diff --git a/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj b/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj
index 7924be88..fba08cce 100644
--- a/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj b/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj
index e34f10e6..ceb11843 100644
--- a/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj
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-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/plugins/fishlim/fishlim.vcxproj b/plugins/fishlim/fishlim.vcxproj
index 157c7928..579c2436 100644
--- a/plugins/fishlim/fishlim.vcxproj
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/plugins/lua/lua.vcxproj b/plugins/lua/lua.vcxproj
index 22afe729..5c0be68e 100644
--- a/plugins/lua/lua.vcxproj
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-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj b/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj
index 8b5069c0..92c27408 100644
--- a/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj b/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj
index 0b098112..42895ce4 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
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   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj b/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj
index 5868d3b0..3eb86c2a 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj b/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj
index b1c7c8f0..a3ff0f8a 100644
--- a/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj b/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj
index 16f96e45..5dc497b4 100644
--- a/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/plugins/winamp/winamp.vcxproj b/plugins/winamp/winamp.vcxproj
index ccc04e72..78367ae9 100644
--- a/plugins/winamp/winamp.vcxproj
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj b/src/common/common.vcxproj
index 33a883bf..bc191f43 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj
index 61d0a074..06df36dc 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
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diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj b/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj
index 1f392b6b..d720c864 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj
@@ -1,62 +1,62 @@
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-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
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-      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
-      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="notification-winrt.cpp">
-      <CompileAsWinRT>true</CompileAsWinRT>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
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-    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
-    <RootNamespace>notifications-winrt</RootNamespace>
-    <ProjectName>notifications-winrt</ProjectName>
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-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
-    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\win32\hexchat.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetName>hcnotifications-winrt</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>$(HexChatRel)plugins\</OutDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_SECURE_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_COUNT;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NOTIFICATIONS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(VCInstallDir)vcpackages;$(FrameworkSdkDir)References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral;%(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
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-    <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>$(DepLibs);mincore.lib;runtimeobject.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <MinimumRequiredVersion>6.03</MinimumRequiredVersion>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(DepsRoot)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
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-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_SECURE_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_COUNT;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NOTIFICATIONS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(VCInstallDir)vcpackages;$(FrameworkSdkDir)References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral;%(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
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-    <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>$(DepLibs);mincore.lib;runtimeobject.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
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-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(DepsRoot)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-</Project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="notification-winrt.cpp">
+      <CompileAsWinRT>true</CompileAsWinRT>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{C53145CC-D021-40C9-B97C-0249AB9A43C9}</ProjectGuid>
+    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
+    <RootNamespace>notifications-winrt</RootNamespace>
+    <ProjectName>notifications-winrt</ProjectName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\win32\hexchat.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetName>hcnotifications-winrt</TargetName>
+    <OutDir>$(HexChatRel)plugins\</OutDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_SECURE_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_COUNT;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NOTIFICATIONS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(VCInstallDir)vcpackages;$(FrameworkSdkDir)References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral;%(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(DepLibs);mincore.lib;runtimeobject.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <MinimumRequiredVersion>6.03</MinimumRequiredVersion>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(DepsRoot)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_SECURE_NAMES_MEMORY;_CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES_COUNT;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NOTIFICATIONS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(VCInstallDir)vcpackages;$(FrameworkSdkDir)References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral;%(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(DepLibs);mincore.lib;runtimeobject.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <MinimumRequiredVersion>6.03</MinimumRequiredVersion>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(DepsRoot)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
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+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
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diff --git a/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj b/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj
index 6c7c25a8..75b64a12 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj
+++ b/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
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   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 7627ee06..8e2cd74a 100644
--- a/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace thememan.Properties {
     // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
     // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
     // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "15.0.0.0")]
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
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diff --git a/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index cf679280..c8c467e8 100644
--- a/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace thememan.Properties {
     
     
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "14.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "15.9.0.0")]
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diff --git a/src/htm/app.config b/src/htm/app.config
index ad1957f6..b33a2051 100644
--- a/src/htm/app.config
+++ b/src/htm/app.config
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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 <configuration>
-<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2"/></startup></configuration>
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diff --git a/src/htm/htm.csproj b/src/htm/htm.csproj
index eaf57a0f..7c96d274 100644
--- a/src/htm/htm.csproj
+++ b/src/htm/htm.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <TargetFrameworkProfile>
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     <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
diff --git a/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj b/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj
index 3496f978..a6cbdad6 100644
--- a/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj
+++ b/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
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diff --git a/win32/copy/copy.vcxproj b/win32/copy/copy.vcxproj
index 72f2c032..b26d7e28 100644
--- a/win32/copy/copy.vcxproj
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-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/win32/installer/installer.vcxproj b/win32/installer/installer.vcxproj
index 3458b658..3cc11e44 100644
--- a/win32/installer/installer.vcxproj
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj b/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
index aa60abff..759ae14d 100644
--- a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
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