diff --git a/MAKEFILE.nmake b/MAKEFILE.nmake
index 51fc79f..8d51ef6 100644
--- a/MAKEFILE.nmake
+++ b/MAKEFILE.nmake
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-MSTOOLKIT_DEFS=/D"_NOSQLITE"
-
 CFLAGS=/permissive- /GS /GL /W3 /Gy /Zc:wchar_t /Zi /Gm- /O2 /sdl /Zc:inline /fp:precise /errorReport:prompt /WX- /Zc:forScope /Gd /Oi /MD /FC /EHsc /nologo /diagnostics:column 
-CDEFS=/D "WIN32" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" /D "_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE" /D "XML_STATIC" /D "_MBCS"
+CDEFS=/D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" /D "_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE" /D "XML_STATIC" /D "_MBCS"
 LIBFLAGS=/LTCG /MACHINE:X64 /NOLOGO
 
 BUILD_INC=.\include
+BUILD_INC_EXT=$(BUILD_INC)\extern
 BUILD_SRC=.\src
+BUILD_EXT=.\extern
 BUILD_DIR=.\x64\Release
+BUILD_DIR_EXT=.\x64\Release\extern
 
 # -- Global build rules -------------------------------
 # Rules for all packages of the MSToolkit.
 #------------------------------------------------------
 .PHONY: all
-all       : output zlib expat mzparser mzid core mstoolkit
+all       : output zlib expat mzparser core mstoolkit mstoolkitextern
 
 
 # -- Output -------------------------------------------
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ all       : output zlib expat mzparser mzid core mstoolkit
 #------------------------------------------------------
 output:
 	@if not exist $(BUILD_DIR) mkdir $(BUILD_DIR)
+	@if not exist $(BUILD_DIR_EXT) mkdir $(BUILD_DIR_EXT)
 
 # -- MSToolkit  ---------------------------------------
 # The core MSToolkit files
@@ -27,10 +29,13 @@ output:
 MSTOOLKIT_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_SRC)\MSToolkit
 
 mstoolkit: $(BUILD_DIR)\*.obj
-	lib /OUT:"$(BUILD_DIR)\MSToolkitLite.lib" $(LIBFLAGS) $?
+	lib /OUT:"$(BUILD_DIR)\MSToolkit.lib" $(LIBFLAGS) $?
+	
+mstoolkitextern: $(BUILD_DIR_EXT)\*.obj
+	lib /OUT:"$(BUILD_DIR)\MSToolkitExtern.lib" $(LIBFLAGS) $?
 
-core : $(MSTOOLKIT_SRCDIR)\\*.cpp
-	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) $(MSTOOLKIT_DEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
+core: $(MSTOOLKIT_SRCDIR)\*.cpp
+	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) $(MSTOOLKIT_DEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /I"$(BUILD_INC_EXT)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
 	
 clean:
 	del $(BUILD_DIR)\*.obj
@@ -39,19 +44,20 @@ clean:
 # -- Expat --------------------------------------------
 # XML support
 #------------------------------------------------------
-EXPAT_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_SRC)\expat-2.2.9\lib
+EXPAT_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_EXT)\expat-2.2.9\lib
 
 expat : $(EXPAT_SRCDIR)\\*.c
-	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
+	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR_EXT)\ $?
 
 
+# This tool is deprecated. 
 # -- mzIMLTools ---------------------------------------
 # mzIdentML support
 #------------------------------------------------------
-MZID_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_SRC)\mzIMLTools
-
-mzid : $(MZID_SRCDIR)\\*.cpp
-	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
+#MZID_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_SRC)\mzIMLTools
+#
+#mzid : $(MZID_SRCDIR)\\*.cpp
+#	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
 
 
 # -- mzParser -----------------------------------------
@@ -60,15 +66,15 @@ mzid : $(MZID_SRCDIR)\\*.cpp
 MZP_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_SRC)\mzParser
 
 mzparser : $(MZP_SRCDIR)\\*.cpp
-	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
+	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /I"$(BUILD_INC_EXT)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
 
 
 # -- zlib ---------------------------------------------
 # zlib file compression
 #------------------------------------------------------
-ZLIB_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_SRC)\zlib-1.2.11
+ZLIB_SRCDIR=$(BUILD_EXT)\zlib-1.2.11
 
 zlib : $(ZLIB_SRCDIR)\\*.c
-	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR)\ $?
+	cl $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) /I"$(BUILD_INC)" /c /Fo$(BUILD_DIR_EXT)\ $?
 
 	
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