diff --git a/examples/normCast.cpp b/examples/normCast.cpp
index d864677..81f0743 100644
--- a/examples/normCast.cpp
+++ b/examples/normCast.cpp
@@ -85,10 +85,18 @@ class NormCaster
          unsigned long GetSentCount()
             {return sent_count;}
         
-        
         // Receiver methods
         void SetRxCacheDirectory(const char* path)
-            {strncpy(rx_cache_path, path, PATH_MAX);}
+		{
+			strncpy(rx_cache_path, path, PATH_MAX);
+			unsigned int len = strlen(rx_cache_path);
+			if (PROTO_PATH_DELIMITER != rx_cache_path[len - 1])
+			{
+				if (PATH_MAX == len) len--;
+				rx_cache_path[len] = PROTO_PATH_DELIMITER;
+				rx_cache_path[len + 1] = '\0';
+			}
+		}
         const char* GetRxCacheDirectory() const
             {return rx_cache_path;}
         
@@ -231,7 +239,6 @@ void NormCaster::SetNormCongestionControl(CCMode ccMode)
 
 bool NormCaster::Start(bool sender, bool receiver)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "enter NormCaster::Start() ...\n");
     // TBD - make these command-line accessible
     unsigned int bufferSize = 64*1024*1024;
     unsigned int segmentSize = 1400;
@@ -242,7 +249,6 @@ bool NormCaster::Start(bool sender, bool receiver)
     
     norm_tx_segment_size = segmentSize;
     
-    TRACE("NormCaster::Start(%d, %d) ...\n", sender, receiver);
     if (receiver)
     {
         if (!NormStartReceiver(norm_session, bufferSize))
@@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ bool NormCaster::EnqueueFileObject()
     char nameInfo[PATH_MAX + 1];
     strncpy(nameInfo, namePtr, nameLen);
     // Normalize path delimiters to '/' for transfer
-    for (int i = 0; i < nameLen; i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nameLen; i++)
     {
         if (PROTO_PATH_DELIMITER == nameInfo[i])
             nameInfo[i] = '/';
@@ -554,7 +560,7 @@ void NormCaster::HandleNormEvent(const NormEvent& event)
                 if ('/' == fileName[i]) 
                     fileName[i] = PROTO_PATH_DELIMITER;
             }
-            TRACE("got info renaming to \"%s\" ...\n", fileName);
+			TRACE("got info renaming to: %s\n", fileName);
             if (!NormFileRename(event.object, fileName))
                 perror("normCast: rx file rename error");
             break;
@@ -591,7 +597,7 @@ void Usage()
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-    // REQUIRED parameters initiailization
+	// REQUIRED parameters initiailization
     NormNodeId nodeId = NORM_NODE_NONE;
     bool send = false;
     bool recv = false;
@@ -615,8 +621,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     double txloss = 0.0;
     bool loopback = false;
 
-	TRACE("parsing command-line ...\n");
-    
     NormCaster normCast;
     
     // Parse command-line
@@ -861,30 +865,20 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         return -1;
     }
 
-	TRACE("calling NormCreateInstance() ...\n");
-    
-    // TBD - should provide more error checking of calls
+	// TBD - should provide more error checking of calls
     NormInstanceHandle normInstance = NormCreateInstance();
-	TRACE("calling NormSetDebugLevel() ...\n");
-    NormSetDebugLevel(debugLevel);
+	NormSetDebugLevel(debugLevel);
 	if (NULL != debugLog)
-	{
-		TRACE("calling NormOpenDebugLog() ...\n");
 		NormOpenDebugLog(normInstance, debugLog);
-	}
     
-	TRACE("calling NormSetCacheDirectory() (recv:%d) ...\n", recv);
-    // TBD - enhance NORM to support per-session or perhaps per-sender rx cache directories?
+	// TBD - enhance NORM to support per-session or perhaps per-sender rx cache directories?
     if (recv)
         NormSetCacheDirectory(normInstance, normCast.GetRxCacheDirectory());
     
-	TRACE("calling SetLoopback() ...\n");
-    normCast.SetLoopback(loopback);
-	TRACE("calling SetFlushing() ...\n");
+	normCast.SetLoopback(loopback);
 	normCast.SetFlushing(flushing);
         
-	TRACE("calling OpenNormSession() ...\n");
-    if (!normCast.OpenNormSession(normInstance, sessionAddr, sessionPort, (NormNodeId)nodeId))
+	if (!normCast.OpenNormSession(normInstance, sessionAddr, sessionPort, (NormNodeId)nodeId))
     {
         fprintf(stderr, "normCast error: unable to open NORM session\n");
         NormDestroyInstance(normInstance);
@@ -905,12 +899,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     
     if (trace) normCast.SetNormMessageTrace(true);
     
-	TRACE("calling Start() ...\n");
-    // TBD - set NORM session parameters
+	// TBD - set NORM session parameters
     normCast.Start(send, recv); 
 
-	TRACE("calling SendFiles() ...\n");
-    if (normCast.TxFilePending()) normCast.SendFiles();
+	 if (normCast.TxFilePending()) normCast.SendFiles();
     
 #ifdef WIN32
     //Win32InputHandler inputHandler;
@@ -926,7 +918,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     FD_ZERO(&fdsetInput);
 #endif  // if/else WIN32/UNIX
     
-	TRACE("entering main loop ...\n");
     while (normCast.IsRunning())
     {
         // TBD - could add "stdin" as a descriptor to monitor 
@@ -935,8 +926,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         bool normEventPending = false;
         bool inputEventPending = false;
 #ifdef WIN32
-		TRACE("calling MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx() ...\n");
-        DWORD handleCount = inputNeeded ? 2 : 1;
+		DWORD handleCount = inputNeeded ? 2 : 1;
         DWORD waitStatus =  
             MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx(handleCount,   // number of handles in array
                                         handleArray,   // object-handle array
diff --git a/examples/normClient.cpp b/examples/normClient.cpp
index 7491cbc..86e8d47 100644
--- a/examples/normClient.cpp
+++ b/examples/normClient.cpp
@@ -136,11 +136,21 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }  
     
     NormInstanceHandle instance = NormCreateInstance();
+	NormSocketHandle normSocket = NormOpen(instance);
+
+	if (trace)
+	{
+		NormSetMessageTrace(NormGetSocketSession(normSocket), true);
+		if (NULL != groupAddrPtr)
+			NormSetMessageTrace(NormGetSocketMulticastSession(normSocket), true);
+	}
+	if (0 != debugLevel) NormSetDebugLevel(debugLevel);
+
+	//NormSetDebugLevel(3);
+	//NormSetMessageTrace(NormGetSocketSession(normSocket), true);
     
     // Initate connection to server ...
-    fprintf(stderr, "normClient: connecting to %s/%hu ...\n", serverAddr, serverPort);
-    NormSocketHandle normSocket = NormOpen(instance);
-            
+    fprintf(stderr, "normClient: connecting to %s/%hu ...\n", serverAddr, serverPort);        
     // setting 'localPort' param here to zero lets an ephemeral port be picked
     NormConnect(normSocket, serverAddr, serverPort, 0, groupAddrPtr, clientId);
     /* // Optional code to test NormWrite() immediately after NormConnect() call
@@ -150,16 +160,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     NormWrite(normSocket, helloStr, helloLen);
     NormFlush(normSocket);*/
     
-    if (trace)
-    {
-        NormSetMessageTrace(NormGetSocketSession(normSocket), true);
-        if (NULL != groupAddrPtr)
-            NormSetMessageTrace(NormGetSocketMulticastSession(normSocket), true);
-    }
-    if (0 != debugLevel) NormSetDebugLevel(debugLevel);
     
-    //NormSetDebugLevel(3);
-    //NormSetMessageTrace(NormGetSocketSession(normSocket), true);
     
 #ifdef WIN32
     HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
diff --git a/makefiles/win32/Norm.sln b/makefiles/win32/Norm.sln
index 4fb993f..67a88c9 100644
--- a/makefiles/win32/Norm.sln
+++ b/makefiles/win32/Norm.sln
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
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 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "NormLib", "NormLib.vcxproj", "{D7B0023C-8798-4918-8DA0-05C9054D70B9}"
 EndProject
@@ -14,36 +14,66 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "npc", "npc.vcxproj", "{7BF4
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Protokit", "..\..\protolib\makefiles\win32\Protokit.vcxproj", "{DE94F096-A09B-44B6-8EFE-C7BF1F65C4C9}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "normCast", "normCast.vcxproj", "{7B453DAC-67A1-48AB-B6D4-BA25F698A158}"
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diff --git a/makefiles/win32/norm/norm.vcxproj b/makefiles/win32/norm/norm.vcxproj
index 9c8be51..9034b1c 100755
--- a/makefiles/win32/norm/norm.vcxproj
+++ b/makefiles/win32/norm/norm.vcxproj
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
       <Platform>Win32</Platform>
     </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
       <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
       <Platform>Win32</Platform>
     </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{6E1308A6-D40F-489E-A4F1-40D859380D64}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -21,12 +29,24 @@
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
+    <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
+    <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
+    <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
+    <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
@@ -34,10 +54,18 @@
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     <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC71.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC71.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC71.props" />
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+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)Microsoft.CPP.UpgradeFromVC71.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
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@@ -47,11 +75,17 @@
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     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
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+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <OutDir>.\Release\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>.\Release\</IntDir>
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
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+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <Midl>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -94,6 +128,49 @@
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+      <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
+      <TypeLibraryName>.\Debug/norm.tlb</TypeLibraryName>
+      <HeaderFileName>
+      </HeaderFileName>
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+    <ClCompile>
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+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
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+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>
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     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\src\common\normPostProcess.cpp" />
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d086116
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