Index: dlls/ddraw/ddraw_hal.c
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RCS file: /home/wine/wine/dlls/ddraw/ddraw_hal.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 ddraw_hal.c
--- dlls/ddraw/ddraw_hal.c      26 Jul 2005 20:10:51 -0000      1.2
+++ dlls/ddraw/ddraw_hal.c      23 Apr 2006 05:09:47 -0000
@@ -500,6 +500,15 @@
     IDirectDrawImpl *This = (IDirectDrawImpl *)iface;

     HRESULT hr;
+
+    //As shameful hacks go, this one is both very shameful and very hacky.
+    HDC dc = CreateDCA("DISPLAY", NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    DCICMD cmd;
+    cmd.dwVersion = DD_VERSION;
+    cmd.dwReserved = 0;
+    cmd.dwCommand = DDCREATEDRIVEROBJECT;
+    ExtEscape(dc, DCICOMMAND, sizeof(cmd), (LPVOID)&cmd, sizeof(hal_instance), (LPVOID)&hal_instance);
+    DeleteDC(dc);

     TRACE("(%p)->(%ldx%ldx%ld,%ld Hz,%08lx)\n",This,dwWidth,dwHeight,dwBPP,dwRefreshRate,dwFlags);
     hr = User_DirectDraw_SetDisplayMode(iface, dwWidth, dwHeight, dwBPP,