diff --git a/src/win32/modbus.rc b/src/win32/modbus.rc
index 751d9be..ecadad3 100644
--- a/src/win32/modbus.rc
+++ b/src/win32/modbus.rc
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION LIBMODBUS_VERSION_MAJOR, LIBMODBUS_VERSION_MINOR, LIBMODBUS_VERSION_MICRO, 2
 PRODUCTVERSION LIBMODBUS_VERSION_MAJOR, LIBMODBUS_VERSION_MINOR, LIBMODBUS_VERSION_MICRO, 2
+#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(W32DEBUG)
+ FILEFLAGS 0x1L
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
 FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_APP
+FILETYPE VFT_DLL
 {
  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
  {
@@ -18,28 +23,23 @@ FILETYPE VFT_APP
   {
    VALUE "CompanyName", "\x0"
    VALUE "FileDescription", "libmodbus DLL\x0"
-#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(W32DEBUG)
-# define XDBG   " (debug)"
-#else
-# define XDBG   ""
-#endif
 #if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__MINGW64__)
-   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (gcc)" XDBG "\x0"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (gcc)"
 #endif
 #if defined(__MINGW64__)
-   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (gcc64)" XDBG "\x0"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (gcc64)"
 #endif
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 # if defined(MSC64)
-   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (cl64)" XDBG "\x0"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (cl64)"
 # else
-   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (cl)" XDBG "\x0"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", VERSTRING " (cl)"
 # endif
 #endif
-   VALUE "InternalName", "modbus.dll\x0"
-   VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© See libmodbus.org\x0"
-   VALUE "OriginalFilename", "modbus.dll\x0"
-   VALUE "ProductName", "libmodbus\x0"
+   VALUE "InternalName", "modbus.dll"
+   VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© See libmodbus.org"
+   VALUE "OriginalFilename", "modbus.dll"
+   VALUE "ProductName", "libmodbus"
   }
  }
  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
diff --git a/src/win32/modbus.vcproj b/src/win32/modbus.vcproj
index 2513f93..134a252 100644
--- a/src/win32/modbus.vcproj
+++ b/src/win32/modbus.vcproj
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				WholeProgramOptimization="false"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\src;..;.;D:/include/msvc_std"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="HAVE_CONFIG_H;DLLBUILD;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE=1;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE=1"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="W32DEBUG;HAVE_CONFIG_H;DLLBUILD;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE=1;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE=1"
 				MinimalRebuild="false"
 				ExceptionHandling="0"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="2"