diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e371448d..c5fac6fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache/
 compile
-config.*
+./config.*
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 depcomp
 install-sh
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ libespeak-ng.so*
 # build output
 
 *.html
-*.exe
 
 src/espeak-ng.1
 src/speak-ng.1
@@ -53,6 +52,24 @@ src/espeak-ng
 src/espeakedit
 src/speak-ng
 
+# Windows builds
+
+!src/windows/config.h
+
+*.obj
+*.dll
+*.exe
+
+*.idb
+*.pdb
+*.ilk
+*.log
+*.tlog/
+
+.vs/
+*.VC.opendb
+*.sdf
+
 # Linux/Source distribution files
 
 praat-mod/
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index 00000000..0f99b868
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+// The Visual C++ C Runtime deprecates several standard library functions in
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+// those deprecation warnings.
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+
+// The Visual C++ C Runtime deprecates standard POSIX APIs that conflict with
+// reserved ISO C names (like strdup) in favour of non-portable conforming
+// variants that start with an '_'. This removes those deprecation warnings.
+#define _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
+
+// Visual C++ 2010 and later support <stdint.h>.
+#define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
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