diff --git a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcxproj b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcxproj
index 77b1efe9..e0ebab77 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcxproj
+++ b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcxproj
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
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-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_SWPRINTFS=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_SWPRINTFS=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalOptions>/fixed:no %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <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;..\src\WinControls\AnsiCharPanel;..\src\WinControls\ClipboardHistory;..\src\WinControls\FindCharsInRange;..\src\WinControls\VerticalFileSwitcher;..\src\WinControls\ProjectPanel;..\src\WinControls\DocumentMap;..\src\WinControls\FunctionList;..\src\uchardet;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_SWPRINTFS=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_SWPRINTFS=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@
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       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
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     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>comctl32.lib;shlwapi.lib;shell32.lib;Oleacc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -410,6 +408,7 @@ copy ..\src\contextMenu.xml ..\bin\contextMenu.xml
     <None Include="..\src\cursors\up.cur" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="..\src\MISC\Common\LongRunningOperation.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\ScitillaComponent\resource.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\WinControls\AboutDlg\AboutDlg.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\WinControls\AnsiCharPanel\ansiCharPanel.h" />
diff --git a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vs2015.vcxproj b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vs2015.vcxproj
index bfcbc74e..42b7ea7a 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vs2015.vcxproj
+++ b/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vs2015.vcxproj
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
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       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Neither</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_SWPRINTFS=1;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_WCSTOK;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USE_64BIT_TIME_T;TIXML_USE_STL;TIXMLA_USE_STL;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_SWPRINTFS=1;_CRT_NON_CONFORMING_WCSTOK;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ copy ..\src\contextMenu.xml ..\bin\contextMenu.xml
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     <ClInclude Include="..\src\Misc\PluginsManager\PluginInterface.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\Misc\PluginsManager\PluginsManager.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\src\MISC\Common\precompiledHeaders.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\WinControls\Preference\preferenceDlg.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\ScitillaComponent\Printer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\src\uchardet\prmem.h" />