diff -r 05175a3138a2 moo/mooutils/moodialogs.c
--- a/moo/mooutils/moodialogs.c	Tue Jun 13 00:40:43 2006 -0500
+++ b/moo/mooutils/moodialogs.c	Tue Jun 13 00:41:08 2006 -0500
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 #include "mooutils/mooprefs.h"
 #include "mooutils/mooutils-misc.h"
 #include "mooutils/moocompat.h"
-
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <gdk/gdkwin32.h>
+#endif
 
 static GtkWidget *
 create_message_dialog (GtkWindow  *parent,
@@ -205,6 +208,135 @@ moo_position_window (GtkWidget  *window,
 }
 
 
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+static DWORD
+dialog_thread_main (gpointer param)
+{
+    guint type = MB_OK;
+
+    struct {
+        HWND parent;
+        GtkMessageType type;
+        char *title;
+        char *text;
+        gboolean done;
+    } *data = param;
+
+    switch (data->type)
+    {
+        case GTK_MESSAGE_INFO:
+            type |= MB_ICONINFORMATION;
+            break;
+
+        case GTK_MESSAGE_WARNING:
+            type |= MB_ICONWARNING;
+            break;
+
+        case GTK_MESSAGE_QUESTION:
+            /* should not happen */
+            break;
+
+        case GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR:
+            type |= MB_ICONERROR;
+            break;
+    }
+
+    if (data->parent)
+        type |= MB_APPLMODAL;
+    else
+        type |= MB_TASKMODAL;
+
+    MessageBoxW (data->parent,
+                 (LPCWSTR) data->text,
+                 (LPCWSTR) data->title,
+                 type);
+
+    data->done = TRUE;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void
+moo_message_dialog (GtkWidget  *parent_widget,
+                    GtkMessageType type,
+                    const char *text,
+                    const char *secondary_text,
+                    gboolean    at_mouse,
+                    gboolean    at_coords,
+                    int         x,
+                    int         y)
+{
+    GtkWidget *dialog, *toplevel = NULL;
+    HANDLE thr;
+    HWND parent_handle = NULL;
+    DWORD thr_id;
+
+    struct {
+        HWND parent;
+        GtkMessageType type;
+        char *title;
+        char *text;
+        gboolean done;
+    } data = {NULL, type, NULL, NULL, FALSE};
+
+    g_return_if_fail (text != NULL);
+
+    if (parent_widget)
+        parent_widget = gtk_widget_get_toplevel (parent_widget);
+
+    if (parent_widget && GTK_WIDGET_TOPLEVEL (parent_widget) && parent_widget->window)
+        parent_handle = GDK_WINDOW_HWND (parent_widget->window);
+
+    if (parent_handle &&
+        !DuplicateHandle (GetCurrentProcess (), parent_handle,
+                          GetCurrentProcess (), (LPHANDLE) &data.parent,
+                          0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS))
+    {
+        char *msg = g_win32_error_message (GetLastError ());
+        g_critical ("%s: %s", G_STRLOC, msg);
+        g_free (msg);
+    }
+
+    g_print ("parent_handle: %p\n", parent_handle);
+    g_print ("handle: %p\n", data.parent);
+
+    data.title = (char*) g_utf8_to_utf16 ("", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+    if (secondary_text)
+    {
+        char *full_text = g_strdup_printf ("%s\n%s", text, secondary_text);
+        data.text = (char*) g_utf8_to_utf16 (full_text, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        g_free (full_text);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        data.text = (char*) g_utf8_to_utf16 (text, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    }
+
+    thr = CreateThread (NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE) dialog_thread_main,
+                        &data, 0, &thr_id);
+
+    if (!thr)
+    {
+        char *msg = g_win32_error_message (GetLastError ());
+        g_critical ("%s: %s", G_STRLOC, msg);
+        g_free (msg);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (!data.done)
+    {
+        if (!g_main_context_iteration (NULL, FALSE))
+            g_usleep (1000);
+    }
+
+    if (data.parent)
+        CloseHandle (data.parent);
+    g_free (data.title);
+    g_free (data.text);
+    CloseHandle (thr);
+    return;
+}
+#else
 void
 moo_message_dialog (GtkWidget  *parent,
                     GtkMessageType type,
@@ -231,6 +363,7 @@ moo_message_dialog (GtkWidget  *parent,
     gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
     gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
 }
+#endif
 
 
 void