diff --git a/Core/Actions/Actions.lua b/Core/Actions/Actions.lua
index 53ecfb3..a158f61 100644
--- a/Core/Actions/Actions.lua
+++ b/Core/Actions/Actions.lua
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ local getPremakeExec = function()
 end
 
 local addBuildCommand = function(when, scriptType, path, cwdRelToProject, args)
+
     local scriptPath = path
     local cwd = auGetRoot()
 
@@ -97,20 +98,16 @@ local addBuildCommand = function(when, scriptType, path, cwdRelToProject, args)
     command = command .. getPremakeExec()
 
     local oldBootstrapPrefix = Aurora.Settings.sAbsRepoScripts 
-    local bootstrapPrefix =  _G.path.getrelative(Aurora.Settings.sAbsCompilerWd .. "/" .. auGetCurrentProjectName(), Aurora.Settings.sAbsRepoScripts)
 
-    local bootstrap = bootstrapPrefix .. "/Core/Actions/buildActionBootstrap.lua"
+    local bootstrap = Aurora.Settings.sAbsScripts .. "/Core/Actions/buildActionBootstrap.lua"
+    command = command .. " --file=\"" .. os.realpath(bootstrap) .. "\""
 
-    if (cdAware) then
-        command = command .. " --file=\"" .. bootstrap .. "\""
-    else
-        command = command .. " --file=\"" .. os.realpath(bootstrap) .. "\""
-    end
     --command = command .. " --project_name=\"%{prj.name}\""
     command = command .. " --project_name=\"" .. cur.name .. "\""
     command = command .. " --project_type=\"" .. cur.projectType .. "\""
+    command = command .. " --project_config=\"%{cfg.longname}\""
     command = command .. " --project_arch=\"%{cfg.architecture}\""
-    command = command .. " --project_platform=\"%{cfg.system}\""
+    command = command .. " --project_platform=\"%{cfg.platform}\""
 
     -- Aurora.Settings could take up too much of the win32 max command line buffer (8191 characters)
     -- This seems like a lot, but it should be well within the 9k limit
@@ -152,18 +149,31 @@ local addBuildCommand = function(when, scriptType, path, cwdRelToProject, args)
         cliArgs = " " .. argsEscaped
     end
 
+    if (args) then
+        command = command .. " --additional=\"" .. base64.encode(args) .. "\""
+    end
+
     if (scriptType == "lua") then
+
         if (os.isfile(Aurora.Settings.sAbsRepoScripts .. path)) then
             command = command .. " --luascript=\"" .. path .. "\""
         else
             command = command .. " --luaabsscript=\"" .. _G.path.getrelative(settings.sAbsRoot, path) .. "\""
         end
 
-        if (args) then
-            command = command .. " --additional=\"" .. base64.encode(args) .. "\""
-        end
+
     elseif (scriptType == "bin") then
         command = command .. " --binscript=\"" .. _G.path.getrelative(settings.sAbsRoot, path) .. cliArgs .. "\""
+
+    elseif (scriptType == "cmd") then
+        command = command .. " --cmd=\"" .. base64.encode(path) .. "\""
+        
+    elseif (scriptType == "project") then
+
+        command = command .. " --projectbins_=\"%{cfg.targetdir}\""
+        command = command .. " --projectname_=" .. path
+        command = command .. " --projectnameex_=" .. tostring(Aurora.Settings.bDefinePartialABIInTargetName)
+        
     end
 
     if (when == "post") then
diff --git a/Core/Actions/buildActionBootstrap.lua b/Core/Actions/buildActionBootstrap.lua
index 5c3ca70..f006f5f 100644
--- a/Core/Actions/buildActionBootstrap.lua
+++ b/Core/Actions/buildActionBootstrap.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ function auFetchGlobal(name)
     return ret
 end
 
+local function escapeBinaryPath(path)
+    if (os.host() == "windows") then
+        return "\"" .. path .. "\""
+    end
+    return path:gsub(" ", "\\ ")
+end
+
 require("./../../Utilities/Utilities")
 
 local triggers =
@@ -22,7 +29,12 @@ local triggers =
     "project_root",
     "additional",
     "project_type",
-    "luaabsscript"
+    "luaabsscript",
+    "projectname_",
+    "projectbins_",
+    "projectnameex_",
+    "project_config",
+    "project_name"
 }
 
 auForEach(triggers, function(trigger)
@@ -35,19 +47,27 @@ end)
 
 local settings = _OPTIONS["settings"]
 if (settings) then
+    
     Aurora.Settings = json.decode(base64.decode(settings))
 
-    require("./../../Public/Paths")
+    require("./../../Public/paths")
 end 
 
+require("./../Target/platform")
+
 local preconfig = path.join(Aurora.Settings.sAbsRoot, "preconfig.lua")
-if (os.isfile(preconfig) then
+if (os.isfile(preconfig)) then
     auRequireAbs(preconfig)
 end
 
 local projRoot = path.join(Aurora.Settings.sAbsRoot, _OPTIONS["project_root"] or "./")
 
-local cwd =_OPTIONS["cwd"]
+local projectBins = _OPTIONS["projectbins_"]
+if (projectBins) then
+    projectBins = os.realpath(path.join(projRoot, projectBins))
+end
+
+local cwd = _OPTIONS["cwd"]
 if (cwd) then
     os.chdir(projRoot)
 else
@@ -61,7 +81,7 @@ end
 
 local binSuffx = ""
 if (args) then
-    binSuffx  = " " .. binSuffx 
+    binSuffx  = " " .. args 
 end
 
 local binScript = _OPTIONS["binscript"]
@@ -69,23 +89,44 @@ if (binScript) then
     os.exit(os.execute(path.join(Aurora.Settings.sAbsRoot, binScript) .. binSuffx))
 end 
 
-
 local cmd = _OPTIONS["cmd"]
 if (cmd) then
-    os.exit(os.execute(cmd .. binSuffx))
+    os.exit(os.execute(base64.decode(cmd)))
 end 
 
 local projName = _OPTIONS["project_name"]
 local projType = _OPTIONS["project_type"]
 local projPlatform = _OPTIONS["project_platform"]
+local projCfg = _OPTIONS["project_config"]
 local projArch = _OPTIONS["project_arch"]
 
-local targetName = projName .. "." .. projPlatform ..  "." .. projArch
+if (string.find(projCfg, "|")) then
+    projCfg = projCfg:match("([^,]+)|([^,]+)")
+end
+
+local targetName = projName .. "." .. projCfg .. "." .. projPlatform ..  "." .. projArch
 local fileName = targetName
 
-local platform = Aurora.Platforms[platformName]
+local platform = Aurora.Platforms[projPlatform]
 if (platform) then
-    fileName = fileName .. (platform.exts or {})[type] or ""
+    fileName = fileName .. (platform.exts or {})[projType] or ""
+end
+
+if (projectBins) then
+    local projectName = _OPTIONS["projectname_"]
+    local projectNameEx = _OPTIONS["projectnameex_"] == "true"
+    local extension =  (platform.exts or {})["ConsoleApp"]
+
+    local binName = projectName
+
+    if (projectNameEx) then
+        binName = string.format("%s.%s.%s.%s", binName, projCfg, projPlatform, projArch)
+    end
+
+    binName = binName .. extension
+    local cmd = escapeBinaryPath(path.join(projectBins, binName))  .. binSuffx
+
+    os.exit(os.execute(cmd))
 end
 
 auBuild = 
@@ -101,12 +142,10 @@ auBuild =
     root = cwd
 }
 
-_G["build"] = auBuild 
-
 local luaScript = _OPTIONS["luascript"]
 local luaAbsScript = _OPTIONS["luaabsscript"]
 if (luaScript) then
-    auRequireAbs(os.realpath(build.root .. Aurora.Settings.sRelRepoScripts .. "/" .. luaScript))
+    auRequireAbs(path.join(Aurora.Settings.sAbsRepoScripts, luaScript))
 elseif (luaAbsScript) then
     auRequireAbs(path.join(Aurora.Settings.sAbsRoot, luaAbsScript))
 end
diff --git a/Core/JSON/jsonProjectHandlers.lua b/Core/JSON/jsonProjectHandlers.lua
index caff221..12c3ca3 100644
--- a/Core/JSON/jsonProjectHandlers.lua
+++ b/Core/JSON/jsonProjectHandlers.lua
@@ -221,11 +221,15 @@ local function auBlockProjectKeyBuildEvent(processor, value)
             type = "lua"
         elseif (value.bin) then
             type = "bin" 
+        elseif (value.project) then
+            type = "project" 
+        elseif (value.cmd) then
+            type = "cmd" 
         else
             return
         end
             
-        auAddBuildAction(obj.when, type, value[type], value.isCwdProjRoot)
+        auAddBuildAction(value.when, type, value[type], value.isCwdProjRoot, value.args)
     end, processor)
 end
 
@@ -381,7 +385,6 @@ local auProjectRefHandlers =
 {
     linkDepends = auHeaderProjectKeyLinkDepends,
     eval = auBlockProjectKeyEval,
-    events = auBlockProjectKeyBuildEvent,
     actions = auBlockProjectKeyBuildAction,
     links = auBlockProjectKeyLinks,
     defines = auBlockProjectKeyDefines,
diff --git a/Core/main.lua b/Core/main.lua
index 2cd5923..7d25968 100644
--- a/Core/main.lua
+++ b/Core/main.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ _auNamespacesEmitted = {}
 _auResolvedDep = {}
 _auCurrentProject = {}
 _auCurrentBaseProject = {}
+_auFatalMsg = {}
 
 -------------------------------------------------------
 -- utils
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ processProject = function(name, required, noNs)
         _auFatalMsg = {}
         _auFatalMsg["processing project"] = a.info.name
         a.processor:process()
+        _auFatalMsg = {}
     end)
 
     -- cont 
@@ -409,10 +411,9 @@ local function includeAuProject(dep, soft)
     end
 
     pushProject(a, function()
-        _auFatalMsg = {}
         _auFatalMsg["processing project ref"] = a.info.name
-      
-    processor:handleReference(isWeakCircularReference(dep))
+        processor:handleReference(isWeakCircularReference(dep))
+        _auFatalMsg["processing project ref"] = nil
     end)
     return true
 end 
@@ -443,9 +444,9 @@ local function linkAuProject(dep, soft)
 
     --if (not processor:getMeta().isStatic) then
         pushProject(a, function()
-            _auFatalMsg = {}
             _auFatalMsg["processing project link"] = a.info.name
             processor:handleLink()
+            _auFatalMsg["processing project link"] = nil
         end)
     --end
     return true
diff --git a/Public/api.lua b/Public/api.lua
index c18efde..8503ad4 100644
--- a/Public/api.lua
+++ b/Public/api.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function auAddBuildAction(...)
     buildAction(...)
 end
 
-function auAddBuildAction(...)
+function auAddBuildActionO(...)
     local type = {
         -- stage: pre, post
         -- filter: ...
diff --git a/Public/objects.lua b/Public/objects.lua
index f0b6b39..a789ecf 100644
--- a/Public/objects.lua
+++ b/Public/objects.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function auBuildActionO()
     return {
         stage = "post",  -- pre, post,
         -- filter: ...,
-        -- lua/bin/targetName/command: relative path - lua script; relative path - executable; project name; command line
+        -- lua/bin/project/cmd: relative path - lua script; relative path - executable; project name; command line
         -- args: lua private passthrough; binary or target name command args
         cwd = "sln" -- sln, prj 
     }
diff --git a/Public/paths.lua b/Public/paths.lua
index 2f1e2ad..eca1a14 100644
--- a/Public/paths.lua
+++ b/Public/paths.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+print("hello paths")
 
 if (not Aurora.Settings.sAbsRoot) then
     Aurora.Settings.sAbsRoot = os.realpath(os.getcwd() .. "/../..") .. "/"
@@ -21,11 +22,17 @@ end
 
 local function resolvePathAbs(key)
     local path = resolvePathAbs2(key, "sAbsRoot")
+    
+    if (not path) then
+        return
+    end
+
     if (not os.isdir(path)) then
         os.mkdir(path)
     end
 end
 
+
 resolvePathAbs("sRelDebug")
 resolvePathAbs("sRelStage")
 resolvePathAbs("sRelShip")
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ resolvePathAbs("sRelSymbols")
 resolvePathAbs("sRelLinkLibs")
 resolvePathAbs("sRelCompilerWd")
 
+
 local function resolveAuPathAbs(key)
     return resolvePathAbs2(key, "sAbsAuRoot")
 end