diff --git a/json-c.vcxproj b/json-c.vcxproj
index 2351e51..fd300bc 100644
--- a/json-c.vcxproj
+++ b/json-c.vcxproj
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
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   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
@@ -28,60 +28,47 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-  </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
   </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+  </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_ProjectFileVersion>12.0.30324.0</_ProjectFileVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-    <OutDir>Debug\</OutDir>
-    <IntDir>Debug\</IntDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <OutDir>Release\</OutDir>
-    <IntDir>Release\</IntDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
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       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <PrecompiledHeader />
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <CompileAs>CompileAsCpp</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
-    <Lib>
-      <OutputFile>$(OutDir)json-c.lib</OutputFile>
-    </Lib>
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>copy config.h.win32 config.h
 copy json_config.h.win32 json_config.h
 </Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Message>copy config.h from Windows template instead of calling configure</Message>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
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-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <PrecompiledHeader />
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <CompileAs>CompileAsCpp</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
-    <Lib>
-      <OutputFile>$(OutDir)json-c.lib</OutputFile>
-    </Lib>
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>copy config.h.win32 config.h
 copy json_config.h.win32 json_config.h
 </Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Message>copy config.h from Windows template instead of calling configure</Message>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="arraylist.c" />