diff --git a/reactos/apps/tests/patblt/patblt.cpp b/reactos/apps/tests/patblt/patblt.cpp
index 84c5d7b26ac..f156fa53943 100644
--- a/reactos/apps/tests/patblt/patblt.cpp
+++ b/reactos/apps/tests/patblt/patblt.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK MainWndProc(HWND HWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM WParam,
       {  
          PAINTSTRUCT ps;
          HDC Hdc = BeginPaint(HWnd, &ps);
+#if 0
          try
+#endif
          {
             // 
             // TODO: Add palette support...
@@ -243,7 +245,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK MainWndProc(HWND HWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM WParam,
                    HMemDC, 0, 0, 
                    SRCCOPY);
          }
+#if 0
          catch (...)
+#endif
          {
             EndPaint(HWnd, &ps);
          }