diff --git a/windows/putty.rc b/windows/putty.rc
index 8cec7df5..fd585178 100644
--- a/windows/putty.rc
+++ b/windows/putty.rc
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #define APPNAME "PuTTY"
 #define APPDESC "SSH, Telnet and Rlogin client"
 
-#include "win_res.rc2"
 #include "winhelp.rc2"
+#include "win_res.rc2"
 
 #ifndef NO_MANIFESTS
 1 RT_MANIFEST "putty.mft"
diff --git a/windows/puttytel.rc b/windows/puttytel.rc
index 3db9c53f..259bc683 100644
--- a/windows/puttytel.rc
+++ b/windows/puttytel.rc
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #define APPNAME "PuTTYtel"
 #define APPDESC "Telnet and Rlogin client"
 
-#include "win_res.rc2"
 #include "winhelp.rc2"
+#include "win_res.rc2"
 
 #ifndef NO_MANIFESTS
 1 RT_MANIFEST "puttytel.mft"
diff --git a/windows/version.rc2 b/windows/version.rc2
index 5cc127a4..e200a2a4 100644
--- a/windows/version.rc2
+++ b/windows/version.rc2
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ BEGIN
 	    VALUE "FileDescription",	APPDESC
 	    VALUE "InternalName",	APPNAME
 	    VALUE "OriginalFilename",	APPNAME
+#if (defined HELPVER)
+	    VALUE "FileVersion",	TEXTVER HELPVER
+#else
 	    VALUE "FileVersion",	TEXTVER
+#endif
 	    VALUE "ProductVersion",	TEXTVER
 	    VALUE "LegalCopyright",	"Copyright \251 " SHORT_COPYRIGHT_DETAILS "."
 #if (!defined SNAPSHOT) && (!defined RELEASE) && (!defined PRERELEASE)
diff --git a/windows/winhelp.rc2 b/windows/winhelp.rc2
index f1e26e73..3499d25e 100644
--- a/windows/winhelp.rc2
+++ b/windows/winhelp.rc2
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 
 #ifdef EMBED_CHM
 ID_CUSTOM_CHMFILE TYPE_CUSTOM_CHMFILE "../doc/putty.chm"
+#define HELPVER " (with embedded help)"
+#else
+#define HELPVER " (without embedded help)"
 #endif