diff --git a/READMEvc2010.txt b/READMEvc2010.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..692fe86ea35ff29d461d8efdc4abea1682d85632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/READMEvc2010.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+For use of qt 4x and visual studio2010 and add in.
+
+The Visual studio adds automatically certain defines
+
+In the projects properties -> C/C++ ->preprocessor change:
+
+in DEBUG:
+	delete QT_NO_DEBUG
+
+Both:
+	delete QT_NO_DYNAMIC_CAST
diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pri b/qgroundcontrol.pri
index 874e48fee3afe8631bdf648232bde0400b856e3b..49fe355679dfd860e4d7a7775841e2bd7c960f39 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pri
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pri
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ release {
 #    DEFINES += QT_NO_WARNING_OUTPUT
 }
 
-QMAKE_POST_LINK += echo "Copying files"
+QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(echo "Copying files"$$escape_expand(\\n))
 
 # Turn off serial port warnings
 DEFINES += _TTY_NOWARN_
@@ -316,9 +316,14 @@ linux-g++-64 {
 }
 
 # Windows (32bit)
-win32-msvc2008 {
+win32-msvc2008|win32-msvc2010 {
 
+    win32-msvc2008 {
     message(Building for Windows Visual Studio 2008 (32bit))
+    }
+    win32-msvc2010 {
+    message(Building for Windows Visual Studio 2010 (32bit))
+    }
 
     CONFIG += qaxcontainer
 
@@ -375,17 +380,25 @@ exists($$BASEDIR/lib/osgEarth123) {
     TARGETDIR_WIN = $$replace(TARGETDIR,"/","\\")
 
     exists($$TARGETDIR/debug) {
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\lib\\sdl\\win32\\SDL.dll\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\SDL.dll\"
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\audio\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\audio\\\" /S /E /Y
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\models\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\models\\\" /S /E /Y
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\images\\earth.html\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\earth.html\"
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(copy /Y "$$BASEDIR_WIN\\lib\\sdl\\win32\\SDL.dll" "$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\SDL.dll"$$escape_expand(\\n))
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\audio\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\audio\\\" /S /E /Y $$escape_expand(\\n))
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\models\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\models\\\" /S /E /Y $$escape_expand(\\n))
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\images\\earth.html\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\earth.html\"$$escape_expand(\\n))
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\lib\\sdl\\win32\\SDL.dll\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\SDL.dll\"
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\audio\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\audio\\\" /S /E /Y
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\models\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\models\\\" /S /E /Y
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\images\\earth.html\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\debug\\earth.html\"
     }
 
     exists($$TARGETDIR/release) {
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\lib\\sdl\\win32\\SDL.dll\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\SDL.dll\"
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\audio\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\audio\\\" /S /E /Y
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\models\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\models\\\" /S /E /Y
-        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\images\\earth.html\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\earth.html\"
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\lib\\sdl\\win32\\SDL.dll\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\SDL.dll\"$$escape_expand(\\n))
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\audio\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\audio\\\" /S /E /Y $$escape_expand(\\n))
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\models\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\models\\\" /S /E /Y $$escape_expand(\\n))
+	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$quote(copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\images\\earth.html\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\earth.html\" $$escape_expand(\\n))
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\lib\\sdl\\win32\\SDL.dll\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\SDL.dll\"
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\audio\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\audio\\\" /S /E /Y
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && xcopy \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\models\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\models\\\" /S /E /Y
+#        QMAKE_POST_LINK += && copy /Y \"$$BASEDIR_WIN\\images\\earth.html\" \"$$TARGETDIR_WIN\\release\\earth.html\"
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index dbc01788935fb4f381f19836b9b010c2911e619b..cbf439a5a284749ce7e00a4e931dbf719faa58e7 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ HEADERS += src/MG.h \
     src/libs/qextserialport/qextserialenumerator.h
 
 # Google Earth is only supported on Mac OS and Windows with Visual Studio Compiler
-macx|win32-msvc2008::HEADERS += src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.h
+macx|win32-msvc2008|win32-msvc2010::HEADERS += src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.h
 contains(DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT, osg) { 
     message("Including headers for OpenSceneGraph")
     
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ SOURCES += src/main.cc \
     src/ui/map/Waypoint2DIcon.cc \
     src/ui/map/QGCMapTool.cc \
     src/ui/map/QGCMapToolBar.cc
-macx|win32-msvc2008::SOURCES += src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc
+macx|win32-msvc2008|win32-msvc2010::SOURCES += src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc
 contains(DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT, osg) { 
     message("Including sources for OpenSceneGraph")
     
diff --git a/thirdParty/qserialport/qgroundcontrol-qserialport.pri b/thirdParty/qserialport/qgroundcontrol-qserialport.pri
index e7106cb3d70e33811330e99bfb5eb77f7f3fe173..268e57e6dc21a77b657fe119ed2001f6bf7b54d2 100644
--- a/thirdParty/qserialport/qgroundcontrol-qserialport.pri
+++ b/thirdParty/qserialport/qgroundcontrol-qserialport.pri
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ macx|linux-g++|linux-g++-64 {
 HEADERS += src/posix/termioshelper.h
 }
 
-win32-msvc2008|win32-g++ {
+win32-msvc2008|win32-msvc2010|win32-g++ {
 HEADERS += src/win32/commdcbhelper.h \
            src/win32/qwincommevtnotifier.h \
            src/win32/wincommevtbreaker.h \
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SOURCES += src/posix/qserialportnative_posix.cpp \
            src/posix/termioshelper.cpp
 }
 
-win32-msvc2008|win32-g++ {
+win32-msvc2008|win32-msvc2010|win32-g++ {
 SOURCES += src/win32/commdcbhelper.cpp \
            src/win32/qserialportnative_win32.cpp \
            src/win32/qwincommevtnotifier.cpp \