diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
index dd124a5b04..5d333106a5 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NoWin32Manifest>true</NoWin32Manifest>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="LuaInterface, Version=2.0.0.16708, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=x86">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
@@ -295,7 +298,6 @@
       <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
     </Compile>
-    <None Include="app.config" />
     <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
       <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
index ca65617263..08acb61eff 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
@@ -1189,7 +1189,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			get
 			{
 				//the main form gets input
-				if (Form.ActiveForm == this) return true;
+				//if (Form.ActiveForm == this) return true;
+				return true;
 
 				//modals that need to capture input for binding purposes get input, of course
 				if (Form.ActiveForm is InputConfig) return true;
diff --git a/BizHawk.UnmanagedCore/BizHawk.UnmanagedCore.vcxproj b/BizHawk.UnmanagedCore/BizHawk.UnmanagedCore.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c789464357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BizHawk.UnmanagedCore/BizHawk.UnmanagedCore.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
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+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{1CE74E20-B345-4126-AACB-A21FA23149DE}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>BizHawkUnmanagedCore</RootNamespace>
+    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.40219.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <CodeAnalysisRules Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" />
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" />
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+    <CodeAnalysisRules Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" />
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" />
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+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
+      <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>
+      </PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <CallingConvention>Cdecl</CallingConvention>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>
+      </PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <CallingConvention>Cdecl</CallingConvention>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="core.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="DiscInterface.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="emufile.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="emufile_hawk.cpp" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="core.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="DiscInterface.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="emufile.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="emufile_hawk.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="types.h" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
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diff --git a/BizHawk.sln b/BizHawk.sln
index 24c36a95f4..436feef7ed 100644
--- a/BizHawk.sln
+++ b/BizHawk.sln
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "DiscoHawk", "DiscoHawk\DiscoHawk.csproj", "{C4366030-6D03-424B-AE53-F4F43BB217C3}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PsxHawk.Core", "PsxHawk.Core\PsxHawk.Core.vcxproj", "{7B67D95B-29E0-4F9D-9767-42C35CEC3F25}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{1CE74E20-B345-4126-AACB-A21FA23149DE} = {1CE74E20-B345-4126-AACB-A21FA23149DE}
+	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "BizHawk.UnmanagedCore", "BizHawk.UnmanagedCore\BizHawk.UnmanagedCore.vcxproj", "{1CE74E20-B345-4126-AACB-A21FA23149DE}"
 EndProject
diff --git a/DiscoHawk/DiscoHawk.csproj b/DiscoHawk/DiscoHawk.csproj
index fbf4fbfcf2..3effd2e331 100644
--- a/DiscoHawk/DiscoHawk.csproj
+++ b/DiscoHawk/DiscoHawk.csproj
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NoWin32Manifest>true</NoWin32Manifest>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
@@ -127,7 +130,4 @@
       <Install>true</Install>
     </BootstrapperPackage>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="app.config" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/PsxHawk.Core/PsxHawk.Core.vcxproj b/PsxHawk.Core/PsxHawk.Core.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..997e4b24ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PsxHawk.Core/PsxHawk.Core.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
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+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{7B67D95B-29E0-4F9D-9767-42C35CEC3F25}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>PsxHawkCore</RootNamespace>
+    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
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+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
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+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.40219.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
+    <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">true</LinkIncremental>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
+    <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">false</LinkIncremental>
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+    <CodeAnalysisRuleAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" />
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+    <CodeAnalysisRuleAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" />
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+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\BizHawk.UnmanagedCore;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;PSXHAWKCORE_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
+      <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>
+      </PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <CallingConvention>Cdecl</CallingConvention>
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+    <Link>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <GenerateMapFile>false</GenerateMapFile>
+      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+      <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(SolutionDir)\BizHawk.UnmanagedCore\$(ConfigurationName)\BizHawk.UnmanagedCore.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
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+    <PostBuildEvent>
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+      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;PSXHAWKCORE_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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+      </PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <CallingConvention>Cdecl</CallingConvention>
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+    <Link>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
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