diff --git a/msvc/wallet.vcxproj b/msvc/wallet.vcxproj
index d9dda3a..1a390cf 100644
--- a/msvc/wallet.vcxproj
+++ b/msvc/wallet.vcxproj
@@ -80,13 +80,14 @@
       <AdditionalDependencies>mpir.lib;mpirxx.lib;libsodium.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
     <Manifest>
-      <AdditionalManifestFiles>wallet.manifest %(AdditionalManifestFiles)</AdditionalManifestFiles>
+      <AdditionalManifestFiles>
+      </AdditionalManifestFiles>
     </Manifest>
     <Manifest>
-      <GenerateCategoryTags>false</GenerateCategoryTags>
+      <GenerateCategoryTags>true</GenerateCategoryTags>
     </Manifest>
     <Manifest>
-      <EnableDpiAwareness>PerMonitorHighDPIAware</EnableDpiAwareness>
+      <EnableDpiAwareness>false</EnableDpiAwareness>
     </Manifest>
     <ResourceCompile />
     <CustomBuildStep />
@@ -123,6 +124,9 @@
     <CustomBuildStep />
     <CustomBuildStep />
     <CustomBuildStep />
+    <Manifest>
+      <GenerateCategoryTags>true</GenerateCategoryTags>
+    </Manifest>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="../src/app.h" />
diff --git a/src/ISqlit3Impl.cpp b/src/ISqlit3Impl.cpp
index 20ec69f..c42d8e0 100644
--- a/src/ISqlit3Impl.cpp
+++ b/src/ISqlit3Impl.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void sqlite3_init() {
 		errorCode = 7;
 		szError = "Fatal Error:  Sqlite library did not init.";
 		//		Cannot log the error, because logging not set up yet, so logging itself causes an exception
-		throw FatalException(szError.c_str());
+		throw FatalException(szError);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/unit_test.cpp b/src/unit_test.cpp
index 225a09e..e4ec4e0 100644
--- a/src/unit_test.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_test.cpp
@@ -264,27 +264,26 @@ static bool checkDataConversionsProduceExpected(void){
 }
 
 static bool CheckForUtfEnvironment(void) {
-	ILogMessage("\tChecking for UTF locale.");
+	ILogMessage("\tChecking for UTF locale. ☹");
 	try {
 		bool utfEnvironment{ true };
-		wxString utfError{ wxT("") };
 		if constexpr (b_WINDOWS) {
 			auto ACP{ GetACP() };
 			// Check that windows thinks this is UTF8
 			utfEnvironment = utfEnvironment && (ACP == 65001);
 			if (!utfEnvironment) {
-				utfError += wxString::Format(wxT("current code page %d—should be 65001☹, "), ACP);
+				szError = std::format("current code page {}, —should be 65001☹, ", ACP);
 			}
 		}
 		auto FontEncoding{ wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding() };
 		// check that wxWidgets thinks this is UTF8
 		utfEnvironment = utfEnvironment && (FontEncoding == wxFONTENCODING_UTF8);
 		if (!utfEnvironment) {
-			utfError = wxString::Format(wxT("%swxFontEncoding %d—should be %d☹"),
-				utfError,
-				FontEncoding,
-				wxFONTENCODING_UTF8);
-			throw MyException(utfError.c_str(), __LINE__, __func__, SrcFilename);
+			szError += std::format("swxFontEncoding {}, – should be {} ☹",
+				(int)FontEncoding,
+				(int)wxFONTENCODING_UTF8
+			);
+			throw MyException(szError, __LINE__, __func__, SrcFilename);
 		}
 	}
 	catch (const MyException& e) {