diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e18575..da6859f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Debug
 ELFIO.sdf
 ELFIO.v11.suo
 ELFIO.opensdf
+.vs
 
 
 ELFIOTest/Debug
diff --git a/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest.vcxproj b/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest.vcxproj
index d302226..2f3c2af 100644
--- a/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest.vcxproj
+++ b/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
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     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
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       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..;c:\Developer\boost_1_57_0;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..;c:\Developer\boost_1_58_0;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
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     <Link>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <AdditionalDependencies>
       </AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>c:\Developer\boost_1_57_0\stage12\lib</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>c:\Developer\boost_1_58_0\stage\lib</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <Profile>false</Profile>
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diff --git a/examples/elfdump/ELFDump.vcxproj b/examples/elfdump/ELFDump.vcxproj
index 31515d4..30f2559 100644
--- a/examples/elfdump/ELFDump.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/elfdump/ELFDump.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/examples/writer/writer.vcxproj b/examples/writer/writer.vcxproj
index ef1d66f..32fcc38 100644
--- a/examples/writer/writer.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/writer/writer.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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