diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a305e868..d003919f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 .DS_Store
 #Ignore files built by Visual Studio
 *.obj
+*.exe
 # VAX/vmb.exe is not a generated file and should be in the repository
 !VAX/vmb.exe
-*.exe
 *.pdb
 *.user
 *.aps
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ ipch/
 # We only care about specific files in the Visual Studio Projects 
 # folder.  Things which are there on the fly to support debugging 
 # or other things we don't want git to manage.
+Visual Studio Projects/*
 !Visual Studio Projects/*.vcproj
 !Visual Studio Projects/*.sln
 !Visual Studio Projects/0ReadMe_Projects.txt
-Visual Studio Projects/*