diff --git a/docs/msw/install.md b/docs/msw/install.md
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@@ -529,8 +529,15 @@ Building Applications Using wxWidgets  {#msw_build_apps}
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 If you use MSVS 2010 or later IDE for building your project, simply add
-`wxwidgets.props` property sheet to (all) your project(s) using wxWidgets.
-You don't need to do anything else.
+`wxwidgets.props` property sheet to (all) your project(s) using wxWidgets
+by using "View|Property Manager" menu item to open the property manager
+window and then selecting "Add Existing Property Sheet..." from the context
+menu in this window.
+
+If you've created a new empty project (i.e. chose "Empty Project" in the
+"Create a new project" window shown by MSVS rather than "Windows Desktop"),
+you need to change "Linker|System|SubSystem" in the project properties to
+"Windows", from the default "Console". You don't need to do anything else.
 
 If you want to use CMake for building your project, please see
 @ref overview_cmake.