diff --git a/src/audio/plugins/formats/juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp b/src/audio/plugins/formats/juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp
index 0744fe31d8..b958a3173b 100644
--- a/src/audio/plugins/formats/juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/plugins/formats/juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ public:
         {
             FSRef fn;
 
-            if (FSPathMakeRef ((UInt8*) (const char*) filename, &fn, 0) == noErr)
+            if (FSPathMakeRef ((UInt8*) filename.toUTF8(), &fn, 0) == noErr)
             {
                 resFileId = FSOpenResFile (&fn, fsRdPerm);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/components/mouse/juce_DragAndDropContainer.cpp b/src/gui/components/mouse/juce_DragAndDropContainer.cpp
index 1ccf9b9bbf..4f15f0dfa1 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/mouse/juce_DragAndDropContainer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/mouse/juce_DragAndDropContainer.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ BEGIN_JUCE_NAMESPACE
 #include "../../../events/juce_Timer.h"
 #include "../../../core/juce_Random.h"
 #include "../../graphics/imaging/juce_Image.h"
+#include "../mouse/juce_MouseEvent.h"
 #include "juce_FileDragAndDropTarget.h"
 
 bool juce_performDragDropFiles (const StringArray& files, const bool copyFiles, bool& shouldStop);
diff --git a/src/gui/components/special/juce_ColourSelector.cpp b/src/gui/components/special/juce_ColourSelector.cpp
index 1a57be8209..859b90552d 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/special/juce_ColourSelector.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/special/juce_ColourSelector.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
 BEGIN_JUCE_NAMESPACE
 
 #include "juce_ColourSelector.h"
-#include "../../../text/juce_LocalisedStrings.h"
 #include "../menus/juce_PopupMenu.h"
+#include "../mouse/juce_MouseEvent.h"
 #include "../../graphics/imaging/juce_Image.h"
+#include "../../../text/juce_LocalisedStrings.h"
 
 static const int swatchesPerRow = 8;
 static const int swatchHeight = 22;
diff --git a/src/native/windows/juce_win32_AudioCDReader.cpp b/src/native/windows/juce_win32_AudioCDReader.cpp
index 63b63c9ade..145807567c 100644
--- a/src/native/windows/juce_win32_AudioCDReader.cpp
+++ b/src/native/windows/juce_win32_AudioCDReader.cpp
@@ -2215,6 +2215,9 @@ public:
 
     private:
         Pimpl& pimpl;
+
+        ScopedDiscOpener (const ScopedDiscOpener&);
+        ScopedDiscOpener& operator= (const ScopedDiscOpener&);
     };
 
     DiskState getDiskState()
@@ -2391,6 +2394,8 @@ int AudioCDBurner::getNumAvailableAudioBlocks() const
 const String AudioCDBurner::burn (AudioCDBurner::BurnProgressListener* listener, bool ejectDiscAfterwards,
                                   bool performFakeBurnForTesting, int writeSpeed)
 {
+    pimpl->setIntProperty (L"WriteSpeed", writeSpeed > 0 ? writeSpeed : -1);
+
     pimpl->listener = listener;
     pimpl->progress = 0;
     pimpl->shouldCancel = false;
diff --git a/src/text/juce_String.cpp b/src/text/juce_String.cpp
index 18de6c3a7d..92ae75dc64 100644
--- a/src/text/juce_String.cpp
+++ b/src/text/juce_String.cpp
@@ -2158,6 +2158,11 @@ const char* String::toCString() const
     }
 }
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+  #pragma warning (disable: 4514 4996)
+  #pragma warning (push)
+#endif
+
 int String::getNumBytesAsCString() const throw()
 {
     return (int) wcstombs (0, text->text, 0);
@@ -2173,6 +2178,10 @@ int String::copyToCString (char* destBuffer, const int maxBufferSizeBytes) const
     return numBytes;
 }
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+  #pragma warning (pop)
+#endif
+
 //==============================================================================
 void String::copyToUnicode (juce_wchar* const destBuffer, const int maxCharsToCopy) const throw()
 {