diff --git a/windows/misc/typegen/h5fort_type_defines/h5fort_type_defines.vfproj b/windows/misc/typegen/h5fort_type_defines/h5fort_type_defines.vfproj
index 8fe10052030..22a4d180023 100644
--- a/windows/misc/typegen/h5fort_type_defines/h5fort_type_defines.vfproj
+++ b/windows/misc/typegen/h5fort_type_defines/h5fort_type_defines.vfproj
@@ -7,39 +7,39 @@
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|Win32" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnArgMismatch="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug" CompileOnly="true"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot;" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalYes" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/></Configuration>
+				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Release|Win32" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" RuntimeLibrary="static /threads" CompileOnly="true"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot;" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration>
+		<Configuration Name="Debug|x64" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
+				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot;" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnArgMismatch="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug" CompileOnly="true"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalYes" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/></Configuration>
+		<Configuration Name="Release|x64" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
+				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h&quot;" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" RuntimeLibrary="static /threads" CompileOnly="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/></Configuration>
-		<Configuration Name="Debug|x64" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
-				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnArgMismatch="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug" CompileOnly="true"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalYes" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration>
-		<Configuration Name="Release|x64" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
-				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" RuntimeLibrary="static /threads" CompileOnly="true"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fort_type_defines.h" Description="Generating H5fort_type_defines.h"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/H5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration></Configurations>
+				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/></Configuration></Configurations>
 	<Files>
 		<Filter Name="Source Files" Filter="cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat;f90;for;f;fpp">
 		<File RelativePath="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\H5fortran_detect.f90"/></Filter>
diff --git a/windows/misc/typegen/h5fortran_detect/h5fortran_detect.vfproj b/windows/misc/typegen/h5fortran_detect/h5fortran_detect.vfproj
index 72f97f52cfe..a6082b7d94c 100644
--- a/windows/misc/typegen/h5fortran_detect/h5fortran_detect.vfproj
+++ b/windows/misc/typegen/h5fortran_detect/h5fortran_detect.vfproj
@@ -7,39 +7,39 @@
 		<Configuration Name="Release|Win32" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" RuntimeLibrary="static /threads" CompileOnly="true"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot;" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration>
+		<Configuration Name="Debug|Win32" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
+				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnArgMismatch="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug" CompileOnly="true"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot;" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalYes" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration>
+		<Configuration Name="Release|x64" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
+				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot;" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" RuntimeLibrary="static /threads" CompileOnly="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/></Configuration>
-		<Configuration Name="Debug|Win32" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
-				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnArgMismatch="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug" CompileOnly="true"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalYes" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/></Configuration>
-		<Configuration Name="Release|x64" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
-				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" RuntimeLibrary="static /threads" CompileOnly="true"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|x64" OutputDirectory="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\$(ProjectName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="$(OutDir)" DeleteExtensionsOnClean="*.obj;*.mod;*.pdb;*.asm;*.map;*.dyn;*.dpi;*.tmp;*.log;*.ilk;*.exe;$(TargetPath)" MustRebuild="true">
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TypeLibraryName="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.tlb"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90&quot;" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnArgMismatch="true" ModulePath="$(INTDIR)/" ObjectFile="$(INTDIR)/" AssemblerListingLocation="$(INTDIR)/" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug" CompileOnly="true"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5fortran_detect.f90" Description="Generating H5fortran_detect.f90"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFCustomBuildTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SwitchesHaveChanged="true" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalYes" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OUTDIR)/h5fortran_detect.pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole" AdditionalDependencies="kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/>
-				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/></Configuration></Configurations>
+				<Tool Name="VFPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool" PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG" Culture="rcEnglishUS" ResourceOutputFileName="$(INTDIR)/$(InputName).res"/></Configuration></Configurations>
 	<Files>
 		<Filter Name="Source Files" Filter="cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat;f90;for;f;fpp">
 		<File RelativePath="..\..\..\..\fortran\src\H5test_kind.f90"/></Filter>
diff --git a/windows/misc/typegen/h5match_types/h5match_types.vcproj b/windows/misc/typegen/h5match_types/h5match_types.vcproj
index 0b751ca6635..c95b4ae920c 100644
--- a/windows/misc/typegen/h5match_types/h5match_types.vcproj
+++ b/windows/misc/typegen/h5match_types/h5match_types.vcproj
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5f90i_gen.h and H5fortran_types.f90"
-				CommandLine="cd $(TargetDir)..\.. &amp;&amp; $(TargetPath)"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5f90i_gen.h&quot; (cd &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..&quot; &amp;&amp; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot;)"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5f90i_gen.h and H5fortran_types.f90"
-				CommandLine="cd $(TargetDir)..\.. &amp;&amp; $(TargetPath)"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5f90i_gen.h&quot; (cd &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..&quot; &amp;&amp; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot;)"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5f90i_gen.h and H5fortran_types.f90"
-				CommandLine="cd $(TargetDir)..\.. &amp;&amp; $(TargetPath)"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5f90i_gen.h&quot; (cd &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..&quot; &amp;&amp; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot;)"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5f90i_gen.h and H5fortran_types.f90"
-				CommandLine="cd $(TargetDir)..\.. &amp;&amp; $(TargetPath)"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5f90i_gen.h&quot; (cd &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..&quot; &amp;&amp; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot;)"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
diff --git a/windows/misc/typegen/h5tinit/h5tinit.vcproj b/windows/misc/typegen/h5tinit/h5tinit.vcproj
index 0075e160a8f..de79a1cf7e6 100644
--- a/windows/misc/typegen/h5tinit/h5tinit.vcproj
+++ b/windows/misc/typegen/h5tinit/h5tinit.vcproj
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5tinit.c"
-				CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot;"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5tinit.c"
-				CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot;"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5tinit.c"
-				CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot;"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating H5tinit.c"
-				CommandLine="$(TargetPath) &gt;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c"
+				CommandLine="if not exist &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot; &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &gt; &quot;$(TargetDir)..\..\H5tinit.c&quot;"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>