diff --git a/Matlab_3D/validation.m b/Matlab_3D/validation.m
index 4c45605..aba2418 100644
--- a/Matlab_3D/validation.m
+++ b/Matlab_3D/validation.m
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ vote=7;
 std = [5 5];
 gt_filename = 'gt-128.vol';  
 % out_filename = sprintf('128-128-128/0-nissl-std%d.%d-t0%d-r%d.%d-t%d-out%d.%d.vol',std(1), std(2),t0,r1,r2,t,itr,vote);
-out_filename = sprintf('D:/build/ivote3-bld/0-out.%d.vol',t);
+out_filename = sprintf('E:/build/ivote3-bld/0-out.%d.vol',t);
 % txt_filename = sprintf('128-128-128/0-validation-nissl-std%d.%d-r%d.%d-t%d-out%d.%d-D%d.txt',std(1), std(2),r1,r2,t,itr,vote,D);
-txt_filename = sprintf('D:/build/ivote3-bld/0-t%d-atomic-aabb.txt',t);
+txt_filename = sprintf('E:/build/ivote3-bld/0-t%d-atomic-aabb.txt',t);
 spec = sprintf('Nissl-std%d.%d-r%d.%d-t%d-out%d.%d',std(1), std(2),r1,r2,t,itr,vote);
 fid0 = fopen(gt_filename);
 gt = fread(fid0,[X Y*Z], 'single');
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index ed32ace..8a5a3a0 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ find_package(Threads)
 #find the X11 package
 find_package(X11)
 
+#build the executable in the binary directory on MS Visual Studio
+if ( MSVC )
+	SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG "${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+	SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+endif ( MSVC )
+
 include_directories(
 					${STIM_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 					)
@@ -49,6 +55,6 @@ target_link_libraries(ivote3
 		  )
 
 #copy an image test case
-configure_file(nissl-raw-data/nissl-float-256.256.256.vol nissl-float-256.256.256.vol COPYONLY)
-configure_file(nissl-raw-data/nissl-float-128.128.128.vol nissl-float-128.128.128.vol COPYONLY)
-configure_file(nissl-raw-data/nissl-float-64.64.64.vol nissl-float-64.64.64.vol COPYONLY)
+configure_file(nissl-raw-data/nissl-float-256.256.256.vol ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nissl-float-256.256.256.vol @ONLY)
+configure_file(nissl-raw-data/nissl-float-128.128.128.vol ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nissl-float-128.128.128.vol @ONLY)
+configure_file(nissl-raw-data/nissl-float-64.64.64.vol ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nissl-float-64.64.64.vol @ONLY)
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