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       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <AdditionalDependencies>python27.lib;NppPlugin.lib;shlwapi.lib;comctl32.lib;htmlhelp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(HtmlHelpBase)\lib</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(HtmlHelpBase)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command Condition="exists('C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins')"> copy $(OutDir)$(TargetFileName) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins"</Command>
@@ -319,7 +328,7 @@ xcopy $(ProjectDir)..\python_tests\*.* "e:\notepadtest\unicode\plugins\config\py
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;PYTHONSCRIPT2010_EXPORTS;BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../include;../res;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../include;../res;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -328,7 +337,7 @@ xcopy $(ProjectDir)..\python_tests\*.* "e:\notepadtest\unicode\plugins\config\py
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <AdditionalDependencies>python27.lib;NppPlugin.lib;shlwapi.lib;comctl32.lib;htmlhelp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(HtmlHelpBase)\lib</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(HtmlHelpBase)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
@@ -349,7 +358,7 @@ xcopy $(ProjectDir)..\python_tests\*.* "e:\notepadtest\unicode\plugins\config\py
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <AdditionalDependencies>python27.lib;NppPlugin.lib;shlwapi.lib;comctl32.lib;htmlhelp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(HtmlHelpBase)\lib</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(HtmlHelpBase)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -426,7 +435,7 @@ xcopy $(ProjectDir)..\python_tests\*.* "e:\notepadtest\unicode\plugins\config\py
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\GILManager.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\GroupNotFoundException.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\HelpController.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\src\InvalidValueProvidedException.cpp" />    
+    <ClCompile Include="..\src\InvalidValueProvidedException.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\MainThread.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\Match.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\MatchPython.cpp" />
@@ -483,7 +492,7 @@ xcopy $(ProjectDir)..\python_tests\*.* "e:\notepadtest\unicode\plugins\config\py
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\GroupNotFoundException.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\HelpController.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\IDAllocator.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\src\InvalidValueProvidedException.h" />    
+    <ClInclude Include="..\src\InvalidValueProvidedException.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\MainThread.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\Match.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\MatchPython.h" />
diff --git a/PythonScript/project/PythonScript2010.vcxproj.filters b/PythonScript/project/PythonScript2010.vcxproj.filters
index 717324d7..e7456807 100644
--- a/PythonScript/project/PythonScript2010.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/PythonScript/project/PythonScript2010.vcxproj.filters
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\ScintillaCallbackCounter.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\src\InvalidValueProvidedException.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\AboutDialog.h">
@@ -378,6 +381,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\ScintillaCallbackCounter.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="..\src\InvalidValueProvidedException.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ResourceCompile Include="..\res\PythonScript.rc">
diff --git a/PythonScript/res/PythonScript.rc b/PythonScript/res/PythonScript.rc
index cf52dfb8..105c570d 100644
--- a/PythonScript/res/PythonScript.rc
+++ b/PythonScript/res/PythonScript.rc
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 //
 // Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
 //
-#include "afxres.h"
+//#include "afxres.h"
+#include<windows.h>
+#include<winres.h>
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
diff --git a/PythonScript/res/PythonScriptVersion.rc b/PythonScript/res/PythonScriptVersion.rc
index 523a6ce7..ca41f542 100644
Binary files a/PythonScript/res/PythonScriptVersion.rc and b/PythonScript/res/PythonScriptVersion.rc differ
diff --git a/VSProp/PythonScriptCompile.props b/VSProp/PythonScriptCompile.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d166af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VSProp/PythonScriptCompile.props
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>C:\Python27\include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>C:\Python27\libs;$(SolutionDir)packages\boost_python-vc141.1.66.0.0\lib\native;$(SolutionDir)packages\boost_regex-vc141.1.66.0.0\lib\native;$(SolutionDir)packages\boost.1.66.0.0\lib\native</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup />
+</Project>
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