diff --git a/wpf/wpf.vcxproj b/wpf/wpf.vcxproj
index bbc6d7d1..bb0c47a2 100644
--- a/wpf/wpf.vcxproj
+++ b/wpf/wpf.vcxproj
@@ -1,28 +1,43 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!-- 24 november 2015 -->
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003' >
 
-<!-- TODO target name -->
+<ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+	<!-- TODO what does the Include clause do? -->
+	<ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+		<Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+		<Platform>Win32</Platform>
+	</ProjectConfiguration>
+</ItemGroup>
 
-<!-- TODO make sure all cl flags we care about are present -->
-
-<PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+<PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
 	<TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+</PropertyGroup>
+
+<Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.default.props" />
+
+<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
 	<ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
 	<UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
 	<PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
 	<CLRSupport>true</CLRSupport>
 	<CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+</PropertyGroup>
+
+<Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+
+<ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings" />
+<ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+<PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+
+<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
 	<LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
 </PropertyGroup>
 
-<!-- TODO make this unnecessary -->
-<Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-
-<ItemDefinitionGroup>
+<ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
 	<ClCompile>
 		<WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
-		<!-- TODO no precompiled headers -->
+		<PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
 	</ClCompile>
 	<Link>
 		<GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -36,9 +51,14 @@
 	<Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
 	<Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
 
+<!--
 	<ClInclude Include="wpf.h" />
 
 	<ClCompile Include="wpf.cpp" />
+-->
 </ItemGroup>
 
+<Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+<ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets" />
+
 </Project>