diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 5489b0f41..8e7d214a9 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -4253,13 +4253,14 @@ boolean
 recover_savefile(void)
 {
     NHFILE *gnhfp, *lnhfp, *snhfp;
-    int lev, savelev, hpid, pltmpsiz, filecmc;
+    int lev, savelev, hpid, pltmpsiz;
     xint8 levc;
     struct version_info version_data;
     int processed[256];
     char savename[SAVESIZE], errbuf[BUFSZ], indicator;
     char tmpplbuf[PL_NSIZ_PLUS];
     const char *savewrite_failure = (const char *) 0;
+    int ccbresult = 0;
 
     for (lev = 0; lev < 256; lev++)
         processed[lev] = 0;
@@ -4298,8 +4299,7 @@ recover_savefile(void)
          != sizeof savename)
         || (read(gnhfp->fd, (genericptr_t) &indicator, sizeof indicator)
             != sizeof indicator)
-        || (read(gnhfp->fd, (genericptr_t) &filecmc, sizeof filecmc)
-            != sizeof filecmc)
+        || ((ccbresult = compare_critical_bytes(gnhfp)) != 0)
         || (read(gnhfp->fd, (genericptr_t) &version_data, sizeof version_data)
             != sizeof version_data)
         || (read(gnhfp->fd, (genericptr_t) &pltmpsiz, sizeof pltmpsiz)
@@ -4312,7 +4312,7 @@ recover_savefile(void)
     }
 
     /* save file should contain:
-     *  format indicator and cmc
+     *  format indicator and critical_bytes
      *  version info
      *  plnametmp = player name size (int, 2 bytes)
      *  player name (PL_NSIZ_PLUS)
diff --git a/sys/windows/vs/recover/recover.vcxproj b/sys/windows/vs/recover/recover.vcxproj
index 66fd134d0..b8e080962 100644
--- a/sys/windows/vs/recover/recover.vcxproj
+++ b/sys/windows/vs/recover/recover.vcxproj
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="$(UtilDir)recover.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\..\src\version.c">
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">WIN32CON;DLB;MSWIN_GRAPHICS;HAS_STDINT_H;MINIMAL_FOR_RECOVER;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="$(IncDir)config.h" />
@@ -50,4 +53,4 @@
   <Target Name="AfterRebuild">
     <MSBuild Projects="afterrecover.proj" Targets="Build" Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration)" />
   </Target>
-</Project>
+</Project>
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