diff --git a/VisualC/SDL_image.sln b/VisualC/SDL_image.sln
index ba40ec77..f2de9575 100644
--- a/VisualC/SDL_image.sln
+++ b/VisualC/SDL_image.sln
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "SDL3_image", "SDL_image.vcx
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "showimage", "showimage\showimage.vcxproj", "{FEE80C5D-762E-4E57-9BCB-928749E8203F}"
 EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "SDL3", "..\external\SDL\VisualC\SDL\SDL.vcxproj", "{81CE8DAF-EBB2-4761-8E45-B71ABCCA8C68}"
-EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
diff --git a/VisualC/showimage/showimage.vcxproj b/VisualC/showimage/showimage.vcxproj
index 1031c9fd..895c8468 100644
--- a/VisualC/showimage/showimage.vcxproj
+++ b/VisualC/showimage/showimage.vcxproj
@@ -43,22 +43,6 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC60.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC60.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC60.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC60.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.40219.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
@@ -85,20 +69,20 @@
     <CodeAnalysisRuleAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)..\include;$(SolutionDir)..\external\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
-    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+    <IncludePath>$(ProjectDir)..\..\include;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\VisualC\$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)..\include;$(SolutionDir)..\external\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
-    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+    <IncludePath>$(ProjectDir)..\..\include;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\VisualC\$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)..\include;$(SolutionDir)..\external\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
-    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+    <IncludePath>$(ProjectDir)..\..\include;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\VisualC\$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
-    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)..\include;$(SolutionDir)..\external\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
-    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+    <IncludePath>$(ProjectDir)..\..\include;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\SDL\VisualC\$(PlatformName)\$(Configuration);;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <Midl>
@@ -106,7 +90,7 @@
       <MkTypLibCompatible>true</MkTypLibCompatible>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <TargetEnvironment>Win32</TargetEnvironment>
-      <TypeLibraryName>.\Debug/showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
+      <TypeLibraryName>.\$(Configuration)\showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
       <HeaderFileName>
       </HeaderFileName>
     </Midl>
@@ -126,7 +110,6 @@
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
     </Link>
-    <Bscmake />
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>
       </Command>
@@ -140,7 +123,7 @@
       <MkTypLibCompatible>true</MkTypLibCompatible>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <TargetEnvironment>X64</TargetEnvironment>
-      <TypeLibraryName>.\Debug/showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
+      <TypeLibraryName>.\$(Configuration)\showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
       <HeaderFileName>
       </HeaderFileName>
     </Midl>
@@ -160,7 +143,6 @@
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
-    <Bscmake />
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>
       </Command>
@@ -174,7 +156,7 @@
       <MkTypLibCompatible>true</MkTypLibCompatible>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <TargetEnvironment>Win32</TargetEnvironment>
-      <TypeLibraryName>.\Release/showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
+      <TypeLibraryName>.\$(Configuration)\showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
       <HeaderFileName>
       </HeaderFileName>
     </Midl>
@@ -186,7 +168,7 @@
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
-      <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>.\Release/showimage.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>.\$(Configuration)\showimage.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <CompileAs>Default</CompileAs>
@@ -197,13 +179,8 @@
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>SDL3.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\Release/showimage.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
     </Link>
-    <Bscmake>
-      <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
-      <OutputFile>.\Release/showimage.bsc</OutputFile>
-    </Bscmake>
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>
       </Command>
@@ -217,7 +194,7 @@
       <MkTypLibCompatible>true</MkTypLibCompatible>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <TargetEnvironment>X64</TargetEnvironment>
-      <TypeLibraryName>.\Release/showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
+      <TypeLibraryName>.\$(Configuration)\showimage.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
       <HeaderFileName>
       </HeaderFileName>
     </Midl>
@@ -234,7 +211,6 @@
       <AdditionalDependencies>SDL3.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
     </Link>
-    <Bscmake />
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>
       </Command>
@@ -243,9 +219,6 @@
     </PostBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\external\SDL\VisualC\SDL\SDL.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{81ce8daf-ebb2-4761-8e45-b71abcca8c68}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SDL_image.vcxproj">
       <Project>{2bd5534e-00e2-4bea-ac96-d9a92ea24696}</Project>
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>