diff --git a/plugins/xpad/xpad.props b/plugins/xpad/xpad.props
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+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>xpad</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>xinput.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>"$(SolutionDir)common\vsprops\preBuild.cmd" "$(ProjectDir)."</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup />
+</Project>
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