diff --git a/msvs/mf6.vfproj b/msvs/mf6.vfproj
index cfad99a21e5..d965aa35da1 100644
--- a/msvs/mf6.vfproj
+++ b/msvs/mf6.vfproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		<Platform Name="x64"/></Platforms>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|Win32" OutputDirectory="../bin" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" TargetName="$(ProjectName)d">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" HeapArrays="0" StandardWarnings="standardWarningsF08" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" OptDiagFile="optrpt" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" UninitializedVariablesCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" HeapArrays="0" Preprocess="preprocessYes" StandardWarnings="standardWarningsF08" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" OptDiagFile="optrpt" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" UninitializedVariablesCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(IntDir)\$(TargetName).pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Release|Win32" OutputDirectory="../../bin" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" HeapArrays="0" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" BoundsCheck="true"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" HeapArrays="0" Preprocess="preprocessYes" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" BoundsCheck="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(IntDir)\$(TargetName).pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|x64" OutputDirectory="../bin" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" TargetName="$(ProjectName)d">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" HeapArrays="0" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" Traceback="true" NullPointerCheck="true" BoundsCheck="true" UninitializedVariablesCheck="true" ArgTempCreatedCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" HeapArrays="0" Preprocess="preprocessYes" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" Traceback="true" NullPointerCheck="true" BoundsCheck="true" UninitializedVariablesCheck="true" ArgTempCreatedCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="LIBCMTD" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(IntDir)\$(TargetName).pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TargetEnvironment="midlTargetAMD64"/>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Release|x64" OutputDirectory="../bin/" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" HeapArrays="0" OptDiagFile="optrpt" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" HeapArrays="0" Preprocess="preprocessYes" OptDiagFile="optrpt" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" AdditionalOptions="/verbose:lib" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="LIBCMTD" GenerateDebugInformation="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(IntDir)\$(TargetName).pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TargetEnvironment="midlTargetAMD64"/>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Profile|Win32" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" HeapArrays="0" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDLL"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" HeapArrays="0" Preprocess="preprocessYes" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" BoundsCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDLL"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" ProgramDatabaseFile="$(IntDir)\$(TargetName).pdb" SubSystem="subSystemConsole"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
diff --git a/msvs/mf6bmi.vfproj b/msvs/mf6bmi.vfproj
index c96dfca47e5..fdaaa0e979c 100644
--- a/msvs/mf6bmi.vfproj
+++ b/msvs/mf6bmi.vfproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		<Platform Name="x64"/></Platforms>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|x64" OutputDirectory="../bin" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(Platform)\$(ConfigurationName)" TargetName="libmf6d" ConfigurationType="typeDynamicLibrary">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnInterfaces="true" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebugDLL"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" Preprocess="preprocessYes" WarnInterfaces="true" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebugDLL"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" AdditionalOptions="/ignore:4049,4217" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" SubSystem="subSystemWindows" LinkDLL="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TargetEnvironment="midlTargetAMD64"/>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Release|x64" OutputDirectory="../bin" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(Platform)\$(ConfigurationName)" TargetName="libmf6" ConfigurationType="typeDynamicLibrary">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDLL"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" Preprocess="preprocessYes" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDLL"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" AdditionalOptions="/ignore:4049,4217" SuppressStartupBanner="true" SubSystem="subSystemWindows" LinkDLL="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TargetEnvironment="midlTargetAMD64"/>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|Win32" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(Platform)\$(ConfigurationName)" TargetName="libmf6d" ConfigurationType="typeDynamicLibrary">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnInterfaces="true" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebugDLL"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" Preprocess="preprocessYes" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDLL"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" AdditionalOptions="/ignore:4049,4217" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" SubSystem="subSystemWindows" LinkDLL="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Release|Win32" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(Platform)\$(ConfigurationName)" TargetName="libmf6" ConfigurationType="typeDynamicLibrary">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDLL"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" Preprocess="preprocessYes" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDLL"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" AdditionalOptions="/ignore:4049,4217" SuppressStartupBanner="true" SubSystem="subSystemWindows" LinkDLL="true"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
diff --git a/msvs/mf6core.vfproj b/msvs/mf6core.vfproj
index 188c714e9b6..de3c724d51b 100644
--- a/msvs/mf6core.vfproj
+++ b/msvs/mf6core.vfproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 			<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Release|x64" OutputDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" ConfigurationType="typeStaticLibrary">
-			<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" WarnDeclarations="true" WarnUnusedVariables="true" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0"/>
+			<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" Preprocess="preprocessYes" WarnDeclarations="true" WarnUnusedVariables="true" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFLibrarianTool"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" TargetEnvironment="midlTargetAMD64"/>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 		</Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|Win32" OutputDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" ConfigurationType="typeStaticLibrary">
-			<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
+			<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" Preprocess="preprocessYes" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0" Traceback="true" BoundsCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFLibrarianTool"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 			<Tool Name="VFPreBuildEventTool"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool"/>
 		</Configuration>
-		<Configuration Name="Release|Win32" OutputDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" ConfigurationType="typeStaticLibrary">
-			<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
+		<Configuration Name="Release|Win32" OutputDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" IntermediateDirectory="obj_temp\$(ProjectName)\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)" ConfigurationType="typeStaticLibrary" Preprocess="preprocessYes">
+			<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" Preprocess="preprocessYes" WarnDeclarations="true" WarnUnusedVariables="true" FloatingPointExceptionHandling="fpe0"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFLibrarianTool"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 			<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
diff --git a/utils/mf5to6/msvs/mf5to6.vfproj b/utils/mf5to6/msvs/mf5to6.vfproj
index ec4d6f0eab0..65fc8a164fd 100644
--- a/utils/mf5to6/msvs/mf5to6.vfproj
+++ b/utils/mf5to6/msvs/mf5to6.vfproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		<Platform Name="Win32"/></Platforms>
 	<Configurations>
 		<Configuration Name="Debug|Win32" TargetName="$(ProjectName)d">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" HeapArrays="0" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" Traceback="true" NullPointerCheck="true" BoundsCheck="true" UninitializedVariablesCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" Optimization="optimizeDisabled" HeapArrays="0" Preprocess="preprocessYes" WarnUnusedVariables="true" WarnUncalled="true" WarnInterfaces="true" Traceback="true" NullPointerCheck="true" BoundsCheck="true" UninitializedVariablesCheck="true" StackFrameCheck="true" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" LinkIncremental="linkIncrementalNo" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" SubSystem="subSystemConsole"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 				<Tool Name="VFPostBuildEventTool" CommandLine="copy $(OutDir)\$(TargetName)$(TargetExt) ..\..\..\bin"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFManifestTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/></Configuration>
 		<Configuration Name="Release|Win32">
-				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" HeapArrays="0" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
+				<Tool Name="VFFortranCompilerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" DebugInformationFormat="debugEnabled" HeapArrays="0" Preprocess="preprocessYes" RuntimeLibrary="rtMultiThreadedDebug"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFLinkerTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true" GenerateDebugInformation="true" SubSystem="subSystemConsole"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFResourceCompilerTool"/>
 				<Tool Name="VFMidlTool" SuppressStartupBanner="true"/>