diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj
index e4cfacd0..21633838 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleLib.Git.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>SparkleLib.Git</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>SparkleLib.Git</AssemblyName>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
-    <ReleaseVersion />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj b/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj
index 1da7ee15..345c0d69 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleLib.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>SparkleLib</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>SparkleLib</AssemblyName>
-    <ReleaseVersion />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>none</DebugType>
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleAbout.cs b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleAbout.cs
index 7e091937..81a0fae2 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleAbout.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleAbout.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
             Title          = "About SparkleShare";
             AppPaintable   = true;
 
-            string image_path = new string [] { Program.UI.AssetsPath, "pixmaps", "about.png" }.Combine ();
+            string image_path = new string [] { SparkleUI.AssetsPath, "pixmaps", "about.png" }.Combine ();
 
             Realize ();
             Gdk.Pixbuf buf = new Gdk.Pixbuf (image_path);
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleEventLog.cs b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleEventLog.cs
index b94cdcef..8f28fc09 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleEventLog.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleEventLog.cs
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                 if (html == null)
                     return;
                 
-                string pixmaps_path = IO.Path.Combine (Program.UI.AssetsPath, "pixmaps");
-                string icons_path  = new string [] {Program.UI.AssetsPath, "icons",
+                string pixmaps_path = IO.Path.Combine (SparkleUI.AssetsPath, "pixmaps");
+                string icons_path  = new string [] {SparkleUI.AssetsPath, "icons",
                     "hicolor", "12x12", "status"}.Combine ();
 
                 html = html.Replace ("<!-- $body-font-size -->", (double) (Style.FontDescription.Size / 1024 + 3) + "px");
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.csproj b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.csproj
index a0f5513f..d4f46339 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.csproj
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="4.0">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
     <ProductVersion>8.0.50727</ProductVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{728483AA-E34B-4441-BF2C-C8BC2901E4E0}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@
     <AssemblyName>SparkleShare</AssemblyName>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <RootNamespace>SparkleShare</RootNamespace>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>..\bin</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v2.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>none</DebugType>
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.sln b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.sln
index 241c51e8..4a198ba4 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.sln
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleShare.sln
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
-# Visual Studio 2008
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
+# Visual Studio 2010
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SparkleShare", "SparkleShare.csproj", "{728483AA-E34B-4441-BF2C-C8BC2901E4E0}"
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SparkleLib", "..\..\SparkleLib\SparkleLib.csproj", "{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}"
@@ -9,20 +9,13 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SparkleLib.Git", "..\..\Spa
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
-		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
 		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
-		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{009FDCD7-1D57-4202-BB6D-8477D8C6B8EE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{2C914413-B31C-4362-93C7-1AE34F09112A}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-		{728483AA-E34B-4441-BF2C-C8BC2901E4E0}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{728483AA-E34B-4441-BF2C-C8BC2901E4E0}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{728483AA-E34B-4441-BF2C-C8BC2901E4E0}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{728483AA-E34B-4441-BF2C-C8BC2901E4E0}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUI.cs b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUI.cs
index 5065239b..a5dcf6f0 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUI.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUI.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
         public SparkleSetup Setup;
         public SparkleAbout About;
 
-        public string AssetsPath = Defines.INSTALL_DIR;
+        public static string AssetsPath = Defines.INSTALL_DIR;
 
 
         public SparkleUI ()
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUIHelpers.cs b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUIHelpers.cs
index 94f0e908..bd2596a3 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUIHelpers.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/SparkleUIHelpers.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
         public static Gdk.Pixbuf GetIcon (string name, int size)
         {
             IconTheme icon_theme = new IconTheme ();
-            icon_theme.AppendSearchPath (Path.Combine (Program.UI.AssetsPath, "icons"));
+            icon_theme.AppendSearchPath (Path.Combine (SparkleUI.AssetsPath, "icons"));
 
             try {
                 return icon_theme.LoadIcon (name, size, IconLookupFlags.GenericFallback);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
         public static Image GetImage (string name)
         {
-            string image_path = new string [] { Program.UI.AssetsPath, "pixmaps", name }.Combine ();
+            string image_path = new string [] { SparkleUI.AssetsPath, "pixmaps", name }.Combine ();
             return new Image (image_path);
         }