diff -r 5a17eb1a2c3e -r ec7a75cb8093 src/gtkmain.c
--- a/src/gtkmain.c	Wed Aug 16 07:19:41 2006 +0000
+++ b/src/gtkmain.c	Wed Aug 16 11:13:19 2006 +0000
@@ -650,7 +650,9 @@
 	 * threadify dbus when that gets initialized.  Ugh. */
 	if (!g_thread_supported())
 		g_thread_init(NULL);
+#ifndef _WIN32
 	gdk_threads_init();
+#endif
 #endif /* Glib has threads */
 
 	gui_check = gtk_init_check(&argc, &argv);