diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanager.cpp
index 98562c053..41ffd1e93 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanager.cpp
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ namespace MWDialogue
             }
             return false;
         }
-        catch (const Compiler::SourceException& error)
+        catch (const Compiler::SourceException& /* error */)
         {
             // error has already been reported via error handler
         }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
index d20a11009..78eefa338 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void HUD::onWorldClicked(MyGUI::Widget* _sender)
         {
             object = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPtrViaHandle(handle);
         }
-        catch (std::exception& e)
+        catch (std::exception& /* e */)
         {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.cpp
index f891b3338..b1f7affb6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
     }
 
+    ReferenceInterface::~ReferenceInterface()
+    {
+    }
+
     void ReferenceInterface::checkReferenceAvailable()
     {
         if (mPtr.isEmpty())
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.hpp
index aba9071f3..39574d0f7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/referenceinterface.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
     public:
         ReferenceInterface();
+        virtual ~ReferenceInterface();
 
         void checkReferenceAvailable(); ///< closes the window, if the MW-reference has become unavailable
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
index 7920d88a3..679c7a59e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void ToolTips::onFrame(float frameDuration)
             {
                 mFocusObject = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPtrViaHandle(handle);
             }
-            catch (std::exception& e)
+            catch (std::exception /* & e */)
             {
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
index 29563ecc1..c6332d9f3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace MWSound
             {
                 if(devname.empty())
                     throw;
-                std::cout <<"Failed to open device \""<<devname<<"\", trying default"<< std::endl;
+                std::cout <<"Failed to open device \""<<devname<<"\", trying default."<< std::endl << "The error given was: " << e.what() << std::endl;
                 mOutput->init();
                 Settings::Manager::setString("device", "Sound", "");
             }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp
index 74a91f25f..cd7ebf79a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ MWWorld::Ptr MWWorld::Cells::getPtrAndCache (const std::string& name, Ptr::CellS
 
 MWWorld::Cells::Cells (const ESMS::ESMStore& store, ESM::ESMReader& reader)
 : mStore (store), mReader (reader),
-  mIdCache (20, std::pair<std::string, Ptr::CellStore *> ("", 0)), /// \todo make cache size configurable
+  mIdCache (20, std::pair<std::string, Ptr::CellStore *> ("", (Ptr::CellStore*)0)), /// \todo make cache size configurable
   mIdCacheIndex (0)
 {}
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp
index b1692bd81..6f6ee93bc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 #include "../mwmechanics/drawstate.hpp"
 
+#undef DrawState // How did this get defined again?
+                 // Maybe it's defined by default in every file for windows?
+
 namespace MWBase
 {
     class World;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
index d64b3a373..62a24000e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             virtual bool toggleSky();
             ///< \return Resulting mode
 
-            virtual void changeWeather (const std::string& region, const unsigned int id);
+            virtual void changeWeather (const std::string& region, unsigned int id);
 
             virtual int getCurrentWeather() const;