diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3acdd9f..906c658 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ build
 */.vs/*
 *.opensdf
 *.sdf
+VisualStudio/Debug
 VisualStudio/filesync/Debug
+VisualStudio/Release
+VisualStudio/filesync/Release
+MonoDevelop/FileSync/bin
 *.user
-VisualStudio/Debug/*
-*/bin/*
-MonoDevelop/FileSync/bin/*
diff --git a/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj b/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
index 9544504..5769b11 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
+++ b/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
@@ -102,12 +102,16 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_MBCS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
     </Link>
+    <PostBuildEvent>
+      <Command>copy $(TargetPath) $(ProjectDir)..\..\$(TargetFileName)</Command>
+    </PostBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <ClCompile>