diff --git a/PowerEditor/bin/npp.pdb b/PowerEditor/bin/npp.pdb
index d84424fbb..ef37798e5 100644
Binary files a/PowerEditor/bin/npp.pdb and b/PowerEditor/bin/npp.pdb differ
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/tools/ChangeIcon/ChangeIcon.vcproj b/PowerEditor/src/tools/ChangeIcon/ChangeIcon.vcproj
index 5ff581446..3a3cf92bc 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/tools/ChangeIcon/ChangeIcon.vcproj
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/tools/ChangeIcon/ChangeIcon.vcproj
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
 	Version="8,00"
 	Name="ChangeIcon"
-	ProjectGUID="{4644631A-F5B0-4324-B235-5769C8A76C13}"
+	ProjectGUID="{5DD32D11-47F0-416C-ADBF-E618A1DE178A}"
 	RootNamespace="ChangeIcon"
-	Keyword="ManagedCProj"
 	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
@@ -20,8 +19,7 @@
 			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
 			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="1"
-			ManagedExtensions="1"
+			CharacterSet="2"
 			>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
@@ -41,10 +39,12 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG"
-				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				MinimalRebuild="true"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="4"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalDependencies="$(NoInherit)"
-				LinkIncremental="2"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
-				AssemblyDebug="1"
 				TargetMachine="1"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -93,8 +90,7 @@
 			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
 			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="1"
-			ManagedExtensions="1"
+			CharacterSet="2"
 			WholeProgramOptimization="1"
 			>
 			<Tool
@@ -114,9 +110,9 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG"
-				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -130,9 +126,9 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalDependencies="$(NoInherit)"
-				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				OptimizeReferences="2"
+				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
 			/>
 			<Tool