diff --git a/doc/fixes34.2 b/doc/fixes34.2
index 4c7d13b07..d6fa71517 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.2
+++ b/doc/fixes34.2
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ vms: create an empty paniclog file during playground installation
 win32tty: add subkeyvalue option to alter key values; Finnish keyboard fix
 win32tty: distinguish between black/gray/white (by Quietust)
 win32gui: prevent male Valkyrie and other incorrect startup settings
+win32gui: allow numeric quantity count on item selection during loot
 win32: some code in files.c was incorrectly assuming that a file
 	descriptor return value of 0 from open() was invalid but it 
 	could be valid on win32gui where stdin, stdout, stderr aren't open;
diff --git a/win/win32/mswproc.c b/win/win32/mswproc.c
index 8ddb0169c..5db32e490 100644
--- a/win/win32/mswproc.c
+++ b/win/win32/mswproc.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,9 @@ char mswin_yn_function(const char *question, const char *choices,
 	    /* FYI: ch==-115 is for KP_ENTER */
 	    if (def && (ch==' ' || ch=='\r' || ch=='\n' || ch==-115)) {
 		result=def;
+	    } else if( index(choices, '#') && isdigit(ch) ) {
+		yn_number = ch;
+		result = '#';
 	    } else {
 		mswin_nhbell();
 		/* and try again... */