diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg-general.xml b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg-general.xml
index 2638597a6631a0..0fbe3c6abbce47 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg-general.xml
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg-general.xml
@@ -1,77 +1,77 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Rule
-      Name="VcpkgOptions"
-      DisplayName="Vcpkg"
-      PageTemplate="generic"
-      Description="Vcpkg"
-      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/build/2009/properties">
-  <Rule.Categories>
-    <Category Name="General" DisplayName="General" Description="General" />
-  </Rule.Categories>
-  <Rule.DataSource>
-    <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="true" />
-  </Rule.DataSource>
-  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgEnabled"
-                DisplayName="Use Vcpkg"
-                Description="Use Vcpkg for includes and libraries."
-                Category="General"
-                Default="true">
-  </BoolProperty>
-  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgEnableManifest"
-                DisplayName="Use Vcpkg Manifest"
-                Description="Use the vcpkg manifest file to define your dependencies."
-                Category="General"
-                Default="false">
-  </BoolProperty>
-  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgManifestInstall"
-                DisplayName="Install vcpkg dependencies"
-                Description="Install dependencies from the vcpkg manifest."
-                Category="General"
-                Default="true">
-  </BoolProperty>
-  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgUseStatic"
-                DisplayName="Use static libraries"
-                Description="Vcpkg can build static libraries (e.g. x64-windows-static). This options changes the default triplet to use these static libraries by appending -static to $(VcpkgTriplet). This will not be shown in the evaluation of the Triplet within the UI."
-                Category="General"
-                Default="false">
-  </BoolProperty>
-  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgAutoLink"
-                DisplayName="Use AutoLink"
-                Description="Enables automatic linking with libraries build using Vcpkg. Does not work with lld-link.exe."
-                Category="General"
-                Default="true">
-  </BoolProperty>
-  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgTriplet"
-                  DisplayName="Triplet"
-                  Description="Specifies the triplet used by Vcpkg"
-                  Category="General"
-                  Subtype="Text">
-  </StringProperty>
-  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgRoot"
-                  DisplayName="Vcpkg Root"
-                  Description="Root path where Vcpkg is located. Be careful with changing this one. It is, for example, unable to update this property page from the new location without restarting visual studio."
-                  Category="General"
-                  Subtype="folder"
-                  Visible="false">
-  </StringProperty>
-  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgManifestRoot"
-                  DisplayName="Vcpkg Manifest Root"
-                  Description="The path to the directory which contains the manifest file, and the vcpkg_installed directory."
-                  Category="General"
-                  Subtype="folder"
-                  Visible="false">
-  </StringProperty>
-  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir"
-                  DisplayName="Package install directory"
-                  Description="Defines the direct path to the installed Vcpkg packages. Only change this if you know what you are doing!"
-                  Category="General"
-                  Subtype="folder"
-                  Visible="false">
-  </StringProperty>
-  <EnumProperty Name="VcpkgConfiguration" DisplayName="Vcpkg Configuration" Description="Specifies if release or debug libraries build with vcpkg should be used." Category="General">
-    <EnumValue Name="Release" Switch="Release" DisplayName="Release" Description="Uses release libraries">
-    </EnumValue>
-    <EnumValue Name="Debug" Switch="Debug" DisplayName="Debug" Description="Uses debug libraries">
-    </EnumValue>
-  </EnumProperty>
-</Rule>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Rule Name="VcpkgOptions" DisplayName="vcpkg" PageTemplate="generic" Description="Vcpkg"
+      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/build/2009/properties">
+
+  <Rule.Categories>
+    <Category Name="General" DisplayName="General" Description="General Vcpkg Configuration" />
+    <Category Name="Conditional" DisplayName="Target and Configuration Specific" Description="Conditional Vcpkg Configuration" />
+  </Rule.Categories>
+
+  <Rule.DataSource>
+    <!-- Note: HasConfigurationCondition must be either "true" or ommitted. Otherwise, the vcpkg property sheet will not be displayed. -->
+    <!-- Note: Remove all instances of 'Label="Vcpkg"' from this file if the vcpkg property sheet does not display any values.  -->
+    <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="true" />
+  </Rule.DataSource>
+
+  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgEnabled" DisplayName="Use Vcpkg" Category="General" Default="true"
+                Description="Use Vcpkg for includes and libraries.">
+    <BoolProperty.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="false" />
+    </BoolProperty.DataSource>
+  </BoolProperty>
+
+  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgEnableManifest" DisplayName="Use Vcpkg Manifest" Category="General" Default="false"
+                Description="Use the vcpkg manifest file to define your dependencies.">
+    <BoolProperty.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="false" />
+    </BoolProperty.DataSource>
+  </BoolProperty>
+
+  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgManifestInstall" DisplayName="Install Vcpkg Dependencies" Category="General" Default="true"
+                Description="Install dependencies from the vcpkg manifest.">
+    <BoolProperty.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="false" />
+    </BoolProperty.DataSource>
+  </BoolProperty>
+
+  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgAutoLink" DisplayName="Use AutoLink" Category="General" Default="true"
+                Description="Enables automatic linking with libraries build using Vcpkg. Does not work with lld-link.exe.">
+    <BoolProperty.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="false" />
+    </BoolProperty.DataSource>
+  </BoolProperty>
+
+  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgRoot" DisplayName="Vcpkg Root" Category="General" Subtype="folder" Visible="false"
+                  Description="Root path where Vcpkg is located. Be careful with changing this one. It is, for example, unable to update this property page from the new location without restarting visual studio.">
+    <StringProperty.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="false" />
+    </StringProperty.DataSource>
+  </StringProperty>
+
+  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgManifestRoot" DisplayName="Vcpkg Manifest Root" Category="General" Subtype="folder" Visible="false"
+                  Description="The path to the directory which contains the manifest file, and the vcpkg_installed directory.">
+    <StringProperty.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="false" />
+    </StringProperty.DataSource>
+  </StringProperty>
+
+  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir" DisplayName="Package install directory" Category="General" Subtype="folder" Visible="false"
+                  Description="Defines the direct path to the installed Vcpkg packages.">
+    <StringProperty.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" Label="Vcpkg" HasConfigurationCondition="false" />
+    </StringProperty.DataSource>
+  </StringProperty>
+
+  <BoolProperty Name="VcpkgUseStatic" DisplayName="Use Static Libraries" Category="Conditional" Default="false"
+                Description="Vcpkg can build static libraries (e.g. x64-windows-static). This options changes the default triplet to use these static libraries by appending -static to $(VcpkgTriplet). This will not be shown in the evaluation of the Triplet within the UI." />
+
+  <StringProperty Name="VcpkgTriplet" DisplayName="Triplet" Category="Conditional" Subtype="Text"
+                  Description="Specifies the triplet used by Vcpkg. Does not include the '-static' suffix that may be added by the 'Use static libraries' flag." />
+
+  <EnumProperty Name="VcpkgConfiguration" DisplayName="Vcpkg Configuration" Category="Conditional"
+                Description="Specifies if release or debug libraries build with vcpkg should be used.">
+    <EnumValue Name="Release" Description="Uses release libraries" />
+    <EnumValue Name="Debug" Description="Uses debug libraries" />
+  </EnumProperty>
+
+</Rule>
diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
index f9db4fc58a7772..f9f5511f0d24c0 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
@@ -1,41 +1,34 @@
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VcpkgHasProps>true</VcpkgHasProps>
-    <VcpkgEnabled Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == ''">true</VcpkgEnabled>
-    <VcpkgAutoLink Condition="'$(VcpkgAutoLink)' == ''">true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUseStatic Condition="'$(VcpkgUseStatic)' == ''">false</VcpkgUseStatic>
-    <VcpkgRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgRoot)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), .vcpkg-root))</VcpkgRoot>
-    <VcpkgConfiguration Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == ''">$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
-    <VcpkgPageSchema Condition="'$(VcpkgPageSchema)' == ''">$(VcpkgRoot)\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\vcpkg-general.xml</VcpkgPageSchema>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  <!-- Do not define derived properties here. This file may be imported once and some of the properties below may be overridden afterwards -->
 
   <!-- Set default OS Target-->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(ApplicationType)|$(ApplicationTypeRevision)' == 'Windows Store|10.0'">
-    <VcpkgOSTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgOSTarget)' == ''">uwp</VcpkgOSTarget>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VcpkgOSTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgOSTarget)' == ''">windows</VcpkgOSTarget>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgOSTarget)' == ''">
+    <VcpkgOSTarget>windows</VcpkgOSTarget>
+    <VcpkgOSTarget Condition="'$(ApplicationType)|$(ApplicationTypeRevision)' == 'Windows Store|10.0'">uwp</VcpkgOSTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Set default Platform Target. $(PlatformTarget) is not available at the top of the .vcxproj file. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'Win32'">
-    <VcpkgPlatformTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)' == ''">x86</VcpkgPlatformTarget>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VcpkgPlatformTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)' == ''">$(Platform)</VcpkgPlatformTarget>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)' == ''">
+    <VcpkgPlatformTarget>$(Platform)</VcpkgPlatformTarget>
+    <VcpkgPlatformTarget Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'Win32'">x86</VcpkgPlatformTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- Manifest files -->
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <VcpkgPropsImported>true</VcpkgPropsImported>
+    <VcpkgEnabled Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == ''">true</VcpkgEnabled>
+    <VcpkgConfiguration Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == ''">$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
+    <VcpkgUseStatic Condition="'$(VcpkgUseStatic)' == ''">false</VcpkgUseStatic>
+    <VcpkgRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgRoot)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), '..\..\..'))</VcpkgRoot>
+
+    <VcpkgAutoLink Condition="'$(VcpkgAutoLink)' == ''">true</VcpkgAutoLink>
+    <!-- Deactivate Autolinking if lld is used as a linker. (Until a better way to solve the problem is found!).
+    Tried to add /lib as a parameter to the linker call but was unable to find a way to pass it as the first parameter. -->
+    <VcpkgAutoLink Condition="'$(UseLldLink)' == 'true'">false</VcpkgAutoLink>
+
+    <!-- Manifest files -->
     <VcpkgEnableManifest Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == ''">false</VcpkgEnableManifest>
     <VcpkgManifestInstall Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestInstall)' == ''">true</VcpkgManifestInstall>
-    <VcpkgManifestRoot>$([MSbuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildProjectDirectory), vcpkg.json))</VcpkgManifestRoot>
+    <VcpkgManifestRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != ''">$([MSbuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildProjectDirectory), vcpkg.json))</VcpkgManifestRoot>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- Set other defaults-->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(VcpkgUserTriplet)' == ''">$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)-$(VcpkgOSTarget)</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgTriplet Condition="'$(VcpkgTriplet)' == ''">$(VcpkgUserTriplet)</VcpkgTriplet>
-    <VcpkgPageSchema>$(VcpkgRoot)\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\vcpkg-general.xml</VcpkgPageSchema>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 5013d764a2469f..488fd070c2534d 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -1,77 +1,35 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" TreatAsLocalProperty="VcpkgRoot;VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir">
-  <!-- Setting reasonable defaults if vcpkg.props was not loaded-->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgHasProps)'!='true'" >
-    <VcpkgEnabled Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == ''">true</VcpkgEnabled>
-    <VcpkgAutoLink Condition="'$(VcpkgAutoLink)' == ''">true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUseStatic Condition="'$(VcpkgUseStatic)' == ''">false</VcpkgUseStatic>
-    <VcpkgRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgRoot)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), .vcpkg-root))</VcpkgRoot>
-    <VcpkgConfiguration Condition="'$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == ''">$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
-    <VcpkgPageSchema Condition="'$(VcpkgPageSchema)' == ''">$(VcpkgRoot)\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\vcpkg-general.xml</VcpkgPageSchema>
-    <VcpkgEnableManifest Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == ''">false</VcpkgEnableManifest>
-    <VcpkgManifestInstall Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestInstall)' == ''">true</VcpkgManifestInstall>
-    <VcpkgManifestRoot>$([MSbuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildProjectDirectory), vcpkg.json))</VcpkgManifestRoot>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- Set default OS Target-->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(ApplicationType)|$(ApplicationTypeRevision)' == 'Windows Store|10.0' And '$(VcpkgHasProps)'!='true'">
-    <VcpkgOSTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgOSTarget)' == ''">uwp</VcpkgOSTarget>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup  Condition="'$(VcpkgHasProps)'!='true'" >
-    <VcpkgOSTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgOSTarget)' == ''">windows</VcpkgOSTarget>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- Set default Platform Target-->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'Win32'">
-    <VcpkgPlatformTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)' == ''">x86</VcpkgPlatformTarget>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VcpkgPlatformTarget Condition="'$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)' == ''">$(Platform)</VcpkgPlatformTarget>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" TreatAsLocalProperty="VcpkgConfigSubdir;VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir;VcpkgInstalledDir;VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration">
 
-  <!-- Set other defaults-->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgHasProps)'!='true'" >
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(VcpkgUserTriplet)' == ''">$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)-$(VcpkgOSTarget)</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgTriplet Condition="'$(VcpkgTriplet)' == ''">$(VcpkgUserTriplet)</VcpkgTriplet>
-    <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir Condition="'$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)' == ''">$(VcpkgRoot)\installed\$(VcpkgTriplet)\</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  <!-- Import default properties if not done yet. This does not overwrite any previously defined properties. -->
+  <Import Condition="'$(VcpkgPropsImported)' != 'true'" Project="vcpkg.props" />
 
-  <!--Import property page for vcpkg -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgPageSchema)' != '' ">
-    <PropertyPageSchema Include="$(VcpkgPageSchema)">
-      <Context>Project</Context>
-    </PropertyPageSchema>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <!-- Update properties if manifests are enabled or disabled -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true'">
-    <VcpkgInstalledDir>$(VcpkgManifestRoot)\vcpkg_installed\</VcpkgInstalledDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' != 'true'">
-    <VcpkgInstalledDir>$(VcpkgRoot)\installed\</VcpkgInstalledDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  <!-- Define properties derived from those defined in vcpkg.props, in the project file or specified on the command line. -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
+    <!-- Triplet defining platform, OS, and linkage -->
+    <VcpkgLinkage />
+    <VcpkgLinkage Condition="'$(VcpkgUseStatic)' == 'true'">-static</VcpkgLinkage>
+    <VcpkgTriplet Condition="'$(VcpkgTriplet)' == ''">$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)-$(VcpkgOSTarget)$(VcpkgLinkage)</VcpkgTriplet>
 
-  <!-- Update properties if using static libs-->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgUseStatic)' == 'true'">
-    <VcpkgTriplet>$(VcpkgUserTriplet)-static</VcpkgTriplet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Note: Overwrite VcpkgPageSchema with a non-existing path to disable the VcPkg property sheet in your projects -->
+    <VcpkgPageSchema Condition="'$(VcpkgPageSchema)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgRoot), 'scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\vcpkg-general.xml'))</VcpkgPageSchema>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)' == ''">
-    <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>$(VcpkgInstalledDir)$(VcpkgTriplet)</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
+    <VcpkgInstalledDir>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgRoot), 'installed'))</VcpkgInstalledDir>
+    <VcpkgInstalledDir Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true'">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgManifestRoot), 'vcpkg_installed'))</VcpkgInstalledDir>
+    <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir Condition="'$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgInstalledDir), $(VcpkgTriplet)))</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
+    <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir Condition="!$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)\</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
     <VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Debug'))">Debug</VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration>
     <VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration Condition="$(VcpkgConfiguration.StartsWith('Release')) or '$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'RelWithDebInfo' or '$(VcpkgConfiguration)' == 'MinSizeRel'">Release</VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration>
     <VcpkgConfigSubdir Condition="'$(VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)' == 'Debug'">debug\</VcpkgConfigSubdir>
-    <VcpkgRoot Condition="!$(VcpkgRoot.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgRoot)\</VcpkgRoot>
-    <VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir Condition="!$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)\</VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir>
-    <VcpkgManifestRoot Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != '' and !$(VcpkgManifestRoot.EndsWith('\'))">$(VcpkgManifestRoot)\</VcpkgManifestRoot>
     <VcpkgApplocalDeps Condition="'$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == ''">true</VcpkgApplocalDeps>
-    <!-- Deactivate Autolinking if lld is used as a linker. (Until a better way to solve the problem is found!).
-    Tried to add /lib as a parameter to the linker call but was unable to find a way to pass it as the first parameter. -->
-    <VcpkgAutoLink Condition="'$(UseLldLink)' == 'true'">false</VcpkgAutoLink>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Import property page 'Vcpkg' -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgPageSchema)' != '' and exists('$(VcpkgPageSchema)')">
+    <PropertyPageSchema Include="$(VcpkgPageSchema)">
+      <Context>Project</Context>
+    </PropertyPageSchema>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(VcpkgAutoLink)' != 'false'">%(AdditionalDependencies);$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)$(VcpkgConfigSubdir)lib\*.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -85,28 +43,32 @@
     </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="VcpkgCheckManifestRoot" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'" BeforeTargets="VcpkgInstallManifestDependencies">
-    <Error Text="The Vcpkg manifest was enabled, but we couldn't find a manifest file (vcpkg.json) in any directories above $(MSBuildProjectDirectory). Please add a manifest, disable manifests in your properties page, or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=false." Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' == ''" />
-    <Message Text="The Vcpkg manifest was disabled, but we found a manifest file in $(VcpkgManifestRoot). You may want to enable vcpkg manifests in your properties page or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=true to the msbuild invocation." Importance="High" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' != 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != ''" />
+  <Target Name="VcpkgCheckManifestRoot" BeforeTargets="VcpkgInstallManifestDependencies" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
+    <Error Text="The Vcpkg manifest was enabled, but we couldn't find a manifest file (vcpkg.json) in any directories above $(MSBuildProjectDirectory). Please add a manifest, disable manifests in your properties page, or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=false."
+           Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' == ''" />
+    <Message Text="The Vcpkg manifest was disabled, but we found a manifest file in $(VcpkgManifestRoot). You may want to enable vcpkg manifests in your properties page or pass /p:VcpkgEnableManifest=true to the msbuild invocation."
+             Importance="High" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' != 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestRoot)' != ''" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="VcpkgTripletSelection" BeforeTargets="ClCompile">
-    <Message Text="Using triplet &quot;$(VcpkgTriplet)&quot; from &quot;$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)&quot;" Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'"/>
-    <Message Text="Not using Vcpkg because VcpkgEnabled is &quot;$(VcpkgEnabled)&quot;" Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' != 'true'"/>
+    <Message Text="Using triplet &quot;$(VcpkgTriplet)&quot; from &quot;$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)&quot;"
+             Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'"/>
+    <Message Text="Not using Vcpkg because VcpkgEnabled is &quot;$(VcpkgEnabled)&quot;"
+             Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' != 'true'"/>
     <Message Text="Vcpkg is unable to link because we cannot decide between Release and Debug libraries. Please define the property VcpkgConfiguration to be 'Release' or 'Debug' (currently '$(VcpkgConfiguration)')."
              Importance="High" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)' == ''"/>
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="VcpkgInstallManifestDependencies" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestInstall)' == 'true'" BeforeTargets="ClCompile">
+  <Target Name="VcpkgInstallManifestDependencies" BeforeTargets="ClCompile"
+          Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestInstall)' == 'true'">
     <Message Text="Installing vcpkg dependencies" Importance="High" />
-    <Exec Command="%22$(VcpkgRoot)vcpkg.exe%22 install --x-wait-for-lock --triplet %22$(VcpkgTriplet)%22 --vcpkg-root %22$(VcpkgRoot)\%22 %22--x-manifest-root=$(VcpkgManifestRoot)\%22 %22--x-install-root=$(VcpkgInstalledDir)\%22" StandardOutputImportance="High" />
+    <Exec Command="%22$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(VcpkgRoot), 'vcpkg.exe'))%22 install --x-wait-for-lock --triplet %22$(VcpkgTriplet)%22 --vcpkg-root %22$(VcpkgRoot)\%22 %22--x-manifest-root=$(VcpkgManifestRoot)\%22 %22--x-install-root=$(VcpkgInstalledDir)\%22"
+          StandardOutputImportance="High" />
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="AppLocalFromInstalled" AfterTargets="CopyFilesToOutputDirectory" BeforeTargets="CopyLocalFilesOutputGroup;RegisterOutput" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == 'true'">
+  <Target Name="AppLocalFromInstalled" AfterTargets="CopyFilesToOutputDirectory" BeforeTargets="CopyLocalFilesOutputGroup;RegisterOutput"
+          Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == 'true'">
     <Message Text="[vcpkg] Starting VcpkgApplocalDeps" Importance="low" />
-    <WriteLinesToFile
-      File="$(TLogLocation)$(ProjectName).write.1u.tlog"
-      Lines="^$(TargetPath);$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(ProjectDir),$(IntDir)))vcpkg.applocal.log" Encoding="Unicode"/>
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_VcpkgAppLocalPowerShellCommonArguments>-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -noprofile -File "$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)applocal.ps1" "$(TargetPath)" "$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)$(VcpkgConfigSubdir)bin" "$(TLogLocation)$(ProjectName).write.1u.tlog" "$(IntDir)vcpkg.applocal.log"</_VcpkgAppLocalPowerShellCommonArguments>
     </PropertyGroup>