diff --git a/DebugView++/DebugView++.vcxproj b/DebugView++/DebugView++.vcxproj
index 0e35ea7a..e370a494 100644
--- a/DebugView++/DebugView++.vcxproj
+++ b/DebugView++/DebugView++.vcxproj
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     <IgnoreImportLibrary>true</IgnoreImportLibrary>
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
     <PostBuildEventUseInBuild>true</PostBuildEventUseInBuild>
+    <PreBuildEventUseInBuild>false</PreBuildEventUseInBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <IgnoreImportLibrary>true</IgnoreImportLibrary>
@@ -225,11 +226,13 @@
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Message>Create release zip</Message>
-      <Command>$(ProjectDir)..\zip.exe -j $(TargetDir)/$(TargetName).zip $(TargetDir)DebugView++.exe $(TargetDir)DebugViewConsole.exe $(TargetDir)*.vsix</Command>
+      <Command>$(ProjectDir)..\createzip.bat $(TargetDir)</Command>
     </PostBuildEvent>
     <PreBuildEvent>
-      <Command>$(ComSpec) /c UpdateBuildNr.cmd version.h version.wxi</Command>
-      <Message>Update version numbers</Message>
+      <Command>
+      </Command>
+      <Message>
+      </Message>
     </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
       <Message>Create release zip</Message>
-      <Command>$(ProjectDir)..\zip.exe -j $(TargetDir)/$(TargetName).zip $(TargetDir)DebugView++.exe $(TargetDir)DebugViewConsole.exe $(TargetDir)*.vsix</Command>
+      <Command>$(ProjectDir)..\createzip.bat $(TargetDir)</Command>
     </PostBuildEvent>
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>$(ComSpec) /c UpdateBuildNr.cmd version.h version.wxi</Command>
diff --git a/DebugView++/version.h b/DebugView++/version.h
index 3d52d9a1..35ae4a4b 100644
--- a/DebugView++/version.h
+++ b/DebugView++/version.h
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define VERSION 1,7,0,97 
-#define VERSION_STR "1.7.0.97" 
+#define VERSION 1,7,0,98 
+#define VERSION_STR "1.7.0.98" 
diff --git a/clang-format.exe b/clang-format.exe
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43dda599
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diff --git a/createzip.bat b/createzip.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..366141b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/createzip.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+@echo off
+pushd %~dp0
+
+setlocal
+
+if [%1] == [] (
+    echo Usage: createzip ^<binary path^>
+    goto exit
+)
+
+set bin_dir=%1
+
+:: paths can be absolute or relative to the location of this batch file
+set zip_bin=.\zip.exe
+set upx_bin=.\upx.exe
+
+if not exist %zip_bin% (
+   echo %zip_bin% does not exist, zipfile creation skipped
+   goto exit
+)
+
+if not exist %upx_bin% (
+   echo %upx_bin% does not exist, exe compression skipped
+   goto zip
+)
+
+:: UPX compresses executables in place about 40%, has no decompressing memory overhead and is extremely fast
+%upx_bin% %bin_dir%\DebugView++.exe
+%upx_bin% %bin_dir%\DebugViewConsole.exe
+
+:zip
+%zip_bin% -j %bin_dir%\DebugView++.zip %bin_dir%\DebugView++.exe %bin_dir%\DebugViewConsole.exe %bin_dir%\*.vsix
+
+:exit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/upx.exe b/upx.exe
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adf956c5
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