diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a68645448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/tests
+/bin
+/src/obj
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib.userprefs b/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib.userprefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eef987377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib.userprefs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<Properties>
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workspace ActiveConfiguration="Release" />
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench>
+    <Files>
+      <File FileName="src/Zip/ZipFile.cs" Line="1" Column="1" />
+      <File FileName="src/Zip/ZipConstants.cs" Line="1" Column="1" />
+      <File FileName="bin/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.xml" Line="1" Column="1" />
+      <File FileName="build.bat" Line="1" Column="1" />
+      <File FileName="README.md" Line="1" Column="1" />
+    </Files>
+  </MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench>
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.Breakpoints>
+    <BreakpointStore />
+  </MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.Breakpoints>
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.PinnedWatches />
+</Properties>
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diff --git a/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib2005.userprefs b/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib2005.userprefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..609f0d161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib2005.userprefs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<Properties StartupItem="tests/SharpZipLibTests.csproj">
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workspace ActiveConfiguration="Release" />
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench ActiveDocument="README.md">
+    <Files>
+      <File FileName="tests/Zip/ZipTests.cs" Line="13" Column="7" />
+      <File FileName="README.md" Line="13" Column="1" />
+    </Files>
+  </MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench>
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.Breakpoints>
+    <BreakpointStore />
+  </MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.Breakpoints>
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.PinnedWatches />
+</Properties>
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68a805fa1..38e7d399a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ SharpZipLib
 
 \#ziplib is a Zip, GZip, Tar and BZip2 library written entirely in C# for the .NET platform.
 
-Please see the [\#ziplib homepage](http://icsharpcode.github.io/SharpZipLib/) for precompiled downloads, 
+Please see the [\#ziplib homepage](http://icsharpcode.github.io/SharpZipLib/) for precompiled downloads,
 license information, link to the forum (support), release history, samples and more.
 
 **** Kabam Note
 
-- might need to use mono-develop4 to compile; mono-develop5 seems to insert .net40 
-target version meta data into the DLL (even project is set to be .net20 compatible), 
-which unity does not like
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+- might need to use mono-develop4 to compile; mono-develop5 seems to insert .net40
+target version meta data into the DLL (even project is set to be .net20 compatible),
+which unity does not like
+
+- open ICSharpCode.SharpZLib2005.sln and build for "Release" config
+- then copy the output dll "./bin/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll" to unity's "Assets/Plugins/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll"
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diff --git a/SharpZipAll.userprefs b/SharpZipAll.userprefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf2ba8af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpZipAll.userprefs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Properties StartupItem="samples/cs/sz/sz.csproj">
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workspace ActiveConfiguration="Debug" />
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench />
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.Breakpoints>
+    <BreakpointStore />
+  </MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.Breakpoints>
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.DebuggingService.PinnedWatches />
+</Properties>
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diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib.csproj b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib.csproj
index 48fd40a6b..bf1428e0f 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib.csproj
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZLib.csproj
@@ -1,39 +1,43 @@
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" xmlns:Conversion="urn:Conversion">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" xmlns:Conversion="urn:Conversion">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{0E7413FF-EB9E-4714-ACF2-BE3A6A7B2FFD}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <ApplicationIcon />
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <StartupObject />
     <NoStdLib>False</NoStdLib>
     <NoConfig>False</NoConfig>
     <RunPostBuildEvent>OnOutputUpdated</RunPostBuildEvent>
     <PreBuildEvent />
     <PostBuildEvent />
     <DocumentationFile>..\bin\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.xml</DocumentationFile>
+    <ProductVersion>8.0.50727</ProductVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
     <Optimize>True</Optimize>
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>False</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <CheckForOverflowUnderflow>False</CheckForOverflowUnderflow>
     <OutputPath>..\bin\</OutputPath>
-    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <DebugType>None</DebugType>
+    <RegisterForComInterop>False</RegisterForComInterop>
+    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Auto</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
+    <BaseAddress>4194304</BaseAddress>
+    <FileAlignment>4096</FileAlignment>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <Optimize>False</Optimize>
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>False</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <CheckForOverflowUnderflow>False</CheckForOverflowUnderflow>
     <OutputPath>..\bin\</OutputPath>
-    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
+    <RegisterForComInterop>False</RegisterForComInterop>
+    <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Auto</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
+    <BaseAddress>4194304</BaseAddress>
+    <FileAlignment>4096</FileAlignment>
+    <DefineConstants>NET_2_0</DefineConstants>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Platform)' == 'AnyCPU' ">
     <RegisterForComInterop>False</RegisterForComInterop>