diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 936cc5c0c..5a822c3a3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.7
 
-	- Removed a few warnings when compiling on OS X
 	- Documentation fixes (STR #648, STR #692)
+	- Fl_Window::hide() didn't delete the current clipping
+	  region on WIN32, causing a GDI resource leak in some
+	  situations (STR #723)
+	- Removed a few warnings when compiling on OS X
 	- Fl_Menu now draws the arrow more like other toolkits
 	  and 2.0 (STR #651)
 	- Fixed a VC++ compiler error in Fl_JPEG_Image.cxx (STR
diff --git a/src/Fl.cxx b/src/Fl.cxx
index 05970a8e9..dd0ebea81 100644
--- a/src/Fl.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl.cxx
@@ -842,10 +842,10 @@ void Fl_Window::hide() {
   Fl_X::q_release_context(ip);
   if ( ip->xid == fl_window )
     fl_window = 0;
-#else
-  if (ip->region) XDestroyRegion(ip->region);
 #endif
 
+  if (ip->region) XDestroyRegion(ip->region);
+
 #ifdef __APPLE_QD__
   if ( !parent() ) // don't destroy shared windows!
   {