diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4320ff..933e85c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ VisualStudio/filesync/x64/*
 *.VC.db
 *.VC.opendb
 tests/tmp/*
+.vs
diff --git a/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj b/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
index 3afcbcc..d70d0a0 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
+++ b/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -21,32 +21,32 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{D10AC12A-263E-479F-A478-FD8F4067F6F3}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>filesync</RootNamespace>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>8.1</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>