VS_SOLUTION_DEPLOY ------------------ Specify that the target should be marked for deployment when not targeting Windows CE, Windows Phone or a Windows Store application. If the target platform doesn't support deployment, this property won't have any effect. Generator expressions are supported. Example 1 ^^^^^^^^^ This shows setting the variable for the target foo. .. code-block:: cmake add_executable(foo SHARED foo.cpp) set_property(TARGET foo PROPERTY VS_SOLUTION_DEPLOY ON) Example 2 ^^^^^^^^^ This shows setting the variable for the Release configuration only. .. code-block:: cmake add_executable(foo SHARED foo.cpp) set_property(TARGET foo PROPERTY VS_SOLUTION_DEPLOY "$>")