diff --git a/buildfiles/msvc/rpcs3_default.props b/buildfiles/msvc/rpcs3_default.props
index ad2ac1ee2f..4725434147 100644
--- a/buildfiles/msvc/rpcs3_default.props
+++ b/buildfiles/msvc/rpcs3_default.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <IncludePath>.\;..\;..\3rdparty\asmjit\asmjit\src;..\..\3rdparty\yaml-cpp\yaml-cpp\include;..\3rdparty\ffmpeg\include;$(VC_IncludePath);$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);$(UniversalCRT_IncludePath);..\3rdparty\libpng\libpng;..\3rdparty\GL;..\3rdparty\stblib\stb;..\3rdparty\openal\openal-soft\include\AL;..\3rdparty\pugixml\src;..\3rdparty\hidapi\hidapi</IncludePath>
+    <IncludePath>.\;..\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\asmjit\asmjit\src;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\yaml-cpp\yaml-cpp\include;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\ffmpeg\include;$(VC_IncludePath);$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);$(UniversalCRT_IncludePath);$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\libpng\libpng;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\GL;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\stblib\stb;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\openal\openal-soft\include\AL;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\pugixml\src;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\hidapi\hidapi</IncludePath>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)build\lib\$(Configuration)-$(Platform)\</OutDir>
     <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)build\lib\$(Configuration)-$(Platform)\;$(UniversalCRT_LibraryPath_x64);$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
     <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)build\tmp\$(ProjectName)-$(Configuration)-$(Platform)\</IntDir>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         LLVMX86TargetMCA.lib;
         LLVMXRay.lib;
       </AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\3rdparty\ffmpeg\lib\windows\x86_64</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\ffmpeg\lib\windows\x86_64</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <StackReserveSize>8388608</StackReserveSize>
       <StackCommitSize>1048576</StackCommitSize>
     </Link>
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj b/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj
index d3ca41e2f8..2b2311cc97 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>
         $(QTDIR)\bin\windeployqt --no-compiler-runtime --no-opengl-sw --no-patchqt --no-translations --no-quick --no-system-d3d-compiler --no-system-dxc-compiler --no-ffmpeg --no-quick-import --plugindir "$(TargetDir)qt6\plugins" --release "$(TargetPath)"
-        xcopy /y /d "..\3rdparty\opencv\opencv\opencv410\build\x64\bin\opencv_world4100.dll" "$(OutDir)"
+        xcopy /y /d "$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\opencv\opencv\opencv410\build\x64\bin\opencv_world4100.dll" "$(OutDir)"
       </Command>
     </PostBuildEvent>
     <PostBuildEvent>
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Command>
         $(QTDIR)\bin\windeployqt --no-compiler-runtime --no-opengl-sw --no-patchqt --no-translations --no-quick --no-system-d3d-compiler --no-system-dxc-compiler --no-ffmpeg --no-quick-import --plugindir "$(TargetDir)qt6\plugins" --debug "$(TargetPath)"
-        xcopy /y /d "..\3rdparty\opencv\opencv\opencv410\build\x64\bin\opencv_world4100.dll" "$(OutDir)"
+        xcopy /y /d "$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\opencv\opencv\opencv410\build\x64\bin\opencv_world4100.dll" "$(OutDir)"
       </Command>
     </PostBuildEvent>
     <PostBuildEvent>