diff --git a/shell_integration/windows/OCContextMenu/OCContextMenu.rc b/shell_integration/windows/OCContextMenu/OCContextMenu.rc
index 9ad518061..5025d081f 100644
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diff --git a/shell_integration/windows/OCContextMenu/OCContextMenu.vcxproj b/shell_integration/windows/OCContextMenu/OCContextMenu.vcxproj
index 023d2d0ca..f2d102531 100644
--- a/shell_integration/windows/OCContextMenu/OCContextMenu.vcxproj
+++ b/shell_integration/windows/OCContextMenu/OCContextMenu.vcxproj
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PrecompiledHeader />
     </ClCompile>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\OCUtil</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -140,6 +143,9 @@
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\OCUtil</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Text Include="ReadMe.txt" />
diff --git a/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlay.rc b/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlay.rc
index 71d453fc6..4e6dd6ac7 100644
Binary files a/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlay.rc and b/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlay.rc differ
diff --git a/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlays.vcxproj b/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlays.vcxproj
index 0ce4c6144..0776b0371 100644
--- a/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlays.vcxproj
+++ b/shell_integration/windows/OCOverlays/OCOverlays.vcxproj
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>OCOverlays.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
     </Link>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\OCUtil</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -157,6 +160,9 @@
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>OCOverlays.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
     </Link>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\OCUtil</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="DllMain.cpp" />
diff --git a/shell_integration/windows/OCUtil/OCUtil.vcxproj b/shell_integration/windows/OCUtil/OCUtil.vcxproj
index 014a85601..8757da476 100644
--- a/shell_integration/windows/OCUtil/OCUtil.vcxproj
+++ b/shell_integration/windows/OCUtil/OCUtil.vcxproj
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="CommunicationSocket.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FileUtil.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="RegistryUtil.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Version.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="CommunicationSocket.cpp" />
diff --git a/shell_integration/windows/OCUtil/Version.h b/shell_integration/windows/OCUtil/Version.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a98cb62ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell_integration/windows/OCUtil/Version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// This is the number that will end up in the version window of the DLLs.
+// Increment this version before committing a new build if you are today's shell_integration build master.
+#define OCEXT_BUILD_NUM 42
+
+#define STRINGIZE2(s) #s
+#define STRINGIZE(s) STRINGIZE2(s)
+
+#define OCEXT_VERSION 1,0,0,OCEXT_BUILD_NUM
+#define OCEXT_VERSION_STRING STRINGIZE(OCEXT_VERSION)