diff --git a/src/VersionRegex.cpp b/src/VersionRegex.cpp
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+/*	BOSS
+	
+	A "one-click" program for users that quickly optimises and avoids 
+	detrimental conflicts in their TES IV: Oblivion, Nehrim - At Fate's Edge, 
+	TES V: Skyrim, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas mod load orders.
+
+    Copyright (C) 2009-2012    BOSS Development Team.
+
+	This file is part of BOSS.
+
+    BOSS is free software: you can redistribute 
+	it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
+	as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of 
+	the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    BOSS is distributed in the hope that it will 
+	be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with BOSS.  If not, see 
+	<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+	$Revision: 1681 $, $Date: 2010-10-17 21:01:25 +0100 (Sun, 17 Oct 2010) $
+*/
+
+
+#include <string>
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+
+
+namespace boss {
+
+	using namespace std;
+	using namespace boost;
+
+	/// REGEX expression definition
+	///  Each expression is composed of three parts:
+	///    1. The marker string "version", "ver", "rev", "v" or "r"
+	///    2. The version string itself.
+
+	const char* regex1 = 
+		"^(?:\\bversion\\b[ ]*(?:[:.\\-]?)|\\brevision\\b(?:[:.\\-]?))[ ]*"
+		"((?:alpha|beta|test|debug)?\\s*[-0-9a-zA-Z._+]+\\s*(?:alpha|beta|test|debug)?\\s*(?:[0-9]*))$"
+		;
+
+	const char* regex2 = 
+		"(?:\\bversion\\b(?:[ :]?)|\\brevision\\b(?:[:.\\-]?))[ ]*"
+		"([0-9][-0-9a-zA-Z._]+\\+?)"
+		;
+
+	const char* regex3 = 
+		"(?:\\bver(?:[:.]?)|\\brev(?:[:.]?))\\s*"
+		"([0-9][-0-9a-zA-Z._]*\\+?)"
+		;
+
+	// Matches "Updated: <date>" for the Bashed patch
+	const char* regex4 = 
+		"(?:Updated:)\\s*"
+		"([-0-9aAmMpP/ :]+)$"
+		;
+
+	// Matches isolated versions as last resort
+	const char* regex5 = 
+		"(?:(?:\\bv|\\br)(?:\\s?)(?:[-.:])?(?:\\s*))"
+		"((?:(?:\\balpha\\b)?|(?:\\bbeta\\b)?)\\s*[0-9][-0-9a-zA-Z._]*\\+?)"
+		;
+
+	// Matches isolated versions as last resort
+	const char* regex6 = 
+		"((?:(?:\\balpha\\b)?|(?:\\bbeta\\b)?)\\s*\\b[0-9][-0-9a-zA-Z._]*\\+?)$"
+		;
+
+	const char* regex7 = 
+		"(^\\bmark\\b\\s*\\b[IVX0-9][-0-9a-zA-Z._+]*\\s*(?:alpha|beta|test|debug)?\\s*(?:[0-9]*)?)$"
+		;
+
+	/// Array used to try each of the expressions defined above using 
+	/// an iteration for each of them.
+	regex* version_checks[] = {
+			new regex(regex1, regex::icase),
+			new regex(regex2, regex::icase),
+			new regex(regex3, regex::icase),
+			new regex(regex4, regex::icase),
+			new regex(regex5, regex::icase),  //This incorrectly identifies "OBSE v19" where 19 is any integer.
+			new regex(regex6, regex::icase),  //This is responsible for metallicow's false positive.
+			new regex(regex7, regex::icase),
+			0
+			};
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/VersionRegex.h b/src/VersionRegex.h
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+/*	BOSS
+	
+	A "one-click" program for users that quickly optimises and avoids 
+	detrimental conflicts in their TES IV: Oblivion, Nehrim - At Fate's Edge, 
+	TES V: Skyrim, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas mod load orders.
+
+    Copyright (C) 2009-2012    BOSS Development Team.
+
+	This file is part of BOSS.
+
+    BOSS is free software: you can redistribute 
+	it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
+	as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of 
+	the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    BOSS is distributed in the hope that it will 
+	be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with BOSS.  If not, see 
+	<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+	$Revision: 1681 $, $Date: 2010-10-17 21:01:25 +0100 (Sun, 17 Oct 2010) $
+*/
+
+#ifndef __SUPPORT_VERSIONREGEX__HPP__
+#define __SUPPORT_VERSIONREGEX__HPP__
+
+
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+
+
+namespace boss {
+
+	using namespace boost;
+
+	/// Array used to try each of the expressions defined above using 
+	/// an iteration for each of them.
+	extern regex* version_checks[];
+
+}
+
+#endif