diff --git a/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj b/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj
index 71f9d40..b32f857 100644
--- a/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\EntityManager.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\GameEngine.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\main.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\McRFPy_API.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\MenuScene.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\Scene.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\UIMenu.cpp" />
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\src\ActionCode.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\src\Common.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\src\Components.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\platform.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>C:\Users\jpm68\Share\McRogueFace\deps_windows\posix-stub;C:\Users\jpm68\Share\McRogueFace\platform\windows;C:\Users\jpm68\Share\McRogueFace\deps_windows\SFML-2.5.1\include;C:\Users\jpm68\Share\McRogueFace\deps_windows\Python-3.11.1\Include;C:\Users\jpm68\Share\McRogueFace\deps_windows\Python-3.11.1\PC;C:\Users\jpm68\Share\McRogueFace\deps_windows\libtcod-1.23.1-x86_64-msvc\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
diff --git a/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj.filters b/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj.filters
index a620a25..2743d08 100644
--- a/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/platform/windows/mcrogueface_msvc/mcrogueface_msvc.vcxproj.filters
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\VectorShape.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\McRFPy_API.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\src\ActionCode.h">
@@ -56,5 +59,8 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\src\Components.h">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="..\platform.h">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/platform/windows/platform.h b/platform/windows/platform.h
index 6bd093d..ee4176e 100644
--- a/platform/windows/platform.h
+++ b/platform/windows/platform.h
@@ -12,10 +12,28 @@ std::wstring executable_path()
 	return exec_path.substr(0, path_index);
 }
 
+std::wstring executable_filename()
+{
+	wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
+	GetModuleFileName(NULL, buffer, MAX_PATH);
+	std::wstring exec_path = buffer;
+	return exec_path;
+}
+
 std::wstring working_path()
 {
 	auto cwd = std::filesystem::current_path();
 	return cwd.wstring();
 }
 
+std::string narrow_string(std::wstring convertme)
+{
+	//setup converter
+	using convert_type = std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>;
+	std::wstring_convert<convert_type, wchar_t> converter;
+
+	//use converter (.to_bytes: wstr->str, .from_bytes: str->wstr)
+	return converter.to_bytes(convertme);
+}
+
 #endif