diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 015e1d1d6..4a5ff45d3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ foreach(var ${vars})
 		if( "${var}" STREQUAL "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH")
 			set(PREFIX_PATH ";${${var}}")
 		endif()
-	elseif("${var}" STREQUAL "CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM")
+	elseif("${var}" STREQUAL "CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM" AND NOT("${${var}}" STREQUAL ""))
 		message(STATUS "User-Setting Platform to ${${var}}")
 	endif()
 endforeach()
@@ -194,4 +194,5 @@ ExternalProject_Add(linphone-qt-only PREFIX "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/linphoneqt"
     LIST_SEPARATOR | # Use the alternate list separator
     CMAKE_ARGS ${APP_OPTIONS} ${USER_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR> -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${PREFIX_PATH}
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON
+    BUILD_ALWAYS ON
 )
diff --git a/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt b/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt
index e935cfb34..2519671f3 100644
--- a/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,10 @@ set(QML_IMPORT_PATH ${_QML_IMPORT_PATHS} CACHE STRING "Path used to locate CMake
 set(QML2_IMPORT_PATH ${_QML_IMPORT_PATHS} CACHE STRING "Path used to locate CMake modules by Qt Creator" FORCE)
 set(QML_SOURCES_PATHS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ui/")
 set(QML_MODULES_PATHS ${QML_SOURCES_PATHS})
-message("QML_IMPORT_PATH=${QML_IMPORT_PATH}" )
+if(ENABLE_BUILD_VERBOSE)#useful to copy these Paths to QML previewers
+    message("QML_IMPORT_PATH=${QML_IMPORT_PATH}" )
+    message("Qt5 Paths : Qt5_DIR=$ENV{Qt5_DIR}, PATH=$ENV{PATH}")
+endif()
 if(APPLE)
     if(MS2_PLUGINS_LOCATION)
     set(MSPLUGINS_DIR ${MS2_PLUGINS_LOCATION})
@@ -336,7 +339,6 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 include_directories(src/)
-message("Qt5 Paths : Qt5_DIR=$ENV{Qt5_DIR}, PATH=$ENV{PATH}")
 find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS ${QT5_PACKAGES} REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS ${QT5_PACKAGES_OPTIONAL} QUIET)
 
@@ -389,6 +391,10 @@ set_property(TARGET ${APP_LIBRARY} PROPERTY AUTORCC ON)
 
 set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "${EXECUTABLE_NAME}")
 
+if(MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES PDB_NAME "${EXECUTABLE_NAME}_app")
+    set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME_ONLY} PROPERTIES PDB_NAME "${EXECUTABLE_NAME}_app")
+endif()
 
 #ExternalProject_Get_Property(project_a install_dir)
 #include_directories(${install_dir}/include)
diff --git a/linphone-app/cmake_builder/linphone_package/CMakeLists.txt b/linphone-app/cmake_builder/linphone_package/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e86e8a6a..39c45061d 100644
--- a/linphone-app/cmake_builder/linphone_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/linphone-app/cmake_builder/linphone_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ if (WIN32)
 	endif()
 	install(FILES ${LIB_FILES} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/")
 	file(GLOB EXE_FILES "${LINPHONE_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/*.exe")
+	if(MSVC AND (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo"))
+		file(GLOB PDB_FILES "${LINPHONE_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/*.pdb")
+		install(FILES ${PDB_FILES} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/" PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+		file(GLOB PDB_FILES "${LINPHONE_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/*.pdb")
+		install(FILES ${PDB_FILES} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/" PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+		install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../${EXECUTABLE_NAME}_app.pdb" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+	endif()
 	install(FILES ${EXE_FILES} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/")
 	install(DIRECTORY "${LINPHONE_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/mediastreamer" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
 	file(GLOB GRAMMAR_FILES "${LINPHONE_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/Belr/grammars/*")