diff --git a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Player.vcproj b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Player.vcproj
index 4b7df6c15f..a9d38bb8b0 100644
--- a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Player.vcproj
+++ b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Player.vcproj
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\Source\Core\Common\Src"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;_DEBUG;_SECURE_SCL=0"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;_DEBUG;_SECURE_SCL=0;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				MinimalRebuild="false"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="0"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
diff --git a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/DspPlugin.cpp b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/DspPlugin.cpp
index 40988eb8c8..1026124591 100644
--- a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/DspPlugin.cpp
+++ b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/DspPlugin.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bool DspPlugin::Load()
 	{
 		// Note:  The prefix is not removed to hide their
 		//        origin at Nullsoft! It just reads easier.
-		if( !strnicmp( header->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
+		if( !_strnicmp( header->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
 		{
 			header->description += 9;
 		}
diff --git a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/GenPlugin.cpp b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/GenPlugin.cpp
index 8856229bbe..9404237340 100644
--- a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/GenPlugin.cpp
+++ b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/GenPlugin.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ bool GenPlugin::Load()
 	{
 		// Note:  The prefix is not removed to hide their
 		//        origin at Nullsoft! It just reads easier.
-		if( !strnicmp( plugin->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
+		if( !_strnicmp( plugin->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
 		{
 			plugin->description += 9;
 		}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool GenPlugin::Load()
 		char * walk = plugin->description + strlen( plugin->description ) - 5;
 		while( true )
 		{
-			if( ( walk <= plugin->description ) || strnicmp( walk, ".dll)", 5 ) ) break;
+			if( ( walk <= plugin->description ) || _strnicmp( walk, ".dll)", 5 ) ) break;
 			while( ( walk > plugin->description ) && ( *walk != '(' ) ) walk--;
 			if( walk <= plugin->description ) break;
 			walk--;
diff --git a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/InputPlugin.cpp b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/InputPlugin.cpp
index 59fed72c55..ac294749f6 100644
--- a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/InputPlugin.cpp
+++ b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/InputPlugin.cpp
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ bool InputPlugin::Load()
 	{
 		// Note:  The prefix is not removed to hide their
 		//        origin at Nullsoft! It just reads easier.
-		if( !strnicmp( plugin->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
+		if( !_strnicmp( plugin->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
 		{
 			plugin->description += 9;
-			if( !strnicmp( plugin->description, "mpeg(layer1-3/ct aac+/dolby aac) ", 33 ) )
+			if( !_strnicmp( plugin->description, "mpeg(layer1-3/ct aac+/dolby aac) ", 33 ) )
 			{
 				plugin->description += ( 33 - 5 );
 				memcpy( plugin->description, "MPEG", 4 * sizeof( char ) );
diff --git a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/OutputPlugin.cpp b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/OutputPlugin.cpp
index 3138e85b70..30653d9ed4 100644
--- a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/OutputPlugin.cpp
+++ b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/OutputPlugin.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ bool OutputPlugin::Load()
 	{
 		// Note:  The prefix is not removed to hide their
 		//        origin at Nullsoft! It just reads easier.
-		if( !strnicmp( plugin->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
+		if( !_strnicmp( plugin->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
 		{
 			plugin->description += 9;
 		}
diff --git a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/VisPlugin.cpp b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/VisPlugin.cpp
index c25262e715..9259078929 100644
--- a/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/VisPlugin.cpp
+++ b/Externals/MusicMod/Player/Src/VisPlugin.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ bool VisPlugin::Load()
 	{
 		// Note:  The prefix is not removed to hide their
 		//        origin at Nullsoft! It just reads easier.
-		if( !strnicmp( header->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
+		if( !_strnicmp( header->description, "nullsoft ", 9 ) )
 		{
 			header->description += 9;
 		}
diff --git a/Externals/MusicMod/TestPlayer/TestPlayer.vcproj b/Externals/MusicMod/TestPlayer/TestPlayer.vcproj
index d19f9f460b..c29d9108ef 100644
--- a/Externals/MusicMod/TestPlayer/TestPlayer.vcproj
+++ b/Externals/MusicMod/TestPlayer/TestPlayer.vcproj
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-			/>
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
 			/>
diff --git a/Source/MusicMod.sln b/Source/MusicMod.sln
index 0c97184944..1c5490e3b7 100644
--- a/Source/MusicMod.sln
+++ b/Source/MusicMod.sln
@@ -130,18 +130,8 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Plugin_nJoy_SDL", "Plugins\
 		{C573CAF7-EE6A-458E-8049-16C0BF34C2E9} = {C573CAF7-EE6A-458E-8049-16C0BF34C2E9}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
-Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "MusicMod", "MusicMod", "{77CF6E34-3038-4B23-A2E7-90AD17801609}"
-EndProject
-Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Plugins", "Plugins", "{5C17B1EB-6C76-438A-A503-8F3C7831023B}"
-EndProject
-Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Externals", "Externals", "{4F427D1B-8C90-4D9C-B23D-A51493A1C471}"
-EndProject
-Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Dolphin", "Dolphin", "{61C7F431-0623-4A8D-9C4B-EDE35696554A}"
-EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "InputCommon", "Core\InputCommon\InputCommon.vcproj", "{C7E5D50A-2916-464B-86A7-E10B3CC88ADA}"
 EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Common", "..\Externals\MusicMod\Common\Common.vcproj", "{DE7C596C-CBC4-4278-8909-146D63990803}"
-EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Main", "..\Externals\MusicMod\Main\Main.vcproj", "{95CCAABC-7062-47C4-B8C1-A064DD5F16FF}"
 	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
 		{0B72B5D6-5D72-4391-84A7-9CCA5392668A} = {0B72B5D6-5D72-4391-84A7-9CCA5392668A}