diff --git a/development/scons/build_msvc.bat b/development/scons/build_msvc.bat
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+call scons install prefix=..\..\build-msvc use_vc=yes frontend=qt4 mode=release version_suffix=16 gettext=system nls=yes extra_inc_path=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\include extra_lib_path=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\lib extra_bin_path=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\bin qt_dir=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\qt-4
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diff --git a/development/scons/build_msvs_debug.bat b/development/scons/build_msvs_debug.bat
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+call scons install prefix=..\..\build-msvc use_vc=yes frontend=qt4 mode=debug version_suffix=16 gettext=system nls=yes extra_inc_path=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\include extra_lib_path=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\lib extra_bin_path=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\bin qt_dir=..\..\lyx-windows-deps-msvc-qt4\qt-4
+call scons msvs_projects