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/pythonw.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythonw.vcxproj
index 1214569..b0a209a 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythonw.vcxproj
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@@ -36,296 +36,30 @@
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