diff --git a/src/skel/win/win.cpp b/src/skel/win/win.cpp
index 5c5c7ece..cf4749b1 100644
--- a/src/skel/win/win.cpp
+++ b/src/skel/win/win.cpp
@@ -1851,7 +1851,11 @@ void PlayMovieInWindow(int cmdShow, const char* szFile)
 	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, szFile, -1, wFileName, sizeof(wFileName) - 1);
 
 	// Initialize COM
+#ifdef FIX_BUGS // will also return S_FALSE if it has already been inited in the same thread
+	CoInitialize(nil);
+#else
 	JIF(CoInitialize(nil));
+#endif
 
 	// Get the interface for DirectShow's GraphBuilder
 	JIF(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_FilterGraph, nil, CLSCTX_INPROC, 
@@ -2223,9 +2227,10 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE instance,
 					
 					case GS_INIT_INTRO_MPEG:
 					{
+#ifndef NO_MOVIES
 						CloseClip();
-						
 						CoUninitialize();
+#endif
 						
 						if ( CMenuManager::OS_Language == LANG_FRENCH || CMenuManager::OS_Language == LANG_GERMAN )
 							PlayMovieInWindow(cmdShow, "movies\\GTAtitlesGER.mpg");
@@ -2259,8 +2264,10 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE instance,
 					
 					case GS_INIT_ONCE:
 					{
+#ifndef NO_MOVIES
 						CloseClip();
 						CoUninitialize();
+#endif
 						
 #ifdef FIX_BUGS
 						// draw one frame because otherwise we'll end up looking at black screen for a while if vsync is on