diff --git a/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj b/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj
index 89bc0fbbe..cb905fbb0 100644
--- a/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
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diff --git a/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj b/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj
index 10bb37c03..62b98b0c8 100644
--- a/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ lib /machine:x86 /def:..\..\fftw-3.3-dll32\libfftw3-3.def /out:$(IntDir)libfftw3
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@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ lib /machine:x64 /def:..\..\fftw-3.3-dll64\libfftw3-3.def /out:$(IntDir)libfftw3
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@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ lib /machine:x86 /def:..\..\fftw-3.3-dll32\libfftw3-3.def /out:$(IntDir)libfftw3
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+      <Message>force recompilation of conf.c with current date</Message>
       <Command>if exist $(IntDir)conf.obj del $(IntDir)conf.obj
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diff --git a/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj b/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj
index 3d14b4ed2..998225ba1 100644
--- a/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
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