1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp b/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp
index 9ec636057d9..7b2ea932377 100644
--- a/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ IceUtil::generateUUID()
 
     UUID uuid;
     UuidCreate(&uuid);
+
+#if _MSC_VER == 1200
+    unsigned char* str;
+#else
+    unsigned short* str;    // Type has changed for some reason in VC++ 2002 (but doc still
+#endif			    // says it's unsigned char *...)
 
-    unsigned char* str;
     UuidToString(&uuid, &str);
 
     string result(reinterpret_cast<char*>(str));