Index: build/generator/templates/vcnet_vcxproj.ezt
===================================================================
--- build/generator/templates/vcnet_vcxproj.ezt	(revision 1766680)
+++ build/generator/templates/vcnet_vcxproj.ezt	(working copy)
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@
       <TargetMachine>[is platforms "X64"]MachineX64[else]MachineX86[end]</TargetMachine>
 [is configs.name "Debug"]      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>msvcrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
 [end]    </Lib>
-[end][end][end]  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+[end][end][end][is config_type "Application"]    <Manifest>
+      <AdditionalManifestFiles>..\compatibility.manifest</AdditionalManifestFiles>
+    </Manifest>
+[end]  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 [end][end][if-any target.desc]  <ItemGroup>
     <ResourceCompile Include="..\svn.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
Index: build/win32/compatibility.manifest
===================================================================
--- build/win32/compatibility.manifest	(nonexistent)
+++ build/win32/compatibility.manifest	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- Windows Vista -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 7 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 8 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 8.1 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 10 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+</assembly>