diff --git a/platform/Windows/audiolib.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/audiolib.vcxproj
index 4c583fd7e..e6df8390f 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/audiolib.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/audiolib.vcxproj
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -154,6 +157,8 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -176,6 +181,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/build.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/build.vcxproj
index 4bf6bf8c1..fdd9d6f97 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/build.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/build.vcxproj
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -155,6 +158,8 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -177,6 +182,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/eduke32.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/eduke32.vcxproj
index 916703b1c..5ded5eb03 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/eduke32.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/eduke32.vcxproj
@@ -81,16 +81,20 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
     <EmbedManifest>false</EmbedManifest>
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
     <EmbedManifest>false</EmbedManifest>
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <EmbedManifest>false</EmbedManifest>
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <EmbedManifest>false</EmbedManifest>
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile />
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@
     <ClCompile />
     <Link>
       <ImageHasSafeExceptionHandlers>false</ImageHasSafeExceptionHandlers>
+      <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
     </Link>
     <ClCompile>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
@@ -105,12 +110,13 @@
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <SupportJustMyCode>true</SupportJustMyCode>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
@@ -145,13 +152,17 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <SupportJustMyCode>true</SupportJustMyCode>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <ClCompile />
@@ -170,6 +181,7 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -315,4 +327,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/enet.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/enet.vcxproj
index 416b55be1..7b150ebe3 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/enet.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/enet.vcxproj
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -176,6 +179,8 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -198,6 +203,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/glad.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/glad.vcxproj
index c0e38ec79..ef57bb76a 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/glad.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/glad.vcxproj
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -163,6 +166,8 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -185,6 +190,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/libxmp-lite.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/libxmp-lite.vcxproj
index 14dffd632..7e7211fd8 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/libxmp-lite.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/libxmp-lite.vcxproj
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -180,6 +182,8 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -202,6 +206,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -226,6 +231,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/mact.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/mact.vcxproj
index 10f6b0714..174d75dda 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/mact.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/mact.vcxproj
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -149,6 +151,8 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -195,6 +200,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/mapster32.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/mapster32.vcxproj
index 159aa96f9..88e4f447d 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/mapster32.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/mapster32.vcxproj
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
     <EmbedManifest>false</EmbedManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)..\..\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>$(Platform)\Build\$(ProjectName)\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
     <EmbedManifest>false</EmbedManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)..\..\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>$(Platform)\Build\$(ProjectName)\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <ExceptionHandling>SyncCThrow</ExceptionHandling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
diff --git a/platform/Windows/props/build_common.props b/platform/Windows/props/build_common.props
index 45f1baa75..e78e9dfd1 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/props/build_common.props
+++ b/platform/Windows/props/build_common.props
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;RENDERTYPESDL=1;MIXERTYPEWIN=1;SDL_USEFOLDER;SDL_TARGET=2;USE_OPENGL=1;POLYMER=1;STARTUP_WINDOW;USE_LIBVPX;HAVE_VORBIS;HAVE_XMP;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;RENDERTYPESDL=1;MIXERTYPEWIN=1;SDL_USEFOLDER;SDL_TARGET=2;USE_OPENGL=1;POLYMER=1;STARTUP_WINDOW;USE_LIBVPX;HAVE_VORBIS;HAVE_XMP;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>./include;./include/vpx/;./include/sdl2/;../../source/build/include;../../source/mact/include;../../source/audiolib/include;../../source/enet/include;../../source/glad/include;../../source/libxmp-lite/include;../../source/libxmp-lite/include/libxmp-lite</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4996;4244;4018;4267</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <AdditionalOptions>/J %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>