diff --git a/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.bat b/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.bat
index b546cf70f4d29..f296ec7faf73d 100644
--- a/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.bat
+++ b/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.bat
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 @ECHO OFF
 rem compiles a bunch of mingw libs and not more
-rem might be a nice addition if we check for success?
-rem still not working right
-
-..\BuildDependencies\msys\bin\rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 120x25 -e /bin/sh --login /xbmc/lib/ffmpeg/build_xbmc_win32.sh
-..\BuildDependencies\msys\bin\rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 120x25 -e /bin/sh --login /xbmc/lib/libdvd/build-xbmc-win32.sh
+..\BuildDependencies\msys\bin\rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 120x25 -title "building mingw dlls" -e /bin/sh --login /xbmc/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.sh
 
diff --git a/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.sh b/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..99b84b1aba387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/Win32BuildSetup/buildmingwlibs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+echo "##### building ffmpeg dlls #####"
+#sh /xbmc/lib/ffmpeg/build_xbmc_win32.sh
+echo "##### building of ffmpeg dlls done #####"
+
+echo "##### building libdvd dlls #####"
+sh /xbmc/lib/libdvd/build-xbmc-win32.sh
+echo "##### building of libdvd dlls done #####"
+
+# wait for key press
+echo press a key to close the window
+read
\ No newline at end of file