diff --git a/Vulkan/glslang-build/glslang-build.vcxproj b/Vulkan/glslang-build/glslang-build.vcxproj
index 6d196e5269..d4a92f169d 100644
--- a/Vulkan/glslang-build/glslang-build.vcxproj
+++ b/Vulkan/glslang-build/glslang-build.vcxproj
@@ -37,26 +37,28 @@
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   </ImportGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" >
+        <CmakeGenerator>"Visual Studio $(VisualStudioVersion.Substring(0,2))"</CmakeGenerator>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
-    <NMakeBuildCommandLine>cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
+    <NMakeBuildCommandLine>cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
 msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:build /p:Configuration=Release /m</NMakeBuildCommandLine>
-    <NMakeReBuildCommandLine>cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
+    <NMakeReBuildCommandLine>cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
 msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:rebuild /p:Configuration=Release /m</NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
-    <NMakeCleanCommandLine>cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
+    <NMakeCleanCommandLine>cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
 msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:clean /p:Configuration=Release /m</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine>
-      cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
       msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:build /p:Configuration=Debug /m
     </NMakeBuildCommandLine>
     <NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
-      cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
       msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:rebuild /p:Configuration=Debug /m
     </NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
     <NMakeCleanCommandLine>
-      cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" ../glslang
       msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:clean /p:Configuration=Debug /m
     </NMakeCleanCommandLine>
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diff --git a/llvm_build/llvm_build.vcxproj b/llvm_build/llvm_build.vcxproj
index e70eb00e38..f93596a3e2 100644
--- a/llvm_build/llvm_build.vcxproj
+++ b/llvm_build/llvm_build.vcxproj
@@ -34,35 +34,37 @@
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   </ImportGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" >
+        <CmakeGenerator>"Visual Studio $(VisualStudioVersion.Substring(0,2))"</CmakeGenerator>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>
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-      cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -Thost=x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
       msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /t:build /p:Configuration=Debug /m
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-      cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -Thost=x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
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+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -Thost=x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
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+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -Thost=x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
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+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -Thost=x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
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+      cmake -G $(CmakeGenerator) -A x64 -Thost=x64 -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Debug;Release" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF -DWITH_POLLY=OFF -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=6.1 -DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=8.1 ../llvm
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