diff --git a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj
index 9fb2adfa..0344738d 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj
+++ b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcproj
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 				Optimization="0"
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\src\WinControls\AboutDlg;..\..\scintilla\include;..\include;..\src\WinControls;..\src\WinControls\ImageListSet;..\src\WinControls\OpenSaveFileDialog;..\src\WinControls\SplitterContainer;..\src\WinControls\StaticDialog;..\src\WinControls\TabBar;..\src\WinControls\ToolBar;..\src\MISC\Process;..\src\ScitillaComponent;..\src\MISC;..\src\MISC\SysMsg;..\src\WinControls\StatusBar;..\src;..\src\WinControls\StaticDialog\RunDlg;..\src\tinyxml;..\src\WinControls\ColourPicker;..\src\Win32Explr;..\src\MISC\RegExt;..\src\WinControls\TrayIcon;..\src\WinControls\shortcut;..\src\WinControls\Grid;..\src\WinControls\ContextMenu;..\src\MISC\PluginsManager;..\src\WinControls\Preference;..\src\WinControls\WindowsDlg;..\src\WinControls\TaskList;..\src\WinControls\DockingWnd;..\src\WinControls\ToolTip;..\src\MISC\Exception;..\src\MISC\Common;..\src\tinyxml\tinyXmlA"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				ExceptionHandling="2"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="0"
@@ -635,10 +635,6 @@
 				RelativePath="..\src\resource.h"
 				>
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\src\WinControls\Preference\resource.h"
-				>
-			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\src\WinControls\StaticDialog\RunDlg\RunDlg.h"
 				>