diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 649d610f8..932ccc079 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Makefile.in
 /m4
 /missing
 /ylwrap
+/ar-lib
 
 /src/include/ngspice/config.h.in
 /src/include/ngspice/config.h
@@ -53,16 +54,6 @@ Makefile.in
 
 !/xgraph/Makefile.in
 
-/visualc/console_debug
-/visualc/console_release
-/visualc/console_release_omp
-/visualc/Debug
-/visualc/Release
-/visualc/ReleaseOMP
-/visualc/vngspice.vcproj.*
-/visualc/vngspice.suo
-/visualc/vngspice.ncb
-
 /release*
 /debug*
 
diff --git a/visualc-shared/.gitignore b/visualc-shared/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e1fc2ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visualc-shared/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# NOTE! Please use 'git ls-files -i --exclude-standard'
+# command after changing this file, to see if there are
+# any tracked files which get ignored after the change.
+#
+# (compile "git ls-files -i --exclude-standard")
+
+/*
+
+!/include
+
+!/.gitignore
+
+!/*.c
+!/*.sln
+!/*.vcproj
diff --git a/visualc/.gitignore b/visualc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..445e48bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visualc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# NOTE! Please use 'git ls-files -i --exclude-standard'
+# command after changing this file, to see if there are
+# any tracked files which get ignored after the change.
+#
+# (compile "git ls-files -i --exclude-standard")
+
+/*
+
+!/include
+
+!/.gitignore
+!/how-to-ngspice-vstudio.txt
+
+!/*.c
+!/*.sln
+!/*.vcproj