diff --git a/mk/windows/vs2015-64/g2xml.vcxproj b/mk/windows/vs2015-64/g2xml.vcxproj
index f557f8867..333c0bbf4 100644
--- a/mk/windows/vs2015-64/g2xml.vcxproj
+++ b/mk/windows/vs2015-64/g2xml.vcxproj
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
-    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">.\..\..\..\data\glest_game\</OutDir>
-    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(Configuration)/$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)\$(TargetName)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)\$(TargetName)$(Platform)_obj\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
     <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">false</LinkIncremental>
     <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">false</LinkIncremental>
     <GenerateManifest Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">false</GenerateManifest>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
diff --git a/mk/windows/vs2017-32/g2xml.vcxproj b/mk/windows/vs2017-32/g2xml.vcxproj
index 3a11c3318..c6b2b7782 100644
--- a/mk/windows/vs2017-32/g2xml.vcxproj
+++ b/mk/windows/vs2017-32/g2xml.vcxproj
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
diff --git a/mk/windows/vs2017-64/g2xml.vcxproj b/mk/windows/vs2017-64/g2xml.vcxproj
index 74043a15c..ac32583a6 100644
--- a/mk/windows/vs2017-64/g2xml.vcxproj
+++ b/mk/windows/vs2017-64/g2xml.vcxproj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140_xp</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
-    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">.\..\..\..\data\glest_game\</OutDir>
-    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(Configuration)/$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)\$(TargetName)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)\$(TargetName)$(Platform)_obj\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
     <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">false</LinkIncremental>
     <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">false</LinkIncremental>
     <GenerateManifest Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">false</GenerateManifest>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>