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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..877bd90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler/Directory.build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <EnableCentralPackageVersions>true</EnableCentralPackageVersions>
+    <TargetFramework>native</TargetFramework>
+    <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
+      <!-- for lua dependency -->
+      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json;       
+      
+      <!-- for RuntimePatchingSystem. Not required
+      https://nuget.pkg.github.com/gynt/index.json;
+       -->
+    
+    </RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
+    <_NuGetTargetFallbackMoniker>$(_NuGetTargetFallbackMoniker);native,Version=v0.0</_NuGetTargetFallbackMoniker>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    
+    <!-- Required in order to export a luaopen_mymodulename function -->
+    <PackageReference Include="lua" Version="5.4.6" />
+
+    <!-- Not strictly required -->
+    <PackageReference Include="UnofficialCrusaderPatch3" />
+
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+</Project>
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deleted file mode 100644
index 23a4bc7..0000000
--- a/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
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-  <package id="lua" version="5.4.6" targetFramework="native" />
-</packages>
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index 433d0bb..4686e81 100644
--- a/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler.vcxproj
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@@ -9,22 +9,10 @@
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-      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;UCPWINDOWTOOPENGL_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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-      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
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-    <Link>
-      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
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-  <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
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-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler.vcxproj.filters b/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler.vcxproj.filters
index 71326ca..d5b550c 100644
--- a/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler/ucp_menuHandler.vcxproj.filters
@@ -30,7 +30,4 @@
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