diff --git a/desmume/src/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj b/desmume/src/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj
index add86dfc2..538921a3a 100644
--- a/desmume/src/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj
+++ b/desmume/src/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" InitialTargets="UNDUPOBJ" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <!-- desmume customization: set PlatformToolset to an uptodate choice for vs2015 and leave it to the default vs2010 toolset for vs2010 -->
-  <!-- NOTE: this breaks RC editing in vs2010. UGH. It's also why we can't do ctrl+f7 in vs2010 either. good grief -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '14.0'">
-    <PlatformToolset>v140_xp</PlatformToolset>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -46,6 +41,11 @@
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>8.1</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <!-- desmume customization: set PlatformToolset to an uptodate choice for vs2015 and leave it to the default vs2010 toolset for vs2010 -->
+  <!-- NOTE: the location of this hack is important or else we break resource editing, intellisense, and ctrl+f7 in vs2010 either; or it doesnt work for vs2015. weird. -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '14.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v140_xp</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />