)/mame.res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _subtarget .. "vers.rc", true  },
+				{ "$(OBJDIR)/mame.res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. rctarget .. "vers.rc", true  },
 			}
 		end	
 	end
@@ -185,14 +187,14 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 	
 	configuration { "mingw*" }
 		custombuildtask {	
-			{ MAME_DIR .. "src/version.c" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _subtarget .. "vers.rc",    {  MAME_DIR .. "src/build/verinfo.py" }, {"@echo Emitting " .. _subtarget .. "vers.rc" .. "...",    PYTHON .. " $(1)  -r -b " .. _subtarget .. " $(<) > $(@)" }},
+			{ MAME_DIR .. "src/version.c" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. rctarget .. "vers.rc",    {  MAME_DIR .. "src/build/verinfo.py" }, {"@echo Emitting " .. rctarget .. "vers.rc" .. "...",    PYTHON .. " $(1)  -r -b " .. rctarget .. " $(<) > $(@)" }},
 		}	
 	
 	configuration { "vs*" }
 		prebuildcommands {	
 			"mkdir " .. path.translate(GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/","\\") .. " 2>NUL",
-			"@echo Emitting ".. _subtarget .. "vers.rc...",
-			PYTHON .. " " .. path.translate(MAME_DIR .. "src/build/verinfo.py","\\") .. " -r -b " .. _subtarget .. " " .. path.translate(MAME_DIR .. "src/version.c","\\") .. " > " .. path.translate(GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _subtarget .. "vers.rc", "\\") ,
+			"@echo Emitting ".. rctarget .. "vers.rc...",
+			PYTHON .. " " .. path.translate(MAME_DIR .. "src/build/verinfo.py","\\") .. " -r -b " .. rctarget .. " " .. path.translate(MAME_DIR .. "src/version.c","\\") .. " > " .. path.translate(GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. rctarget .. "vers.rc", "\\") ,
 		}	
 	
 	 
diff --git a/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.ico b/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index 62761447fc2..00000000000
Binary files a/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.ico and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.man b/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.man
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ea6a6b2e5a..00000000000
--- a/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.man
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-	<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
-	<assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="*" name="MAME" type="win32" />
-	<description>Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator</description>
-	<dependency>
-		<dependentAssembly>
-			<assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*" processorArchitecture="*"/>
-		</dependentAssembly>
-	</dependency>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.rc b/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 955a08c1b2a..00000000000
--- a/src/mame/osd/windows/arcade/arcade.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// license:BSD-3-Clause
-// copyright-holders:Aaron Giles
-//============================================================
-//
-//	arcade.rc - Minimal resource file for Win32 MAME
-//
-//============================================================
-
-#include <windows.h>
-#include "arcadevers.rc"
-
-1                       24      MOVEABLE PURE   "arcade.man"
-
-2                       ICON    DISCARDABLE     "arcade.ico"