diff --git a/vc17/otclient.vcxproj b/vc17/otclient.vcxproj
index 641556d9e..311e3ec1c 100644
--- a/vc17/otclient.vcxproj
+++ b/vc17/otclient.vcxproj
@@ -639,18 +639,18 @@
     <RunProtoCompile>false</RunProtoCompile>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RunProtoCompile)'=='true'">
-    <ProtocPath>$(ProjectDir)../vcpkg_installed\$(VcpkgTriplet)\tools\protobuf\protoc</ProtocPath>
+    <ProtocPath>$(ProjectDir)vcpkg_installed\$(VcpkgTriplet)\tools\protobuf\protoc</ProtocPath>
     <ProtoPath>$(SourcePath)protobuf</ProtoPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RunProtoCompile)'=='false'">
-    <ProtocPath>$(ProjectDir)../vcpkg_installed\$(VcpkgTriplet)\tools\protobuf\protoc</ProtocPath>
+    <ProtocPath>$(ProjectDir)vcpkg_installed\$(VcpkgTriplet)\tools\protobuf\protoc</ProtocPath>
     <ProtoPath>$(GITHUB_WORKSPACE)\src\protobuf</ProtoPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProtoFiles Include="$(ProtoPath)\*.proto" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Target Name="ProtoCompile" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild" DependsOnTargets="VcpkgInstallManifestDependencies">
-    <MakeDir Directories="$(ProjectDir)../generated" />
+    <MakeDir Directories="$(ProjectDir)generated" />
     <Exec Command="$(ProtocPath) --proto_path=$(ProtoPath) --cpp_out=generated @(ProtoFiles)" />
     <ItemGroup>
       <ClCompile Include="generated\%(ProtoFiles.Filename).pb.cc">