diff --git a/projects/VS2010/CompileAsCpp.props b/projects/VS2010/CompileAsCpp.props
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <CompileAs>CompileAsCpp</CompileAs>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+</Project>