diff --git a/Source/VSProps/Base.props b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
index 76420ac32a..ef7b21cef7 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/Base.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
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       <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DiagnosticsFormat>Caret</DiagnosticsFormat>
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       4996 is for GetVersionEx being marked as depreciated - which is idiotic and there's
         not much else we can do since many externals use it. The bad part is that there doesn't