What do you mean, "wont recognize the header files"? Do you mean that it reports them as not found? If so, then you will need to either (a) change the project settings (Project/Settings, C++ tab) category 'Preprocessor', add folder containing wxWindows headers to the 'Additional include directories' box. or (b) Add the appropriate directories to the system-wide settings Tools/Options, directories tab. You will probably also need to add the lib folder too, unless wxWindows is purely template based (like WTL), or you'll get link failures. If you go for option (a), remember to do this for ALL targets, not just Debug or Release, or when you build different versions, you'll have to do it again! Hope this helps Steve S Developer for hire