Build protobuf v2.6.1 from source zip, VS2019 - Create x64 Platform - Set Output Directory of non-gtest projects to $(Configuration)\ - Define _SILENCE_STDEXT_HASH_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS in the 3 lib projects and protoc and tests. - Insert spaces before uses of the macros ETC and PATH_SEPARATOR in the files: - command_line_interface_unittest.cc - parser_unittest.cc - Set Debug Information Format to /Z7 - 4 tests fail (more fail when run inside VS2019; need to run in separate cmd.exe) - None are critical to the operation of protobuf (especially in memory), so let's say it's okay to ignore. [ FAILED ] 4 tests, listed below: [ FAILED ] CommandLineInterfaceTest.CwdRelativeInputShadowedError [ FAILED ] CommandLineInterfaceTest.MsvsFormatErrors [ FAILED ] DiskSourceTreeTest.DiskFileToVirtualFile [ FAILED ] DiskSourceTreeTest.VirtualFileToDiskFile - Build Debug and Release - Run extract_includes.bat - Copy include/, protoc.exe, and libproto*.lib to destinations