diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.props
index 5272d1fe..b3c584b4 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.props
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   <!-- Configuration -->
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)src\</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Advapi32.lib;Rpcrt4.lib;Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>    
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 
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-    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)src\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
-  </Target>
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     <Message Text="Linkage-libsodium : $(Linkage-libsodium)" Importance="high"/>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.vcxproj
index a6a1c61b..03a76111 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_lat/inproc_lat.vcxproj
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\..\perf\inproc_lat.cpp" />
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.props
index fe6eff71..f199caf8 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.props
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   <!-- Configuration -->
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)src\</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Advapi32.lib;Rpcrt4.lib;Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>    
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 
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-  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)src\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
-  </Target>
-
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     <Message Text="Linkage-libsodium : $(Linkage-libsodium)" Importance="high"/>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.vcxproj
index 3e8f0db7..076e456e 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/inproc_thr/inproc_thr.vcxproj
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\..\perf\inproc_thr.cpp" />
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.props
index 3a380504..0337ba38 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.props
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@
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   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)src\</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\include\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\include\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <EnablePREfast>false</EnablePREfast>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;FD_SETSIZE=1024;ZMQ_USE_SELECT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Option-openpgm)' == 'true'">ZMQ_HAVE_OPENPGM;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -59,10 +56,6 @@
 
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-  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)src\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
-  </Target>
-  
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     <Message Text="Option-openpgm    : $(Option-openpgm)" Importance="high"/>
     <Message Text="Option-sodium     : $(Option-sodium)" Importance="high"/>
@@ -73,4 +66,4 @@
     <Message Text="Linkage-libsodium : $(Linkage-libsodium)" Importance="high"/>
   </Target>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj
index 40f41841..cc7eb7c9 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\pgm_sender.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\pgm_socket.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\pipe.hpp" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\poll.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\poller.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\poller_base.hpp" />
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     <ResourceCompile Include="..\..\resource.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj.filters b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj.filters
index 27eb4b1b..e088f000 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj.filters
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\poll.hpp">
       <Filter>src\include</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp">
       <Filter>src\include</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\pipe.hpp">
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.props
index bc65ea29..18e5707e 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.props
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   <!-- Configuration -->
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)src\</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Advapi32.lib;Rpcrt4.lib;Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>    
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 
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-  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)src\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
-  </Target>
-
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     <Message Text="Linkage-libsodium : $(Linkage-libsodium)" Importance="high"/>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.vcxproj
index af5f1643..ed72f2a2 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_lat/local_lat.vcxproj
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
   </ImportGroup> 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\..\perf\local_lat.cpp" />
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.props
index 1d184517..d92ca3cb 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.props
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   <!-- Configuration -->
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)src\</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Advapi32.lib;Rpcrt4.lib;Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>    
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 
   <!-- Messages -->
 
-  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)src\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
-  </Target>
-
   <Target Name="LinkageInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <Message Text="Linkage-libzmq    : $(Linkage-libzmq)" Importance="high"/>
     <Message Text="Linkage-libsodium : $(Linkage-libsodium)" Importance="high"/>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.vcxproj
index 66e53131..77dd3fd0 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/local_thr/local_thr.vcxproj
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\..\perf\local_thr.cpp" />
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.props
index fbbd5aab..8df2ec54 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.props
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   <!-- Configuration -->
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)src\</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Advapi32.lib;Rpcrt4.lib;Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>    
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 
   <!-- Messages -->
 
-  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)src\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
-  </Target>
-
   <Target Name="LinkageInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <Message Text="Linkage-libzmq    : $(Linkage-libzmq)" Importance="high"/>
     <Message Text="Linkage-libsodium : $(Linkage-libsodium)" Importance="high"/>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.vcxproj
index 2d7834ba..191a06cb 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_lat/remote_lat.vcxproj
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
   </ImportGroup> 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\..\perf\remote_lat.cpp" />
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_thr/remote_thr.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_thr/remote_thr.props
index 5c4a3820..19a3bb81 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_thr/remote_thr.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_thr/remote_thr.props
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   <!-- Configuration -->
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /c /y $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp $(RepoRoot)src\</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Advapi32.lib;Rpcrt4.lib;Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
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@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 
   <!-- Messages -->
 
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-    <Message Text="Will copy $(BuildRoot)platform.hpp -&gt; $(RepoRoot)src\platform.hpp" Importance="high"/>
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diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_thr/remote_thr.vcxproj b/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_thr/remote_thr.vcxproj
index e7fac4e8..cae3173c 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/remote_thr/remote_thr.vcxproj
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@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).props" />
   </ImportGroup>  
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\..\src\platform.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\platform.hpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\..\perf\remote_thr.cpp" />