diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbed5cb..b19ec65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ MonoDevelop/FileSync/bin
 *.user
 /filesync.exe
 /filesync
+VisualStudio/filesync/x64/*
+*.pdb
+*.ilk
+*.VC.db
+*.VC.opendb
diff --git a/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj b/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
index b7dd927..9806beb 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
+++ b/VisualStudio/filesync/filesync.vcxproj
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_MBCS;WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>