diff --git a/common/vsprops/QtCompile.props b/common/vsprops/QtCompile.props
index 68ce622232..1eb8c53295 100644
--- a/common/vsprops/QtCompile.props
+++ b/common/vsprops/QtCompile.props
@@ -59,23 +59,37 @@
     <Delete Files="@(ResFiles->'$(QtToolOutDir)qrc_%(Filename).cpp')" />
   </Target>
 
-  <!--Passes all .ui files to uic and puts output in the build directory-->
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <UiFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\**\*.ui" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <!--Passes .ui files to uic and puts output in the build directory-->
+  <!--We need to create tlogs so that VS knows the ui files are used-->
+  <!--See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/visual-cpp-project-extensibility?view=vs-2022#tlog-files-->
   <Target Name="QtUi"
     BeforeTargets="ClCompile"
-    Inputs="@(UiFiles)"
-    Condition="'@(QtUi)'!=''"
-    Outputs="@(UiFiles->'$(QtToolOutDir)ui_%(Filename).h')">
-    <Message Text="uic %(UiFiles.Filename)" Importance="High" />
+    Condition="'@(QtUi)'!=''">
     <Error Condition="!$(QtDirValid)" Text="Qt directory non-existent (download/extract the zip)" />
     <MakeDir Directories="$(QtToolOutDir)" />
-    <Exec Command="&quot;$(QtHostBinDir)uic.exe&quot; &quot;%(UiFiles.FullPath)&quot; -o &quot;$(QtToolOutDir)ui_%(UiFiles.Filename).h&quot;" />
-  </Target>
+    <!--Setup metadata for following tasks-->
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <QtUi>
+        <Message>uic %(Filename)</Message>
+        <Command>
+            "$(QtHostBinDir)uic.exe" "%(FullPath)" -o "$(QtToolOutDir)ui_%(Filename).h"
+        </Command>
+        <Outputs>$(QtToolOutDir)ui_%(Filename).h</Outputs>
+      </QtUi>
+    </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="QtUiClean">
-    <Delete Files="@(UiFiles->'$(QtToolOutDir)ui_%(Filename).h')" />
+    <!--Helper for dealing with tlogs-->
+    <!--https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/getoutofdateitems-task?view=vs-2022-->
+    <GetOutOfDateItems Sources="@(QtUi)"
+      OutputsMetadataName="Outputs"
+      CommandMetadataName="Command"
+      TLogDirectory="$(TLogLocation)"
+      TLogNamePrefix="QtUi">
+      <Output TaskParameter="OutOfDateSources" ItemName="OutOfDateQtUi"/>
+    </GetOutOfDateItems>
+
+    <CustomBuild Condition="'@(OutOfDateQtUi)'!=''"
+      Sources="@(OutOfDateQtUi)" />
   </Target>
 
   <!--Compile files needed to MOC and output in the build directory-->
diff --git a/common/vsprops/QtCompile.targets b/common/vsprops/QtCompile.targets
index 75ac29f304..ec70459f96 100644
--- a/common/vsprops/QtCompile.targets
+++ b/common/vsprops/QtCompile.targets
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <CleanDependsOn>QtResourceClean;QtUiClean;QtMocClean;QtTsClean;$(CleanDependsOn)</CleanDependsOn>
+    <CleanDependsOn>QtResourceClean;QtMocClean;QtTsClean;$(CleanDependsOn)</CleanDependsOn>
     <!--
     <ComputeLinkInputsTargets>$(ComputeLinkInputsTargets);QtComputeMocOutput;</ComputeLinkInputsTargets>
     <ComputeLibInputsTargets>$(ComputeLibInputsTargets);QtComputeMocOutput;</ComputeLibInputsTargets>
diff --git a/common/vsprops/QtCompile.xml b/common/vsprops/QtCompile.xml
index 376118df78..f22638839c 100644
--- a/common/vsprops/QtCompile.xml
+++ b/common/vsprops/QtCompile.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
   <ItemType Name="QtUi" DisplayName="Qt User Interface File" />
   <ItemType Name="QtMoc" DisplayName="Qt Meta Object File" />
   <ItemType Name="QtTs" DisplayName="Qt Translation File" />
-  <ContentType Name="QtUi" DisplayName="Qt User Interface Compiler" />
-  <ContentType Name="QtResource" DisplayName="Qt Resource Compiler" />
-  <ContentType Name="QtMoc" DisplayName="Qt Meta Object Compiler" />
-  <ContentType Name="QtTs" DisplayName="Qt Translation Compiler" />
+  <ContentType Name="QtResource" DisplayName="Qt Resource Compiler" ItemType="QtResource" />
+  <ContentType Name="QtUi" DisplayName="Qt User Interface Compiler" ItemType = "QtUi"/>
+  <ContentType Name="QtMoc" DisplayName="Qt Meta Object Compiler" ItemType="QtMoc" />
+  <ContentType Name="QtTs" DisplayName="Qt Translation Compiler" ItemType="QtTs" />
   <FileExtension Name="*.qrc" ContentType="QtResource" />
   <FileExtension Name="*.ui" ContentType="QtUi" />
   <FileExtension Name="*.ts" ContentType="QtTs" />