diff --git a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/.vs/WIN32/v14/.suo b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/.vs/WIN32/v14/.suo
deleted file mode 100644
index 324972876a..0000000000
Binary files a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/.vs/WIN32/v14/.suo and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/FreeRTOSConfig.h b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/FreeRTOSConfig.h
index 6b98922ee5..cc08b5f3f5 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/FreeRTOSConfig.h
+++ b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/FreeRTOSConfig.h
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@
 #define configUSE_ALTERNATIVE_API				0
 #define configUSE_QUEUE_SETS					1
 #define configUSE_TASK_NOTIFICATIONS			1
-#define configSUPPORT_STATIC_ALLOCATION			0
-#define configSUPPORT_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION		1
+#define configSUPPORT_STATIC_ALLOCATION			1
 
 /* Software timer related configuration options. */
 #define configUSE_TIMERS						1
diff --git a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj
index d3531b4667..87c034b6e4 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj
+++ b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\Source\event_groups.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\Source\portable\MemMang\heap_5.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\Source\stream_buffer.c" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\..\Source\task_pool.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\Source\timers.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Common\Minimal\AbortDelay.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Common\Minimal\BlockQ.c" />
diff --git a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj.filters b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj.filters
index 0fcb7b7404..ae43ea7508 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/WIN32.vcxproj.filters
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\Common\Minimal\MessageBufferAMP.c">
       <Filter>Demo App Source\Full_Demo\Common Demo Tasks</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\..\Source\task_pool.c">
-      <Filter>FreeRTOS Source\Source</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="FreeRTOSConfig.h">
diff --git a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/main.c b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/main.c
index bccd97b9b3..ee82197449 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/main.c
+++ b/FreeRTOS/Demo/WIN32-MSVC/main.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <conio.h>
 
+/* Visual studio intrinsics used so the __debugbreak() function is available
+should an assert get hit. */
+#include <intrin.h>
+
 /* FreeRTOS kernel includes. */
 #include "FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "task.h"
@@ -288,6 +292,9 @@ volatile uint32_t ulSetToNonZeroInDebuggerToContinue = 0;
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* Cause debugger break point if being debugged. */
+		__debugbreak();
+
 		/* You can step out of this function to debug the assertion by using
 		the debugger to set ulSetToNonZeroInDebuggerToContinue to a non-zero
 		value. */