diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn
index e696ec13f..db16a8423 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.mn
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .ds vr "NetHack 3.6
 .ds f0 "\*(vr
 .ds f1
-.ds f2 "November 29, 2018
+.ds f2 "December 15, 2018
 .
 .\" A note on some special characters:
 .\" \(lq = left double quote
@@ -4934,8 +4934,8 @@ again to \fBM. Drew Streib\fP and \fBPasi Kallinen\fP for providing a
 public NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to \fBKeith Simpson\fP
 and \fBAndy Thomson\fP for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those
 unnamed dungeoneers who invest their time and effort into annual
-NetHack tournaments such as Junethack and in days past,
-devnull.net (gone for now, but not forgotten).
+NetHack tournaments such as Junethack, The November NetHack Tournament 
+and in days past, devnull.net (gone for now, but not forgotten).
 .pg
 .ce
 - - - - - - - - - -\ \ \ \ \" when centered, the dashes look a little too far
diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex
index daeefcf7c..57be65355 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.tex
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 %.au
 \author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
 (Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)}
-\date{November 29, 2018}
+\date{December 15, 2018}
 
 \maketitle
 
@@ -5508,7 +5508,8 @@ again to {\it M. Drew Streib} and {\it Pasi Kallinen} for providing a
 public NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to {\it Keith Simpson}
 and {\it Andy Thomson} for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those
 unnamed dungeoneers who invest their time and effort into annual
-{\it NetHack\/} tournaments such as {\it Junethack} and in days past,
+{\it NetHack\/} tournaments such as {\it Junethack}, 
+{\it The November NetHack Tournament} and in days past,
 {\it devnull.net\/} (gone for now, but not forgotten).
 \clearpage
 
diff --git a/include/sp_lev.h b/include/sp_lev.h
index 804fbc632..e38244b34 100644
--- a/include/sp_lev.h
+++ b/include/sp_lev.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	sp_lev.h	$NHDT-Date: 1543371689 2018/11/28 02:21:29 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.24 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	sp_lev.h	$NHDT-Date: 1544930819 2018/12/16 03:26:59 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.25 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) 1989 by Jean-Christophe Collet			  */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -487,11 +487,15 @@ struct lc_breakdef {
  */
 #ifdef SPEC_LEV
 /* compiling lev_comp rather than nethack */
+/* clang format off */
 #ifdef USE_OLDARGS
 #ifndef VA_TYPE
 typedef const char *vA;
 #define VA_TYPE
 #endif
+/* hack to avoid "warning: cast to 'vA' (aka 'const char *') from smaller
+   integer type 'int' [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]" */
+#define vA_(a) ((vA) (long) a)
 #undef VA_ARGS  /* redefine with the maximum number actually used */
 #undef VA_SHIFT /* ditto */
 #undef VA_PASS1
@@ -506,51 +510,48 @@ typedef const char *vA;
      arg11 = arg12, arg12 = arg13, arg13 = arg14, arg14 = 0)
 /* standard NULL may be either (void *)0 or plain 0, both of
    which would need to be explicitly cast to (char *) here */
-#define VA_PASS1(a1)                                                         \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, \
-        (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS2(a1, a2)                                              \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, \
-        (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS3(a1, a2, a3)                                           \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) a3, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, \
-        (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS4(a1, a2, a3, a4)                                        \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) a3, (vA) a4, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, \
-        (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS5(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)                                     \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) a3, (vA) a4, (vA) a5, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, \
-        (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS7(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7)                               \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) a3, (vA) a4, (vA) a5, (vA) a6, (vA) a7, (vA) 0, \
-        (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS8(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8)                            \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) a3, (vA) a4, (vA) a5, (vA) a6, (vA) a7, (vA) a8, \
-        (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS9(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9)                        \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) a3, (vA) a4, (vA) a5, (vA) a6, (vA) a7, (vA) a8, \
-        (vA) a9, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0, (vA) 0
-#define VA_PASS14(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13,   \
-                  a14)                                                      \
-    (vA) a1, (vA) a2, (vA) a3, (vA) a4, (vA) a5, (vA) a6, (vA) a7, (vA) a8, \
-        (vA) a9, (vA) a10, (vA) a11, (vA) a12, (vA) a13, (vA) a14
+#define VA_PASS1(a1) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0),    \
+        vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS2(a1,a2) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0),   \
+        vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS3(a1,a2,a3) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(a3), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0),  \
+        vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS4(a1,a2,a3,a4) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(a3), vA_(a4), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), \
+        vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS5(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(a3), vA_(a4), vA_(a5), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), \
+        vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS7(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(a3), vA_(a4), vA_(a5), vA_(a6), vA_(a7), vA_(0), \
+        vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS8(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(a3), vA_(a4), vA_(a5), vA_(a6), vA_(a7), vA_(a8), \
+        vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS9(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(a3), vA_(a4), vA_(a5), vA_(a6), vA_(a7), vA_(a8), \
+        vA_(a9), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0), vA_(0)
+#define VA_PASS14(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,a14) \
+    vA_(a1), vA_(a2), vA_(a3), vA_(a4), vA_(a5), vA_(a6), vA_(a7), vA_(a8), \
+        vA_(a9), vA_(a10), vA_(a11), vA_(a12), vA_(a13), vA_(a14)
 #else /*!USE_OLDARGS*/
 /* USE_STDARG and USE_VARARGS don't need to pass dummy arguments
    or cast real ones */
 #define VA_PASS1(a1) a1
-#define VA_PASS2(a1, a2) a1, a2
-#define VA_PASS3(a1, a2, a3) a1, a2, a3
-#define VA_PASS4(a1, a2, a3, a4) a1, a2, a3, a4
-#define VA_PASS5(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5) a1, a2, a3, a4, a5
-#define VA_PASS7(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7) a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7
-#define VA_PASS8(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8) \
-    a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8
-#define VA_PASS9(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9) \
-    a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9
-#define VA_PASS14(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13, \
-                  a14)                                                    \
+#define VA_PASS2(a1,a2) a1, a2
+#define VA_PASS3(a1,a2,a3) a1, a2, a3
+#define VA_PASS4(a1,a2,a3,a4) a1, a2, a3, a4
+#define VA_PASS5(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5) a1, a2, a3, a4, a5
+#define VA_PASS7(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7) a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7
+#define VA_PASS8(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8) a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8
+#define VA_PASS9(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9) a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9
+#define VA_PASS14(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,a14) \
     a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14
 #endif /*?USE_OLDARGS*/
+/* clang format on */
 /* You were warned to avert your eyes.... */
 #endif /*SPEC_LEV*/
 
diff --git a/src/windows.c b/src/windows.c
index 7326dd7a2..ad7b91b0d 100644
--- a/src/windows.c
+++ b/src/windows.c
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ const char *s;
                          s, buf);
     }
 
-    if (windowprocs.win_raw_print == def_raw_print)
+    if (windowprocs.win_raw_print == def_raw_print
+            || WINDOWPORT("safe-startup"))
         nh_terminate(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/winnt/Makefile.msc b/sys/winnt/Makefile.msc
index 56eb9c49f..2c17b1591 100644
--- a/sys/winnt/Makefile.msc
+++ b/sys/winnt/Makefile.msc
@@ -287,9 +287,10 @@ ALLOBJ  = $(SOBJ) $(DLBOBJ)  $(WOBJ) $(OBJS) $(VVOBJ)
 OPTIONS_FILE = $(DAT)\options
 
 !IF "$(ADD_CURSES)" == "Y"	
-#==========================================
+#===============-=================================================
 # PDCurses build macros
-#==========================================
+# Latest PDCurses from https://github.com/wmcbrine/PDCurses.git
+#=================================================================
 
 PDCURSES_CURSES_H	= $(PDCURSES_TOP)\curses.h
 PDCURSES_CURSPRIV_H	= $(PDCURSES_TOP)\curspriv.h
diff --git a/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.sln b/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.sln
index a64b1cba1..8c9e1e701 100644
--- a/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.sln
+++ b/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.sln
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "nhraykey", "nhraykey.vcxpro
 		{BA3DD34C-04B7-40D0-B373-9329AA9E8945} = {BA3DD34C-04B7-40D0-B373-9329AA9E8945}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PDCurses", "PDCurses.vcxproj", "{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
@@ -190,6 +192,14 @@ Global
 		{2E1F4BB3-3BD7-43AD-8E64-D3B8A2F5D7B2}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{2E1F4BB3-3BD7-43AD-8E64-D3B8A2F5D7B2}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{2E1F4BB3-3BD7-43AD-8E64-D3B8A2F5D7B2}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.vcxproj b/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.vcxproj
index 1e114f64f..d5feb73b7 100644
--- a/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.vcxproj
+++ b/win/win32/vs2017/NetHack.vcxproj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	  <PreprocessorDefinitions>CURSES_GRAPHICS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
 	<Link>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PDCURSES)\bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ToolsDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>PDCurses.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
 	  </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/win/win32/vs2017/PDCurses.vcxproj b/win/win32/vs2017/PDCurses.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1365917ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win/win32/vs2017/PDCurses.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="config.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{BAA70D0F-3EC7-4D10-91F0-974F1F49308B}</ProjectGuid>
+    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
+    <RootNamespace>PDCurses</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="default_lib.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <Import Project="dirs.props" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\addch.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\addchstr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\addstr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\attr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\beep.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\bkgd.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\border.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\clear.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\color.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\debug.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\delch.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\deleteln.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\getch.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\getstr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\getyx.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\inch.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\inchstr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\initscr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\inopts.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\insch.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\insstr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\kernel.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\keyname.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\mouse.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\move.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\outopts.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\overlay.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\pad.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\panel.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\printw.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\refresh.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\scanw.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\scroll.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\scr_dump.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\slk.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\termattr.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\touch.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\util.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\pdcurses\window.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\wincon\pdcclip.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\wincon\pdcdisp.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\wincon\pdcgetsc.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\wincon\pdckbd.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\wincon\pdcscrn.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\wincon\pdcsetsc.c" />
+    <ClCompile Condition="Exists('$(PDCURSES)')" Include="$(PDCURSES)\wincon\pdcutil.c" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup >
+    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
+    <IncludePath>$(PDCURSES);$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <DisableSpecificWarnings>4996;4244;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <OmitDefaultLibName>true</OmitDefaultLibName>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
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