diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbs3.sln b/src/sbbs3/sbbs3.sln
index 43e18aa81ef7d50afc616de89c52893408fd4691..8815ae03c118c85c54673b46cb658898c86bec7f 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbs3.sln
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbs3.sln
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 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "upgrade_to_v319", "upgrade_to_v319.vcxproj", "{B84CB739-8425-4612-BDEF-B292BEAE858F}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "sbbsexec", "sbbsexec.vcxproj", "{AF4DBBF1-F99A-4DFF-8991-0B98B581151B}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
@@ -252,6 +254,10 @@ Global
 		{B84CB739-8425-4612-BDEF-B292BEAE858F}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
 		{B84CB739-8425-4612-BDEF-B292BEAE858F}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
 		{B84CB739-8425-4612-BDEF-B292BEAE858F}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{AF4DBBF1-F99A-4DFF-8991-0B98B581151B}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{AF4DBBF1-F99A-4DFF-8991-0B98B581151B}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{AF4DBBF1-F99A-4DFF-8991-0B98B581151B}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{AF4DBBF1-F99A-4DFF-8991-0B98B581151B}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbsexec.vcxproj b/src/sbbs3/sbbsexec.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..061b006008fe1ba945b27395938c93f783333aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbsexec.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
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+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\datewrap.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\dirwrap.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\genwrap.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\ini_file.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\semwrap.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\str_list.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\threadwrap.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\xpdatetime.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\xpdev\xpprintf.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="ringbuf.c" />
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+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
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+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
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