diff --git a/externals/coda-oss/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj b/externals/coda-oss/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj
index a0585026c..1a9ac64c7 100644
--- a/externals/coda-oss/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj
+++ b/externals/coda-oss/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
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       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
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-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);MT_DEFAULT_PINNING=0;RE_ENABLE_STD_REGEX=1</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);MT_DEFAULT_PINNING=0;RE_ENABLE_STD_REGEX=1;CODA_OSS_LIBRARY_SHARED=1</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
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       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
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-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);MT_DEFAULT_PINNING=0;RE_ENABLE_STD_REGEX=1</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);MT_DEFAULT_PINNING=0;RE_ENABLE_STD_REGEX=1;CODA_OSS_LIBRARY_SHARED=1</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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diff --git a/externals/nitro/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj b/externals/nitro/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj
index 24a307ed6..9ea47fcc6 100644
--- a/externals/nitro/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj
+++ b/externals/nitro/UnitTest/UnitTest.vcxproj
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
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       <UseStandardPreprocessor>true</UseStandardPreprocessor>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
+      <ControlFlowGuard>Guard</ControlFlowGuard>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@
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       <LanguageStandard_C>stdc11</LanguageStandard_C>
       <UseStandardPreprocessor>true</UseStandardPreprocessor>
+      <ControlFlowGuard>Guard</ControlFlowGuard>
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     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/externals/nitro/modules/c++/nitf-c++.vcxproj b/externals/nitro/modules/c++/nitf-c++.vcxproj
index b7241471c..6e314844a 100644
--- a/externals/nitro/modules/c++/nitf-c++.vcxproj
+++ b/externals/nitro/modules/c++/nitf-c++.vcxproj
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
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   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\coda-oss\modules\c++\coda-oss.vcxproj">
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     </ProjectReference>
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