diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b8b4edc6809392bd2b0e449248fb9e8e8a978fd..5fdf1359ad6f4999cec1738cd2a9fe2667773e11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,4 +36,15 @@ ChemLib
 components.cif
 compounds.chemlib
 /deployment/macos/openstructure.dmg
-/scripts/dng
\ No newline at end of file
+/scripts/dng
+*.vcproj
+*.user
+*.dir
+*.sln
+*.ncb
+*suo
+Release
+RelWithDebInfo
+Debug
+*.cxx_parameters
+/deployment/win/create_archive.bat