diff --git a/src/contrib/cddadecoder/cddadecoder.vcxproj b/src/contrib/cddadecoder/cddadecoder.vcxproj
index b8a103330..e96e058ca 100755
--- a/src/contrib/cddadecoder/cddadecoder.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/cddadecoder/cddadecoder.vcxproj
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>../../3rdparty/lib;../../../../boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/contrib/flacdecoder/flacdecoder.vcxproj b/src/contrib/flacdecoder/flacdecoder.vcxproj
index af27007b2..4cf6e84ca 100755
--- a/src/contrib/flacdecoder/flacdecoder.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/flacdecoder/flacdecoder.vcxproj
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>./lib;../../3rdparty/lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalDependencies>libFLAC_static.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/contrib/m4adecoder/m4adecoder.vcxproj b/src/contrib/m4adecoder/m4adecoder.vcxproj
index c3cf7484e..6321174f9 100755
--- a/src/contrib/m4adecoder/m4adecoder.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/m4adecoder/m4adecoder.vcxproj
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>../../3rdparty/lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -208,4 +209,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/contrib/mpg123decoder/mpg123decoder.vcxproj b/src/contrib/mpg123decoder/mpg123decoder.vcxproj
index 96ee422b7..6362ce295 100755
--- a/src/contrib/mpg123decoder/mpg123decoder.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/mpg123decoder/mpg123decoder.vcxproj
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>./bin;../../3rdparty/lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>xcopy /Y $(ProjectDir)bin\*.dll $(OutDir)</Command>
diff --git a/src/contrib/oggdecoder/oggdecoder.vcxproj b/src/contrib/oggdecoder/oggdecoder.vcxproj
index 4e4bd2e64..d09965ebd 100755
--- a/src/contrib/oggdecoder/oggdecoder.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/oggdecoder/oggdecoder.vcxproj
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/contrib/waveout/waveout.vcxproj b/src/contrib/waveout/waveout.vcxproj
index 74d172aa0..4850c867d 100755
--- a/src/contrib/waveout/waveout.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/waveout/waveout.vcxproj
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/contrib/win32gdivis/GdiVis-musikcube.vcxproj b/src/contrib/win32gdivis/GdiVis-musikcube.vcxproj
index 9a81f7852..f8640da2f 100644
--- a/src/contrib/win32gdivis/GdiVis-musikcube.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/win32gdivis/GdiVis-musikcube.vcxproj
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <OutputFile>$(SolutionDir)bin\release\win32gdivis.dll</OutputFile>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)bin\release;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>LIBCMT.LIB;version.lib;winmm.lib;Imm32.lib;shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
+      </IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>xcopy $(TargetPath) $(SolutionDir)\bin\release\plugins\ /Y
diff --git a/src/contrib/win32globalhotkeys/win32globalhotkeys.vcxproj b/src/contrib/win32globalhotkeys/win32globalhotkeys.vcxproj
index 16fdf698e..51b8b805c 100644
--- a/src/contrib/win32globalhotkeys/win32globalhotkeys.vcxproj
+++ b/src/contrib/win32globalhotkeys/win32globalhotkeys.vcxproj
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>