diff --git a/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj b/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj
index 9a40cd957..073266fa3 100644
--- a/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/sharedspice.vcxproj
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
       <RuntimeTypeInfo>false</RuntimeTypeInfo>
       <PrecompiledHeader />
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
       <RuntimeTypeInfo>false</RuntimeTypeInfo>
       <PrecompiledHeader />
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat />
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
       <OpenMPSupport>true</OpenMPSupport>
       <PrecompiledHeader />
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat />
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj b/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj
index a457aa004..be1d0cd7f 100644
--- a/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/vngspice-fftw.vcxproj
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ lib /machine:x86 /def:..\..\fftw-3.3.4-dll32\libfftw3-3.def /out:$(IntDir)libfft
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ lib /machine:x86 /def:..\..\fftw-3.3.4-dll32\libfftw3-3.def /out:$(IntDir)libfft
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj b/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj
index 12ccb8e4e..b30319a02 100644
--- a/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/vngspice.vcxproj
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/visualc/xspice/analog.vcxproj b/visualc/xspice/analog.vcxproj
index d3cc93bdb..a1312b1df 100644
--- a/visualc/xspice/analog.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/xspice/analog.vcxproj
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/visualc/xspice/cmpp/cmpp.vcxproj b/visualc/xspice/cmpp/cmpp.vcxproj
index 1e3512a8d..75555ee9c 100644
--- a/visualc/xspice/cmpp/cmpp.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/xspice/cmpp/cmpp.vcxproj
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;YY_NO_UNISTD_H;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ExceptionHandling>false</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\src\xspice\cmpp</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/visualc/xspice/digital.vcxproj b/visualc/xspice/digital.vcxproj
index a5e11add0..0a7cc7ec2 100644
--- a/visualc/xspice/digital.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/xspice/digital.vcxproj
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/visualc/xspice/spice2poly.vcxproj b/visualc/xspice/spice2poly.vcxproj
index 66e963b22..2abbc254d 100644
--- a/visualc/xspice/spice2poly.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/xspice/spice2poly.vcxproj
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/visualc/xspice/xtradev.vcxproj b/visualc/xspice/xtradev.vcxproj
index 6508d6f6e..1661fc516 100644
--- a/visualc/xspice/xtradev.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/xspice/xtradev.vcxproj
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/visualc/xspice/xtraevt.vcxproj b/visualc/xspice/xtraevt.vcxproj
index 8b3699013..3aeb8fa31 100644
--- a/visualc/xspice/xtraevt.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/xspice/xtraevt.vcxproj
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ call .\aux-udnfunc.bat $(ProjectName)</Command>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ call .\aux-udnfunc.bat $(ProjectName)</Command>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>