diff --git a/libse/LibSE.csproj b/libse/LibSE.csproj
index 018dd6622..eddbdfe13 100644
--- a/libse/LibSE.csproj
+++ b/libse/LibSE.csproj
@@ -488,9 +488,10 @@
     <Compile Include="ZipExtractor.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>"$(ProjectDir)..\build_helpers.bat" rev $(ConfigurationName) &amp;&amp; "$(ProjectDir)..\build_helpers.bat" lang $(ConfigurationName)</PreBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Target Name="BeforeCompile">
+    <Exec Command="%22$(SolutionDir)..\build_helpers.bat%22 rev %22$(ConfigurationName)%22" />
+    <Exec Command="%22$(SolutionDir)..\build_helpers.bat%22 lang %22$(ConfigurationName)%22" />
+  </Target>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
diff --git a/src/Hunspellx64.dll b/src/Hunspellx64.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 55a29ec84..000000000
Binary files a/src/Hunspellx64.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/Hunspellx86.dll b/src/Hunspellx86.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bc6cf222..000000000
Binary files a/src/Hunspellx86.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj b/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
index 1dcc3bd21..94f53e0a3 100644
--- a/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
+++ b/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
@@ -1349,12 +1349,6 @@
     <None Include="Resources\Transparent Background.png" />
     <Content Include="DLLs\Voikkox64.dll" />
     <Content Include="DLLs\Voikkox86.dll" />
-    <None Include="Hunspellx64.dll">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </None>
-    <None Include="Hunspellx86.dll">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </None>
     <Content Include="Languages\ar-EG.xml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
@@ -1646,12 +1640,6 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>"$(ProjectDir)..\build_helpers.bat" rev $(ConfigurationName)</PreBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PostBuildEvent>COPY /Y /V "$(ProjectDir)packages\NHunspell.1.2.5554.16953\content\*.dll" "$(TargetDir)"</PostBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
@@ -1659,6 +1647,27 @@
     <Error Condition="!Exists('$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets'))" />
   </Target>
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets')" />
+  <Target Name="BeforeCompile">
+    <Exec Command="%22$(SolutionDir)..\build_helpers.bat%22 rev %22$(ConfigurationName)%22" />
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
+    <XmlPeek XmlInputPath="$(PackagesConfig)" Query="//package[@id='NHunspell']/@version">
+      <Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="NHunspellVersion" />
+    </XmlPeek>
+    <XmlPeek XmlInputPath="$(PackagesConfig)" Query="//package[@id='zlib.net']/@version">
+      <Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="ZlibNetVersion" />
+    </XmlPeek>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <NHunspellDir>packages\NHunspell.$(NHunspellVersion)\content\</NHunspellDir>
+      <ZlibNetDir>packages\zlib.net.$(ZlibNetVersion)\lib\</ZlibNetDir>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <InputFiles Include="$(NHunspellDir)Hunspellx64.dll" />
+      <InputFiles Include="$(NHunspellDir)Hunspellx86.dll" />
+      <InputFiles Include="$(ZlibNetDir)zlib.net.dll" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <Copy SourceFiles="@(InputFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" SkipUnchangedFiles="True" />
+  </Target>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
diff --git a/src/Test/Test.csproj b/src/Test/Test.csproj
index 3ff707c2b..d70b6deaa 100644
--- a/src/Test/Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Test/Test.csproj
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
diff --git a/src/Win32Resources/Win32Resources.vcxproj b/src/Win32Resources/Win32Resources.vcxproj
index 9393db9cc..be504eb36 100644
--- a/src/Win32Resources/Win32Resources.vcxproj
+++ b/src/Win32Resources/Win32Resources.vcxproj
@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <NoEntryPoint>true</NoEntryPoint>
     </Link>
-    <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>"$(SolutionDir)..\build_helpers.bat" rsrc $(ConfigurationName)</Command>
-    </PreBuildEvent>
-    <PostBuildEvent>
-      <Command>COPY /Y /V "$(ProjectDir)Resources.h" "$(OutDir)"</Command>
-    </PostBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
@@ -113,4 +107,13 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Image Include="SubtitleEdit.sub.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="BeforeResourceCompile">
+    <Exec Command="%22$(SolutionDir)..\build_helpers.bat%22 rsrc %22$(ConfigurationName)%22" />
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <InputFiles Include="Resources.h" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <Copy SourceFiles="@(InputFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="True" />
+  </Target>
 </Project>
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