(Win32)

gfx/common/win32_resources.c — programmatic creation of all resources (menu bar, accelerator table, Pick Core dialog, icon loading, DPI awareness)
gfx/common/win32_resources.h — public API header
gfx/common/win32_common.c — replaces LoadMenuA(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MENU)), LoadAcceleratorsA(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_ACCELERATOR1)), DialogBoxParam(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_PICKCORE)), and LoadIcon(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON)) with the new programmatic equivalents
frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c — replaces the hand-rolled DPI awareness code in frontend_win32_init() with a single win32_resources_init() call that also sets up the accelerator table
griffin/griffin.c — adds #include "../gfx/common/win32_resources.c" for MSVC unity builds
Makefile.common — swaps media/rarch.o for gfx/common/win32_resources.o for MinGW/GCC builds
rarch.rc is only kept around now for the icon about to be embedded into the binary file

Makefile.common

@@ -2526,6 +2526,7 @@ endif
 
 ifneq ($(findstring Win32,$(OS)),)
    OBJ += media/rarch.o \
+          gfx/common/win32_resources.o \
           gfx/common/win32_common.o \
           frontend/drivers/platform_win32.o \
           gfx/display_servers/dispserv_win32.o

frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "../../verbosity.h"
 #include "../../msg_hash_lbl_str.h"
 #include "../../ui/drivers/ui_win32.h"
+#include "../../gfx/common/win32_resources.h"
 
 #include "platform_win32.h"
 
@@ -647,24 +648,9 @@ static size_t frontend_win32_get_os(char *s, size_t len, int *major, int *minor)
 
 static void frontend_win32_init(void *data)
 {
-   typedef BOOL (WINAPI *isProcessDPIAwareProc)();
-   typedef BOOL (WINAPI *setProcessDPIAwareProc)();
-#ifdef HAVE_DYLIB
-   HMODULE handle                         =
-      GetModuleHandle("User32.dll");
-   isProcessDPIAwareProc  isDPIAwareProc  =
-      (isProcessDPIAwareProc)dylib_proc(handle, "IsProcessDPIAware");
-   setProcessDPIAwareProc setDPIAwareProc =
-      (setProcessDPIAwareProc)dylib_proc(handle, "SetProcessDPIAware");
-#else
-   isProcessDPIAwareProc  isDPIAwareProc  = IsProcessDPIAware;
-   setProcessDPIAwareProc setDPIAwareProc = SetProcessDPIAware;
-#endif
-
-   if (isDPIAwareProc)
-      if (!isDPIAwareProc())
-         if (setDPIAwareProc)
-            setDPIAwareProc();
+   /* Initializes DPI awareness, accelerator table, and
+    * prepares programmatic resources (replaces .rc file). */
+   win32_resources_init();
 }
 
 

gfx/common/win32_common.c

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "win32_common.h"
+#include "win32_resources.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GDI
 #include "gdi_defines.h"
@@ -577,8 +578,8 @@ static bool win32_load_content_from_gui(const char *szFilename)
                video_st->poke->show_mouse(video_st->data, true);
 
             /* Pick one core that could be compatible. */
-            if (DialogBoxParam(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_PICKCORE),
-                     main_window.hwnd, pick_core_proc, (LPARAM)NULL) == IDOK)
+            if (win32_resources_pick_core_dialog(
+                     main_window.hwnd, pick_core_proc) == IDOK)
             {
                task_push_load_content_with_current_core_from_companion_ui(
                      NULL, &content_info, CORE_TYPE_PLAIN, NULL, NULL);
@@ -2060,7 +2061,7 @@ bool win32_window_create(void *data, unsigned style,
    if (!main_window.hwnd)
       return false;
 
-   window_accelerators = LoadAcceleratorsA(GetModuleHandleA(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_ACCELERATOR1));
+   window_accelerators = win32_resources_get_accelerator();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TASKBAR
    g_win32->taskbar_message            =
@@ -2734,7 +2735,7 @@ void win32_set_window(unsigned *width, unsigned *height,
          rc_temp.right  = (LONG)*height;
          rc_temp.bottom = 0x7FFF;
 
-         menuItem = LoadMenuA(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MENU));
+         menuItem = win32_resources_create_menu();
          win32_localize_menu(menuItem);
          SetMenu(main_window.hwnd, menuItem);
 

gfx/common/win32_resources.c

@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2024 - RetroArch contributors
+ *
+ *  RetroArch 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 Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch 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 RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/* Programmatic replacement for the menu, dialog, accelerator,
+ * and manifest resources formerly in media/rarch.rc and
+ * media/rarch_ja.rc.
+ *
+ * The icon resource remains in rarch.rc so the executable has
+ * an embedded icon visible in Explorer / taskbar / Alt+Tab.
+ *
+ * This file creates:
+ *   IDR_MENU          → win32_resources_create_menu()
+ *   IDR_ACCELERATOR1  → win32_resources_get_accelerator()
+ *   IDD_PICKCORE      → win32_resources_pick_core_dialog()
+ *   rarch.manifest    → apply_dpi_awareness()  (called from _init)
+ */
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && !defined(__WINRT__)
+
+#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0601
+#endif
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+#include "win32_resources.h"
+#include "../../ui/drivers/ui_win32_resource.h"
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Internal state
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+static HACCEL s_accel_table = NULL;
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * DPI AWARENESS  (replaces media/rarch.manifest)
+ *
+ * The manifest contained:
+ *   <dpiAware xmlns="...">true</dpiAware>
+ *
+ * We call the equivalent API at runtime.
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *pfn_SetProcessDpiAwareness)(int);
+
+static void apply_dpi_awareness(void)
+{
+   HMODULE shcore = LoadLibraryW(L"shcore.dll");
+   if (shcore)
+   {
+      pfn_SetProcessDpiAwareness fn =
+         (pfn_SetProcessDpiAwareness)(void*)GetProcAddress(
+               shcore, "SetProcessDpiAwareness");
+      if (fn)
+      {
+         /* PROCESS_SYSTEM_DPI_AWARE = 1 */
+         fn(1);
+         FreeLibrary(shcore);
+         return;
+      }
+      FreeLibrary(shcore);
+   }
+
+   /* Fallback for Vista / Win7 without shcore */
+   SetProcessDPIAware();
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * ACCELERATOR TABLE  (replaces IDR_ACCELERATOR1)
+ *
+ *   Ctrl+O     → ID_M_LOAD_CONTENT
+ *   Alt+Enter  → ID_M_FULL_SCREEN
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+static HACCEL create_accelerator_table(void)
+{
+   ACCEL accel[2];
+
+   accel[0].fVirt = FCONTROL | FVIRTKEY | FNOINVERT;
+   accel[0].key   = 'O';
+   accel[0].cmd   = ID_M_LOAD_CONTENT;
+
+   accel[1].fVirt = FALT | FVIRTKEY | FNOINVERT;
+   accel[1].key   = VK_RETURN;
+   accel[1].cmd   = ID_M_FULL_SCREEN;
+
+   return CreateAcceleratorTableW(accel, 2);
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * MENU BAR  (replaces IDR_MENU from rarch.rc)
+ *
+ * The menu is always created with English labels; RetroArch's
+ * existing win32_localize_menu() in win32_common.c re-labels
+ * every item with the localized string for the active language,
+ * so there is no need for a separate Japanese menu.
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+HMENU win32_resources_create_menu(void)
+{
+   HMENU menu_bar, file_menu, command_menu, window_menu;
+   HMENU audio_menu, disk_menu, savestate_menu, stateindex_menu;
+   HMENU scale_menu;
+
+   menu_bar = CreateMenu();
+   if (!menu_bar)
+      return NULL;
+
+   /* ---- File ---- */
+   file_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+   AppendMenuA(file_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_LOAD_CORE,    "Load Core...");
+   AppendMenuA(file_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_LOAD_CONTENT, "Load Content...");
+   AppendMenuA(file_menu, MF_SEPARATOR, 0, NULL);
+   AppendMenuA(file_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_QUIT,         "Close");
+   AppendMenuA(menu_bar,  MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)file_menu, "File");
+
+   /* ---- Command ---- */
+   command_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+
+   /* Audio Options */
+   audio_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+   AppendMenuA(audio_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_MUTE_TOGGLE, "Audio Mute Toggle");
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)audio_menu, "Audio Options");
+
+   /* Disk Options */
+   disk_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+   AppendMenuA(disk_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_DISK_CYCLE, "Disk Eject Toggle");
+   AppendMenuA(disk_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_DISK_PREV,  "Disk Previous");
+   AppendMenuA(disk_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_DISK_NEXT,  "Disk Next");
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)disk_menu, "Disk Options");
+
+   /* Save State Options */
+   savestate_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+
+   /* State Index sub-menu */
+   stateindex_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_AUTO, "Auto");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_0,    "0");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_1,    "1");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_2,    "2");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_3,    "3");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_4,    "4");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_5,    "5");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_6,    "6");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_7,    "7");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_8,    "8");
+   AppendMenuA(stateindex_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_STATE_INDEX_9,    "9");
+   AppendMenuA(savestate_menu, MF_POPUP,
+         (UINT_PTR)stateindex_menu, "State Index");
+
+   AppendMenuA(savestate_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_LOAD_STATE, "Load State");
+   AppendMenuA(savestate_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_SAVE_STATE, "Save State");
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_POPUP,
+         (UINT_PTR)savestate_menu, "Save State Options");
+
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_RESET,           "Reset");
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_PAUSE_TOGGLE,    "Pause Toggle");
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_MENU_TOGGLE,     "Menu Toggle");
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_TAKE_SCREENSHOT, "Take Screenshot");
+   AppendMenuA(command_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_MOUSE_GRAB,      "Mouse Grab Toggle");
+   AppendMenuA(menu_bar, MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)command_menu, "Command");
+
+   /* ---- Window ---- */
+   window_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+
+   /* Windowed Scale sub-menu */
+   scale_menu = CreatePopupMenu();
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_1X,  "1x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_2X,  "2x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_3X,  "3x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_4X,  "4x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_5X,  "5x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_6X,  "6x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_7X,  "7x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_8X,  "8x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_9X,  "9x");
+   AppendMenuA(scale_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_10X, "10x");
+   AppendMenuA(window_menu, MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)scale_menu, "Windowed Scale");
+
+#ifdef HAVE_QT
+   AppendMenuA(window_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_TOGGLE_DESKTOP,
+         "Toggle Desktop Menu");
+#endif
+   AppendMenuA(window_menu, MF_STRING, ID_M_FULL_SCREEN,
+         "Toggle Exclusive Full Screen");
+   AppendMenuA(menu_bar, MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)window_menu, "Window");
+
+   return menu_bar;
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * "PICK CORE" DIALOG  (replaces IDD_PICKCORE)
+ *
+ * Builds DLGTEMPLATE + DLGITEMTEMPLATE structs in memory and calls
+ * DialogBoxIndirectParam, so no compiled resource is needed.
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* Align pointer up to DWORD boundary */
+static LPWORD align_dword(LPWORD ptr)
+{
+   ULONG_PTR ul = (ULONG_PTR)ptr;
+   ul  = (ul + 3) & ~(ULONG_PTR)3;
+   return (LPWORD)ul;
+}
+
+/* Append a wide string (including NUL) into template buffer */
+static LPWORD append_wstr(LPWORD ptr, const WCHAR *str)
+{
+   int len = (int)wcslen(str) + 1;
+   memcpy(ptr, str, len * sizeof(WCHAR));
+   return ptr + len;
+}
+
+int win32_resources_pick_core_dialog(HWND parent, DLGPROC dlg_proc)
+{
+   BYTE buf[2048];
+   DLGTEMPLATE *dlg;
+   LPWORD p;
+   DLGITEMTEMPLATE *item;
+
+   memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+   dlg = (DLGTEMPLATE *)buf;
+
+   /* Dialog header */
+   dlg->style = DS_3DLOOK | DS_CENTER | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_SHELLFONT
+              | WS_CAPTION | WS_VISIBLE | WS_POPUP | WS_SYSMENU;
+   dlg->dwExtendedStyle = 0;
+   dlg->cdit  = 4;
+   dlg->x     = 0;
+   dlg->y     = 0;
+   dlg->cx    = 225;
+   dlg->cy    = 118;
+
+   p = (LPWORD)(dlg + 1);
+   *p++ = 0;                              /* no menu       */
+   *p++ = 0;                              /* default class */
+   p = append_wstr(p, L"Pick Core");      /* caption       */
+   *p++ = 8;                              /* font size     */
+   p = append_wstr(p, L"Ms Shell Dlg");   /* font name     */
+
+   /* Control 1: LTEXT (static label) */
+   p    = align_dword(p);
+   item = (DLGITEMTEMPLATE *)p;
+   item->style           = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | SS_LEFT;
+   item->dwExtendedStyle = WS_EX_LEFT;
+   item->x  = 9;   item->y  = 12;
+   item->cx = 160; item->cy = 17;
+   item->id = 0;
+   p = (LPWORD)(item + 1);
+   *p++ = 0xFFFF; *p++ = 0x0082;          /* STATIC class  */
+   p = append_wstr(p,
+         L"Please select a core to use for the content loaded.\n"
+         L"Otherwise, press 'Cancel' to cancel loading.");
+   *p++ = 0;                              /* no creation data */
+
+   /* Control 2: DEFPUSHBUTTON "OK" */
+   p    = align_dword(p);
+   item = (DLGITEMTEMPLATE *)p;
+   item->style           = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON;
+   item->dwExtendedStyle = WS_EX_LEFT;
+   item->x  = 170; item->y  = 15;
+   item->cx = 50;  item->cy = 14;
+   item->id = IDOK;
+   p = (LPWORD)(item + 1);
+   *p++ = 0xFFFF; *p++ = 0x0080;          /* BUTTON class  */
+   p = append_wstr(p, L"OK");
+   *p++ = 0;
+
+   /* Control 3: PUSHBUTTON "Cancel" */
+   p    = align_dword(p);
+   item = (DLGITEMTEMPLATE *)p;
+   item->style           = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | BS_PUSHBUTTON;
+   item->dwExtendedStyle = WS_EX_LEFT;
+   item->x  = 170; item->y  = 32;
+   item->cx = 50;  item->cy = 14;
+   item->id = IDCANCEL;
+   p = (LPWORD)(item + 1);
+   *p++ = 0xFFFF; *p++ = 0x0080;          /* BUTTON class  */
+   p = append_wstr(p, L"Cancel");
+   *p++ = 0;
+
+   /* Control 4: LISTBOX (core list) */
+   p    = align_dword(p);
+   item = (DLGITEMTEMPLATE *)p;
+   item->style           = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | WS_VSCROLL
+                         | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | LBS_SORT | LBS_NOTIFY;
+   item->dwExtendedStyle = WS_EX_LEFT;
+   item->x  = 5;   item->y  = 55;
+   item->cx = 214; item->cy = 60;
+   item->id = ID_CORELISTBOX;
+   p = (LPWORD)(item + 1);
+   *p++ = 0xFFFF; *p++ = 0x0083;          /* LISTBOX class */
+   *p++ = 0;                              /* empty title   */
+   *p++ = 0;                              /* no creation data */
+
+   return (int)DialogBoxIndirectParamW(
+         GetModuleHandleW(NULL),
+         dlg, parent, dlg_proc, 0);
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * PUBLIC INIT / FREE
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+void win32_resources_init(void)
+{
+   apply_dpi_awareness();
+   s_accel_table = create_accelerator_table();
+}
+
+void win32_resources_free(void)
+{
+   if (s_accel_table)
+   {
+      DestroyAcceleratorTable(s_accel_table);
+      s_accel_table = NULL;
+   }
+}
+
+HACCEL win32_resources_get_accelerator(void)
+{
+   return s_accel_table;
+}
+
+#endif /* _WIN32 && !_XBOX && !__WINRT__ */

gfx/common/win32_resources.h

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2024 - RetroArch contributors
+ *
+ *  RetroArch 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 Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch 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 RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/* Programmatic replacement for the menu, dialog, accelerator,
+ * and manifest resources that were in media/rarch.rc.
+ *
+ * The icon resource remains in rarch.rc (compiled by windres/rc)
+ * so that the .exe has an embedded icon visible in Explorer.
+ * Everything else is created at runtime via Win32 API calls. */
+
+#ifndef WIN32_RESOURCES_H__
+#define WIN32_RESOURCES_H__
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && !defined(__WINRT__)
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#include "../../ui/drivers/ui_win32_resource.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* Call once before creating any windows.
+ * Applies DPI awareness and creates the accelerator table. */
+void win32_resources_init(void);
+
+/* Release resources created by win32_resources_init(). */
+void win32_resources_free(void);
+
+/* Build the application menu bar programmatically
+ * (replaces LoadMenu + MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MENU)).
+ * Returns a fresh HMENU each call — caller owns it. */
+HMENU win32_resources_create_menu(void);
+
+/* Return the accelerator table
+ * (replaces LoadAccelerators + MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_ACCELERATOR1)). */
+HACCEL win32_resources_get_accelerator(void);
+
+/* Show the "Pick Core" dialog built in memory
+ * (replaces DialogBoxParam + MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_PICKCORE)).
+ * Returns IDOK or IDCANCEL. */
+int win32_resources_pick_core_dialog(HWND parent, DLGPROC dlg_proc);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _WIN32 && !_XBOX && !__WINRT__ */
+#endif /* WIN32_RESOURCES_H__ */

griffin/griffin.c

@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ CHEATS
 UI COMMON CONTEXT
 ============================================================ */
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && !defined(__WINRT__)
+#include "../gfx/common/win32_resources.c"
 #include "../gfx/common/win32_common.c"
 #endif
 

media/rarch.manifest

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
-  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
-    <windowsSettings>
-      <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">true</dpiAware>
-    </windowsSettings>
-  </application>
-</assembly>

media/rarch.rc

@@ -1,121 +1,17 @@
-// Generated by ResEdit 1.6.6
-// Copyright (C) 2006-2015
-// http://www.resedit.net
-#include "../ui/drivers/ui_win32_resource.h"
+// RetroArch icon resource
+//
+// This is the only resource that must remain in the .rc file:
+// the icon must be embedded in the PE executable so that Windows
+// can display it in Explorer, the taskbar, and Alt+Tab without
+// running the program.
+//
+// All other resources (menus, dialogs, accelerators, manifest)
+// are now created programmatically — see gfx/common/win32_resources.c
+
 #include <windows.h>
 
-// Menu resources
-//
-LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
-IDR_MENU MENU
-{
-    POPUP "File"
-    {
-        MENUITEM "Load Core...", ID_M_LOAD_CORE
-        MENUITEM "Load Content...", ID_M_LOAD_CONTENT
-        MENUITEM SEPARATOR
-        MENUITEM "Close", ID_M_QUIT
-    }
-    POPUP "Command"
-    {
-        POPUP "Audio Options"
-        {
-            MENUITEM "Audio Mute Toggle", ID_M_MUTE_TOGGLE
-        }
-        POPUP "Disk Options"
-        {
-            MENUITEM "Disk Eject Toggle", ID_M_DISK_CYCLE
-            MENUITEM "Disk Previous", ID_M_DISK_PREV
-            MENUITEM "Disk Next", ID_M_DISK_NEXT
-        }
-        POPUP "Save State Options"
-        {
-            POPUP "State Index"
-            {
-                MENUITEM "Auto", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_AUTO
-                MENUITEM "0", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_0
-                MENUITEM "1", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_1
-                MENUITEM "2", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_2
-                MENUITEM "3", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_3
-                MENUITEM "4", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_4
-                MENUITEM "5", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_5
-                MENUITEM "6", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_6
-                MENUITEM "7", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_7
-                MENUITEM "8", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_8
-                MENUITEM "9", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_9
-            }
-            MENUITEM "Load State", ID_M_LOAD_STATE
-            MENUITEM "Save State", ID_M_SAVE_STATE
-        }
-        MENUITEM "Reset", ID_M_RESET
-        MENUITEM "Pause Toggle", ID_M_PAUSE_TOGGLE
-        MENUITEM "Menu Toggle", ID_M_MENU_TOGGLE
-        MENUITEM "Take Screenshot", ID_M_TAKE_SCREENSHOT
-        MENUITEM "Mouse Grab Toggle", ID_M_MOUSE_GRAB
-    }
-    POPUP "Window"
-    {
-        POPUP "Windowed Scale"
-        {
-            MENUITEM "1x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_1X
-            MENUITEM "2x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_2X
-            MENUITEM "3x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_3X
-            MENUITEM "4x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_4X
-            MENUITEM "5x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_5X
-            MENUITEM "6x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_6X
-            MENUITEM "7x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_7X
-            MENUITEM "8x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_8X
-            MENUITEM "9x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_9X
-            MENUITEM "10x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_10X
-        }
-#ifdef HAVE_QT
-        MENUITEM "Toggle Desktop Menu", ID_M_TOGGLE_DESKTOP
-#endif
-        MENUITEM "Toggle Exclusive Full Screen", ID_M_FULL_SCREEN
-        // Shader dialog is disabled for now, until video_threaded issues are fixed.
-        //MENUITEM "Shader Parameters", ID_M_SHADER_PARAMETERS
-    }
-}
-
-//
-// Dialog resources
-//
-LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
-IDD_PICKCORE DIALOG 0, 0, 225, 118
-STYLE DS_3DLOOK | DS_CENTER | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_SHELLFONT | WS_CAPTION | WS_VISIBLE | WS_POPUP | WS_SYSMENU
-CAPTION "Pick Core"
-FONT 8, "Ms Shell Dlg"
-{
-    LISTBOX         ID_CORELISTBOX, 5, 55, 214, 60, WS_TABSTOP | WS_VSCROLL | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | LBS_SORT | LBS_NOTIFY, WS_EX_LEFT
-    DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK", IDOK, 170, 15, 50, 14, 0, WS_EX_LEFT
-    PUSHBUTTON      "Cancel", IDCANCEL, 170, 32, 50, 14, 0, WS_EX_LEFT
-    LTEXT           "Please select a core to use for the content loaded.\nOtherwise, press 'Cancel' to cancel loading.", 0, 9, 12, 160, 17, SS_LEFT, WS_EX_LEFT
-}
-
 //
 // Icon resources
 //
 LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 1                  ICON           "retroarch.ico"
-
-//
-// Manifest resources
-//
-LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
-2                  RT_MANIFEST    "rarch.manifest"
-
-
-//
-// Accelerator
-//
-
-IDR_ACCELERATOR1 ACCELERATORS
-BEGIN
-"O", ID_M_LOAD_CONTENT, VIRTKEY, CONTROL, NOINVERT
-VK_RETURN, ID_M_FULL_SCREEN, VIRTKEY, ALT, NOINVERT
-END
-
-// Per the documentation, this should be used before including resource files.
-// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/menurc/pragma-directives
-#pragma code_page(932)
-#include "rarch_ja.rc"

media/rarch_ja.rc

@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-// Menu resources (Japanese)
-//
-// The encoding for this file is CP932.
-#pragma code_page(932)
-
-LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
-IDR_MENU MENU
-{
-    POPUP "ファイル"
-    {
-        MENUITEM "コアをロード...", ID_M_LOAD_CORE
-        MENUITEM "コンテンツをロード...", ID_M_LOAD_CONTENT
-        MENUITEM SEPARATOR
-        MENUITEM "終了", ID_M_QUIT
-    }
-    POPUP "コマンド"
-    {
-        POPUP "オーディオ設定"
-        {
-            MENUITEM "オーディオを消音", ID_M_MUTE_TOGGLE
-        }
-        POPUP "ディスク操作"
-        {
-            MENUITEM "ディスク取り出し", ID_M_DISK_CYCLE
-            MENUITEM "前のディスク", ID_M_DISK_PREV
-            MENUITEM "次のディスク", ID_M_DISK_NEXT
-        }
-        POPUP "保存状態設定"
-        {
-            POPUP "状態のインデックス"
-            {
-                MENUITEM "自動", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_AUTO
-                MENUITEM "0", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_0
-                MENUITEM "1", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_1
-                MENUITEM "2", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_2
-                MENUITEM "3", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_3
-                MENUITEM "4", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_4
-                MENUITEM "5", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_5
-                MENUITEM "6", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_6
-                MENUITEM "7", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_7
-                MENUITEM "8", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_8
-                MENUITEM "9", ID_M_STATE_INDEX_9
-            }
-            MENUITEM "保存状態をロード", ID_M_LOAD_STATE
-            MENUITEM "状態保存", ID_M_SAVE_STATE
-        }
-        MENUITEM "リセット", ID_M_RESET
-        MENUITEM "一時停止", ID_M_PAUSE_TOGGLE
-        MENUITEM "メニューに切り替え", ID_M_MENU_TOGGLE
-        MENUITEM "スクリーンショットを撮る", ID_M_TAKE_SCREENSHOT
-        MENUITEM "マウスグラブ切り替え", ID_M_MOUSE_GRAB
-    }
-    POPUP "ウィンドウ"
-    {
-        POPUP "ウィンドウのスケール"
-        {
-            MENUITEM "1x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_1X
-            MENUITEM "2x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_2X
-            MENUITEM "3x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_3X
-            MENUITEM "4x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_4X
-            MENUITEM "5x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_5X
-            MENUITEM "6x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_6X
-            MENUITEM "7x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_7X
-            MENUITEM "8x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_8X
-            MENUITEM "9x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_9X
-            MENUITEM "10x", ID_M_WINDOW_SCALE_10X
-        }
-#ifdef HAVE_QT
-        MENUITEM "デスクトップメニューを表示", ID_M_TOGGLE_DESKTOP
-#endif
-        MENUITEM "排他的なフルスクリーン切り替え", ID_M_FULL_SCREEN
-        // Shader dialog is disabled for now, until video_threaded issues are fixed.
-        //MENUITEM "シェーダーのパラメータ", ID_M_SHADER_PARAMETERS
-    }
-}
-
-//
-// Dialog resources
-//
-LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
-IDD_PICKCORE DIALOG 0, 0, 225, 118
-STYLE DS_3DLOOK | DS_CENTER | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_SHELLFONT | WS_CAPTION | WS_VISIBLE | WS_POPUP | WS_SYSMENU
-CAPTION "コア選択"
-FONT 8, "Ms Shell Dlg"
-{
-    LISTBOX         ID_CORELISTBOX, 5, 55, 214, 60, WS_TABSTOP | WS_VSCROLL | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | LBS_SORT | LBS_NOTIFY, WS_EX_LEFT
-    DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK", IDOK, 170, 15, 50, 14, 0, WS_EX_LEFT
-    PUSHBUTTON      "キャンセル", IDCANCEL, 170, 32, 50, 14, 0, WS_EX_LEFT
-    LTEXT           "コンテンツに使用するコアを選択してください。", 0, 9, 12, 160, 17, SS_LEFT, WS_EX_LEFT
-}