diff --git a/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj b/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj
index 948295a0..7924be88 100644
--- a/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/checksum/checksum.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/doat/doat.vcxproj b/plugins/doat/doat.vcxproj
index ae44d7f8..f11dac64 100644
--- a/plugins/doat/doat.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/doat/doat.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj b/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj
index d691bb11..e34f10e6 100644
--- a/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/exec/exec.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/fishlim/fishlim.vcxproj b/plugins/fishlim/fishlim.vcxproj
index 25492a82..50eec873 100644
--- a/plugins/fishlim/fishlim.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/fishlim/fishlim.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/mpcinfo/mpcinfo.vcxproj b/plugins/mpcinfo/mpcinfo.vcxproj
index 3c4b3e7d..236cb572 100644
--- a/plugins/mpcinfo/mpcinfo.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/mpcinfo/mpcinfo.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj b/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj
index e9b380ee..bd4a89b1 100644
--- a/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/perl/perl.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj b/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj
index ecf0df75..f914a865 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/python/python2.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj b/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj
index 511421e6..815dc8b1 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/python/python3.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj b/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj
index 3d429295..d130bc0c 100644
--- a/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/sysinfo/sysinfo.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj b/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj
index e39a2887..16f96e45 100644
--- a/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/upd/upd.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;UPD_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src\common;$(WinSparklePath);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;UPD_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src\common;$(WinSparklePath);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>upd.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
diff --git a/plugins/winamp/winamp.vcxproj b/plugins/winamp/winamp.vcxproj
index cf839cfa..ccc04e72 100644
--- a/plugins/winamp/winamp.vcxproj
+++ b/plugins/winamp/winamp.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@
     <ClCompile Include="winamp.c" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj b/src/common/common.vcxproj
index 28a4da11..5c7f2715 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/src/common/make-te.vcxproj b/src/common/make-te.vcxproj
index 24d8f9b6..b7bc2829 100644
--- a/src/common/make-te.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/make-te.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj
index 7a3cfb70..02739a47 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj b/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj
index dcd2a2b7..1f392b6b 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/notifications/notifications-winrt.vcxproj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj b/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj
index 1da7e733..39286417 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj
+++ b/src/fe-text/fe-text.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 829857ee..7627ee06 100644
--- a/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/htm/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.17626
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
 //
 //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
 //     the code is regenerated.
diff --git a/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 35939b71..cf679280 100644
--- a/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/htm/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.17626
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
 //
 //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
 //     the code is regenerated.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace thememan.Properties {
     
     
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "10.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "14.0.0.0")]
     internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
         
         private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
diff --git a/src/htm/app.config b/src/htm/app.config
index 2f7cce78..ad1957f6 100644
--- a/src/htm/app.config
+++ b/src/htm/app.config
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<configuration>
-<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client"/></startup></configuration>
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<configuration>
+<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2"/></startup></configuration>
diff --git a/src/htm/htm.csproj b/src/htm/htm.csproj
index d56f2188..eaf57a0f 100644
--- a/src/htm/htm.csproj
+++ b/src/htm/htm.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
     <AssemblyName>thememan</AssemblyName>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <TargetFrameworkProfile>Client</TargetFrameworkProfile>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkProfile>
+    </TargetFrameworkProfile>
     <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
     <Install>true</Install>
     <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <CodeAnalysisIgnoreGeneratedCode>false</CodeAnalysisIgnoreGeneratedCode>
+    <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ApplicationIcon>Resources\htm.ico</ApplicationIcon>
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
     <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <CodeAnalysisIgnoreGeneratedCode>false</CodeAnalysisIgnoreGeneratedCode>
+    <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj b/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj
index aab7acc8..3496f978 100644
--- a/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj
+++ b/src/libenchant_win8/libenchant_win8.vcxproj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\win32\hexchat.props" />
diff --git a/win32/copy/copy.vcxproj b/win32/copy/copy.vcxproj
index 557ca702..39f5aab9 100644
--- a/win32/copy/copy.vcxproj
+++ b/win32/copy/copy.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/win32/hexchat.props b/win32/hexchat.props
index b8ee2446..e038e2b8 100644
--- a/win32/hexchat.props
+++ b/win32/hexchat.props
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 			<ImportLibrary>$(HexChatLib)$(TargetName).lib</ImportLibrary>
 			<ProgramDatabaseFile>$(HexChatPdb)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
 			<SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
-			<GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+			<GenerateDebugInformation>Debug</GenerateDebugInformation>
 			<EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
 			<OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
 			<LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
diff --git a/win32/installer/installer.vcxproj b/win32/installer/installer.vcxproj
index 713411a5..3458b658 100644
--- a/win32/installer/installer.vcxproj
+++ b/win32/installer/installer.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
diff --git a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj b/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
index 36977f3c..58e4baf3 100644
--- a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
+++ b/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">