diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c985260..230d632f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ src/setup/win32/synergy.suo
 /.idea
 /cmake-build-debug
 /CMakeLists.txt.user
+/.vs
+/CMakeLists.txt.*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bf9eecbe..6c75ee5f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@ macro(generate_versionfile)
 		"export SYNERGY_VERSION_PATCH=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_PATCH}\"\n"
 		"export SYNERGY_VERSION_STAGE=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_STAGE}\"\n")
 	elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-		FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version
-		"$env:SYNERGY_VERSION_MAJOR=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_MAJOR}\"\n"
-		"$env:SYNERGY_VERSION_MINOR=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_MINOR}\"\n"
-		"$env:SYNERGY_VERSION_PATCH=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_PATCH}\"\n"
-		"$env:SYNERGY_VERSION_STAGE=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_STAGE}\"\n")
+		FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version.bat
+		"SET SYNERGY_VERSION_MAJOR=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_MAJOR}\"\n"
+		"SET SYNERGY_VERSION_MINOR=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_MINOR}\"\n"
+		"SET SYNERGY_VERSION_PATCH=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_PATCH}\"\n"
+		"SET SYNERGY_VERSION_STAGE=\"${SYNERGY_VERSION_STAGE}\"\n")
 	endif()
 endmacro(generate_versionfile)