diff --git a/ccstruct/ccstruct.vcproj b/ccstruct/ccstruct.vcproj
index 482b8cad7..5b2d2e718 100755
--- a/ccstruct/ccstruct.vcproj
+++ b/ccstruct/ccstruct.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
+	Version="9,00"
 	Name="ccstruct"
 	ProjectGUID="{1D62F8BB-31D7-4BBF-A4DA-619A29675D06}"
 	RootNamespace="ccstruct"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil,..\cutil,..\viewer,..\image"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil;..\cutil;..\viewer;..\image;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil,..\cutil,..\viewer,..\image"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil;..\cutil;..\viewer;..\image;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
diff --git a/ccutil/ccutil.vcproj b/ccutil/ccutil.vcproj
index f8cb00f66..adf5f83ef 100755
--- a/ccutil/ccutil.vcproj
+++ b/ccutil/ccutil.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
+	Version="9,00"
 	Name="ccutil"
 	ProjectGUID="{DF2FA86F-A663-4805-AED7-2F81D9EAC796}"
 	RootNamespace="ccutil"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -746,10 +748,6 @@
 				RelativePath=".\qrsequence.h"
 				>
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath=".\scanutils.h"
-				>
-			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath=".\secname.h"
 				>
diff --git a/classify/classify.vcproj b/classify/classify.vcproj
index a8019a600..ff6a9fb69 100755
--- a/classify/classify.vcproj
+++ b/classify/classify.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
+	Version="9,00"
 	Name="classify"
 	ProjectGUID="{C7C7FBB5-7082-428C-8F81-8FBA7A37AC85}"
 	RootNamespace="classify"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil,..\cutil,..\viewer,..\image,..\ccstruct,..\dict"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil;..\cutil;..\viewer;..\image;..\ccstruct;..\dict;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil,..\cutil,..\viewer,..\image,..\ccstruct,..\dict"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil;..\cutil;..\viewer;..\image;..\ccstruct;..\dict;&quot;C:\usr\projects\tesseract-ocr\vs2008\include&quot;"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
diff --git a/dict/dict.vcproj b/dict/dict.vcproj
index 03d1ba197..9ef471d87 100755
--- a/dict/dict.vcproj
+++ b/dict/dict.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
+	Version="9,00"
 	Name="dict"
 	ProjectGUID="{D67B17CC-4AE5-4356-91F6-00E265942A56}"
 	RootNamespace="dict"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil,..\cutil,..\image,..\viewer,..\ccstruct"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil;..\cutil;..\image;..\viewer;..\ccstruct;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil,..\cutil,..\image,..\viewer,..\ccstruct"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\ccutil;..\cutil;..\image;..\viewer;..\ccstruct;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
diff --git a/training/cntraining.vcproj b/training/cntraining.vcproj
index a264c788a..6fcf93c78 100755
--- a/training/cntraining.vcproj
+++ b/training/cntraining.vcproj
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil,../ccstruct,../classify,../cutil,../training,../viewer,../dict"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil;../ccstruct;../classify;../cutil;../training;../viewer;../dict;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="TRAINING;WIN32;_WINDOWS;__NT__;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil;../ccstruct;../classify;../cutil;../training;../viewer;../dict;..\vs2008\include;..\vs2008\include\leptonica"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil;../ccstruct;../classify;../cutil;../training;../viewer;../dict;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;TRAINING;WIN32;_WINDOWS;__NT__;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 				WarningLevel="3"
 				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				ShowIncludes="false"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/training/unicharset_extractor.vcproj b/training/unicharset_extractor.vcproj
index bb8482bd7..47683f0da 100755
--- a/training/unicharset_extractor.vcproj
+++ b/training/unicharset_extractor.vcproj
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
+	Version="9,00"
 	Name="unicharset_extractor"
 	ProjectGUID="{06878883-8785-4C71-89B6-47CEDA3CD300}"
+	RootNamespace="unicharset_extractor"
 	Keyword="MFCProj"
 	TargetFrameworkVersion="131072"
 	>
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;WIN32;_CONSOLE;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalOptions="/NODEFAULTLIB:library"
-				AdditionalDependencies="user32.lib"
+				AdditionalDependencies="user32.lib ..\vs2008\Release\ccutil.lib"
+				ShowProgress="0"
 				OutputFile="..\unicharset_extractor.exe"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
diff --git a/training/wordlist2dawg.vcproj b/training/wordlist2dawg.vcproj
index c6c2b03bd..6af976e4c 100755
--- a/training/wordlist2dawg.vcproj
+++ b/training/wordlist2dawg.vcproj
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil,../cutil,../dict,../viewer,../ccstruct,../image,../classify"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../ccutil;../cutil;../dict;../viewer;../ccstruct;../image;../classify;..\vs2008\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;WIN32;_CONSOLE;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
diff --git a/vs2008/dlltest/dlltest.vcproj b/vs2008/dlltest/dlltest.vcproj
index 0517312ee..72cf76fcf 100644
--- a/vs2008/dlltest/dlltest.vcproj
+++ b/vs2008/dlltest/dlltest.vcproj
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..,../..,../../image,../../ccutil,../../ccmain,../../api"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;../..;../../image;../../ccutil;../../ccmain;../../api;..\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;WIN32;_CONSOLE;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..,../..,../../image,../../ccutil,../../ccmain,../../api"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;../..;../../image;../../ccutil;../../ccmain;../../api;..\vs2008\include;..\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;WIN32;_CONSOLE;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
diff --git a/vs2008/tesseract.vcproj b/vs2008/tesseract.vcproj
index 84f0c1d70..e667c7338 100644
--- a/vs2008/tesseract.vcproj
+++ b/vs2008/tesseract.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\api,..\ccmain,..\ccutil,..\ccstruct,..\classify,..\cutil,..\dict,..\display,..\image,..\textord,..\viewer,..\wordrec,..\pageseg,.,include,include\leptonica"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\api;..\ccmain;..\ccutil;..\ccstruct;..\classify;..\cutil;..\dict;..\display;..\image;..\textord;..\viewer;..\wordrec;..\pageseg;.;include;include\leptonica"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;WIN32;_WINDOWS;__MSW32__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_LIBLEPT;LEPTONLIB_IMPORTS"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"