diff --git a/compile.bat b/compile.bat
index 97b30e34b1cc673fe58a0ecf273da77105990274..b9ab588997bb8f14bcbd0d2cae7791880a26be1a 100644
--- a/compile.bat
+++ b/compile.bat
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pushd %~dp0
 :: See if we can find a git installation
 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 
+set GITFOUND=no
 for %%k in (HKCU HKLM) do (
 	for %%w in (\ \Wow6432Node\) do (
 		for /f "skip=2 delims=: tokens=1*" %%a in ('reg query "%%k\SOFTWARE%%wMicrosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Git_is1" /v InstallLocation 2^> nul') do (
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ if %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% == AMD64 (
 	CALL "%~dp0devTools\tweeGo\tweego_win86.exe" -o "%~dp0bin/FC_pregmod.html" --module=bin/fc.js --head devTools/head.html "%~dp0src"
 )
 DEL bin\fc.js
-DEL "%~dp0src\002-config\fc-version.js.commitHash.js"
+IF EXIST "%~dp0src\002-config\fc-version.js.commitHash.js" DEL "%~dp0src\002-config\fc-version.js.commitHash.js"
 
 popd
 ECHO Done
diff --git a/compile_debug+sanityCheck.bat b/compile_debug+sanityCheck.bat
index 020e5c1e255be5f8152a0c3571f8c29622a717db..0eb2efb2b96238402e7b1cbc25e8ed66ec66ccd0 100644
--- a/compile_debug+sanityCheck.bat
+++ b/compile_debug+sanityCheck.bat
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pushd %~dp0
 :: See if we can find a git installation
 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 
+set GITFOUND=no
 for %%k in (HKCU HKLM) do (
 	for %%w in (\ \Wow6432Node\) do (
 		for /f "skip=2 delims=: tokens=1*" %%a in ('reg query "%%k\SOFTWARE%%wMicrosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Git_is1" /v InstallLocation 2^> nul') do (