diff --git a/build/staging/version/WindowsMidiServicesVersion.h b/build/staging/version/WindowsMidiServicesVersion.h
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+// this file has been auto-generated by the Windows MIDI Services build process
+
+#ifndef WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_VERSION_INCLUDE
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_VERSION_INCLUDE
+
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_SOURCE               L"GitHub Preview"
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_VERSION_NAME         L"Unknown"
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_VERSION_FULL         L"0.0.0-unknown.0.00000.0000"
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_VERSION_MAJOR        L"0"
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_VERSION_MINOR        L"0"
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_VERSION_REVISION     L"0"
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_VERSION_DATE_NUMBER  L"00000"
+#define WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES_BUILD_VERSION_TIME_NUMBER  L"0000"
+
+#endif