6.) Have a recent version of cygwin installed -6.) Open Tools->Options under "Projects and Solutions" click on VC++ Directories and add the following to the *Executable* directories +7.) Open Tools->Options under "Projects and Solutions" click on VC++ Directories and add the following to the *Executable* directories *:$(SolutionDir)\build\bin *:C:\cygwin\bin -7.) Open and build. +8.) Open and build. {section: Contributing} All of the updated cmake files exist under src directories and are open to contribution. The current branch tracks against master(7.5 series).