diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e29cd74a..a35db793 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,17 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC)
-	# TODO
+	append2(CMAKE_C_FLAGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
+		"-W4 -wd4100 -bigobj -RTC1 -RTCs -RTCu")
+
+	# shut the compiler up in some cases
+	# LONGTERM still needed?
+	append(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " -EHsc")
+
+	append2(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS
+		" -largeaddressaware -incremental:no")
+	append(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
+		" -largeaddressaware -incremental:no")
 else()
 	append2(CMAKE_C_FLAGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
 		" -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-switch")
@@ -127,6 +137,10 @@ else()
 	# don't amend CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS; that's for ar
 endif()
 
+if(NOT _SHARED)
+	append(_LIBUI_CFLAGS " -D_UI_STATIC")
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory("common")
 add_subdirectory("${_OSDIR}")
 if(_SHARED)
@@ -164,8 +178,4 @@ set_target_properties(tester PROPERTIES
 	OUTPUT_NAME test
 	WIN32_EXECUTABLE FALSE)
 
-# the same resources.rc is shared by all the examples
-if(_RESOURCES_RC)
-	set(_RESOURCES_RC "../${_RESOURCES_RC}")
-endif()
 add_subdirectory("examples")
diff --git a/build/GNUbasemsvc.mk b/build/GNUbasemsvc.mk
index 5078ac7c..42072af3 100644
--- a/build/GNUbasemsvc.mk
+++ b/build/GNUbasemsvc.mk
@@ -27,22 +27,7 @@
 # TODO /analyze requires us to write annotations everywhere
 # TODO undecided flags from qo?
 # -RTCc is not supplied because it's discouraged as of VS2015; see https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/46mhne/rtcc_rejects_conformant_code_with_visual_c_2015/d06auq5
-CFLAGS += \
-	-W4 \
-	-wd4100 \
-	-TC \
-	-bigobj -nologo \
-	-RTC1 -RTCs -RTCu
 
-# TODO prune these
-# -EHsc is to shut the compiler up in some cases
-CXXFLAGS += \
-	-W4 \
-	-wd4100 \
-	-TP \
-	-bigobj -nologo \
-	-RTC1 -RTCs -RTCu \
-	-EHsc
 
 # TODO warnings on undefined symbols
 LDFLAGS += \