Index: src/CodeBlocks.cbp
===================================================================
--- src/CodeBlocks.cbp    (revision 2397)
+++ src/CodeBlocks.cbp    (working copy)
@@ -889,6 +889,16 @@
             <Option link="0" />
             <Option target="Compiler" />
         </Unit>
+        <Unit filename="plugins\compilergcc\compilerMSVC8.cpp">
+            <Option compilerVar="CPP" />
+            <Option target="Compiler" />
+        </Unit>
+        <Unit filename="plugins\compilergcc\compilerMSVC8.h">
+            <Option compilerVar="CPP" />
+            <Option compile="0" />
+            <Option link="0" />
+            <Option target="Compiler" />
+        </Unit>
         <Unit filename="plugins\compilergcc\compilerOW.cpp">
             <Option compilerVar="CPP" />
             <Option target="Compiler" />
Index: src/plugins/compilergcc/compilergcc.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/plugins/compilergcc/compilergcc.cpp    (revision 2397)
+++ src/plugins/compilergcc/compilergcc.cpp    (working copy)
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 // TODO (mandrav#1#): Find out which compilers exist for linux and adapt this
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     #include "compilerMSVC.h"
+    #include "compilerMSVC8.h"
     #include "compilerBCC.h"
     #include "compilerDMC.h"
     #include "compilerOW.h"
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@
     CompilerFactory::RegisterCompiler(new CompilerMINGW);
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     CompilerFactory::RegisterCompiler(new CompilerMSVC);
+    CompilerFactory::RegisterCompiler(new CompilerMSVC8);
     CompilerFactory::RegisterCompiler(new CompilerBCC);
     CompilerFactory::RegisterCompiler(new CompilerDMC);
     CompilerFactory::RegisterCompiler(new CompilerOW);
Index: src/plugins/compilergcc/compilerMSVC8.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/plugins/compilergcc/compilerMSVC8.cpp    (revision 0)
+++ src/plugins/compilergcc/compilerMSVC8.cpp    (revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+// this compiler is valid only in windows
+
+#include <sdk.h>
+#include "compilerMSVC8.h"
+#include <wx/wx.h>
+#include <wx/log.h>
+#include <wx/intl.h>
+#include <wx/regex.h>
+#include <wx/config.h>
+
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+    #include <wx/msw/registry.h>
+#endif
+
+CompilerMSVC8::CompilerMSVC8()
+    : Compiler(_("Microsoft Visual C++ 2005"), _T("msvc8"))
+{
+    Reset();
+}
+
+CompilerMSVC8::~CompilerMSVC8()
+{
+    //dtor
+}
+
+Compiler * CompilerMSVC8::CreateCopy()
+{
+    return new CompilerMSVC8(*this);
+}
+
+void CompilerMSVC8::Reset()
+{
+    m_Programs.C = _T("cl.exe");
+    m_Programs.CPP = _T("cl.exe");
+    m_Programs.LD = _T("link.exe");
+    m_Programs.LIB = _T("link.exe");
+    m_Programs.WINDRES = _T("rc.exe");
+    m_Programs.MAKE = _T("nmake.exe");
+    m_Programs.DBG = _T("cdb.exe");
+
+    m_Switches.includeDirs = _T("/I");
+    m_Switches.libDirs = _T("/LIBPATH:");
+    m_Switches.linkLibs = _T("");
+    m_Switches.defines = _T("/D");
+    m_Switches.genericSwitch = _T("/");
+    m_Switches.objectExtension = _T("obj");
+    m_Switches.needDependencies = false;
+    m_Switches.forceCompilerUseQuotes = false;
+    m_Switches.forceLinkerUseQuotes = false;
+    m_Switches.logging = clogNone;
+    m_Switches.buildMethod = cbmDirect;
+    m_Switches.libPrefix = _T("");
+    m_Switches.libExtension = _T("lib");
+    m_Switches.linkerNeedsLibPrefix = false;
+    m_Switches.linkerNeedsLibExtension = true;
+
+    m_Options.ClearOptions();
+
+    //Language
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Produce debugging symbols"),
+                        _T("/Zi /D_DEBUG"),
+                        _("Language"),
+                        _T("/DEBUG"),
+                        true,
+                        _T("/Og /O1 /O2 /Os /Ot /Ox /NDEBUG"),
+                        _("You have optimizations enabled. This is Not A Good Thing(tm) when producing debugging symbols..."));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Disable extensions"), _T("/Za"), _("Language"));
+    // /vd{0|1|2} disable/enable vtordisp
+    // /vm<x> type of pointers to members
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enforce Standard C++ for scoping rules"), _T("/Zc:forScope"), _("Language"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("wchar_t is the native type, not a typedef"), _T("/Zc:wchar_t"), _("Language"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enable Edit and Continue debug info"), _T("/ZI"), _("Language"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enable OpenMP 2.0 language extensions"), _T("/openmp"), _("Language"));
+
+    //Warnings
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Disable all warnings"), _T("/w"), _("Warnings"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enable all compiler warnings"), _T("/Wall"), _("Warnings"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enable warnings level 1"), _T("/W1"), _("Warnings"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enable warnings level 2"), _T("/W2"), _("Warnings"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enable warnings level 3"), _T("/W3"), _("Warnings"));
+    m_Options.AddOption(_("Enable warnings level 4"), _T("/W4"), _("Warnings"));
+    m_Options.Ad
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