diff --git a/RippleD.props b/RippleD.props
index 73bc6ee62..b5c942e00 100644
--- a/RippleD.props
+++ b/RippleD.props
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
+    <RepoDir>.</RepoDir>
+    <SrcDir>$(RepoDir)\src\cpp\ripple</SrcDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup />
-  <ItemGroup />
-</Project>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <BuildMacro Include="RepoDir">
+      <Value>$(RepoDir)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="SrcDir">
+      <Value>$(SrcDir)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newcoin.vcxproj b/newcoin.vcxproj
index 93751a58b..3e581fbee 100644
--- a/newcoin.vcxproj
+++ b/newcoin.vcxproj
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="RippleD.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="RippleD.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
@@ -335,10 +337,10 @@
     <None Include="SConstruct" />
     <CustomBuild Include="src\cpp\ripple\ripple.proto">
       <FileType>Document</FileType>
-      <Command Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">"../protobuf/protoc" -I=..\newcoin --cpp_out=..\newcoin\  ..\newcoin/src/cpp/ripple/ripple.proto</Command>
-      <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">\code\newcoin\src\ripple.pb.h</Outputs>
-      <Command Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">/code/protobuf/protoc -I=..\newcoin --cpp_out=\code\newcoin\  ..\newcoin/src/cpp/ripple/ripple.proto</Command>
-      <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">\code\newcoin\src\ripple.pb.h</Outputs>
+      <Command Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">protoc --cpp_out=$(SrcDir) -I=$(SrcDir) "$(SrcDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)"</Command>
+      <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(SrcDir)\%(Filename).pb.h;$(SrcDir)\%(Filename).pb.cc</Outputs>
+      <Command Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">protoc --cpp_out=$(SrcDir) -I=$(SrcDir) "$(SrcDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)"</Command>
+      <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SrcDir)\%(Filename).pb.h;$(SrcDir)\%(Filename).pb.cc</Outputs>
     </CustomBuild>
     <None Include="test\buster.js" />
     <None Include="test\server.js" />