diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryBlock.h b/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryBlock.h
index b3d2709d0..ba7faccb5 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryBlock.h
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryBlock.h
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ struct SharedMemoryBlock
 };
 
 
-inline void     InitSharedMemoryBlock(struct SharedMemoryBlock* sharedMemoryBlock)
+//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24736304/unable-to-use-inline-in-declaration-get-error-c2054
+#ifdef _WIN32
+__inline
+#else
+inline
+#endif
+void     InitSharedMemoryBlock(struct SharedMemoryBlock* sharedMemoryBlock)
 {
     sharedMemoryBlock->m_numClientCommands = 0;
     sharedMemoryBlock->m_numServerCommands = 0;