Issue #22919: Windows build updated to support VC 14.0 (Visual Studio 2015), which will be used for the official 3.5 release.
diff --git a/PCbuild/pylauncher.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pylauncher.vcxproj
index 9fa93dd..c27d6f5 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pylauncher.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pylauncher.vcxproj
@@ -37,256 +37,32 @@
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+    <SupportPGO>false</SupportPGO>
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'" Label="Configuration">
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     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <MakeVersionInfoBeforeTarget>ClCompile</MakeVersionInfoBeforeTarget>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
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-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'">
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-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
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     </ClCompile>
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-      <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
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-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
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-      <EnableCOMDATFolding>false</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
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       <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
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@@ -300,11 +76,6 @@
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     <ResourceCompile Include="..\PC\pylauncher.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="make_versioninfo.vcxproj">
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