diff --git a/OSlibs/win/mingw.h b/OSlibs/win/mingw.h
index 14425c659..a59a2305a 100755
--- a/OSlibs/win/mingw.h
+++ b/OSlibs/win/mingw.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #define _USE_W32_SOCKETS 1
 #include <windows.h>
+#define PTW32_STATIC_LIB
 #include "pthread.h"
 
 #ifndef NATIVE_WINDOWS
diff --git a/OSlibs/win/x64/pthread_lib.lib b/OSlibs/win/x64/pthread_lib.lib
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99c1e0dc3
Binary files /dev/null and b/OSlibs/win/x64/pthread_lib.lib differ
diff --git a/crypto777/OS_portable.h b/crypto777/OS_portable.h
index eb5237c0f..1b8603042 100755
--- a/crypto777/OS_portable.h
+++ b/crypto777/OS_portable.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #define sleep(x) Sleep(1000*(x))
 #include "../OSlibs/win/mingw.h"
 #include "../OSlibs/win/mman.h"
+#define PTW32_STATIC_LIB
 #include "../OSlibs/win/pthread.h"
 
 #ifndef NATIVE_WINDOWS
diff --git a/iguana.vcxproj b/iguana.vcxproj
index 2aa68ff94..f5333b0a0 100644
--- a/iguana.vcxproj
+++ b/iguana.vcxproj
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <UseOfMfc>Static</UseOfMfc>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
+    <EmbedManifest>false</EmbedManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -137,15 +139,16 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NATIVE_WINDOWS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <StructMemberAlignment>1Byte</StructMemberAlignment>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN64;_WIN64;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NATIVE_WINDOWS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <StructMemberAlignment>8Bytes</StructMemberAlignment>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>Ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Ws2_32.lib;Advapi32.lib;$(SolutionDir)OSlibs\win\x64\pthread_lib.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -282,16 +285,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="iguana\SuperNET_keys.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="OSlibs\win\mingw.c" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Library Include="pthreadVC2.lib" />
-    <Library Include="OSlibs\win\libpthreadGC2.a" />
-    <Library Include="OSlibs\win\libpthreadGC2_64.a" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="pthreadvc2.dll" />
-    <None Include="ucrtbased.dll" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/iguana.vcxproj.filters b/iguana.vcxproj.filters
index da9ab88db..0f03de4bd 100644
--- a/iguana.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/iguana.vcxproj.filters
@@ -131,15 +131,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="OSlibs\win\pthread.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="targetver.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Library Include="pthreadVC2.lib" />
-    <Library Include="OSlibs\win\libpthreadGC2.a" />
-    <Library Include="OSlibs\win\libpthreadGC2_64.a" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="pthreadvc2.dll" />
-    <None Include="ucrtbased.dll" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Text Include="ReadMe.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>