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+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), build.root))\Build\Common.Build.settings" />
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectFile Include="src\dirs.proj"/>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(BuildTests)'!=''">
+    <ProjectFile Include="tests\dirs.proj" Condition="'$(Platform)'!='ARM' or '$(WindowsSDKDesktopARMSupport)' == 'true'"/>
+    <ProjectFile Include="samples\dirs.proj" Condition="'$(Platform)'!='ARM' or '$(WindowsSDKDesktopARMSupport)' == 'true'"/> 
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$(TargetsPath)\Common.Build.Traversal.targets" />
+
+</Project>