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 C:\cygwin\bin
+6.) 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.