diff --git a/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls.bat b/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls.bat
index 7ff89fda..592f4418 100644
--- a/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls.bat
+++ b/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls.bat
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 rem if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\dsound.dll copy dsound.dll ..\..\data\glest_game\
 if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\xerces-c_3_0.dll copy ..\..\source\win32_deps\bin\xerces-c_3_0.dll ..\..\data\glest_game\
 
-pause
+if not "%1" == "nopause" pause
diff --git a/mk/windoze/build-mg.bat b/mk/windoze/build-mg.bat
index ac465a81..64eedfb2 100644
--- a/mk/windoze/build-mg.bat
+++ b/mk/windoze/build-mg.bat
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ ECHO --------------------------------
 ECHO Changing to build folder [%~dp0]
 cd /d "%~dp0"
 
+ECHO Checking for windows binary runtime tools...
+if NOT EXIST "..\..\data\glest_game\7z.exe" cscript getTools.vbs
+call CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls.bat nopause
+
 rem setup the Visual Studio 2008 environment
 ECHO --------------------------------
 ECHO Setting up Visual Studio 2008 environment vars...