diff --git a/example/windows/AsyncStorageExample.sln b/example/windows/AsyncStorageExample.sln
index 36557072..c299996b 100644
--- a/example/windows/AsyncStorageExample.sln
+++ b/example/windows/AsyncStorageExample.sln
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Global
 		..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx.vcxitems*{da8b35b3-da00-4b02-bde6-6a397b3fd46b}*SharedItemsImports = 9
 		..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Chakra\Chakra.vcxitems*{f7d32bd0-2749-483e-9a0d-1635ef7e3136}*SharedItemsImports = 4
 		..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\JSI\Shared\JSI.Shared.vcxitems*{f7d32bd0-2749-483e-9a0d-1635ef7e3136}*SharedItemsImports = 4
+		..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx.vcxitems*{f7d32bd0-2749-483e-9a0d-1635ef7e3136}*SharedItemsImports = 4
 		..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Mso\Mso.vcxitems*{f7d32bd0-2749-483e-9a0d-1635ef7e3136}*SharedItemsImports = 4
 		..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Shared\Shared.vcxitems*{f7d32bd0-2749-483e-9a0d-1635ef7e3136}*SharedItemsImports = 4
 	EndGlobalSection
diff --git a/example/windows/AsyncStorageExample/Bundle/.gitignore b/example/windows/AsyncStorageExample/Bundle/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b7ef32..00000000
--- a/example/windows/AsyncStorageExample/Bundle/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/windows/ReactNativeAsyncStorage/ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj b/windows/ReactNativeAsyncStorage/ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj
index 1384369d..df6ea933 100644
--- a/windows/ReactNativeAsyncStorage/ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/ReactNativeAsyncStorage/ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ReactNativeWindowsDir Condition="'$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), 'node_modules\react-native-windows\package.json'))\node_modules\react-native-windows\</ReactNativeWindowsDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx.vcxitems" Label="Shared" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx.vcxitems')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx.vcxitems" Label="Shared" Condition="Exists('..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx.vcxitems')" />
+    <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx\Microsoft.ReactNative.Cxx.vcxitems" Label="Shared" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
@@ -135,11 +137,7 @@
     <None Include="PropertySheet.props" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative\Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative\Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj')">
-      <Project>{f7d32bd0-2749-483e-9a0d-1635ef7e3136}</Project>
-      <Private>false</Private>
-    </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative\Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj" Condition="Exists('..\..\node_modules\react-native-windows\Microsoft.ReactNative\Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj')">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\Microsoft.ReactNative\Microsoft.ReactNative.vcxproj">
       <Project>{f7d32bd0-2749-483e-9a0d-1635ef7e3136}</Project>
       <Private>false</Private>
     </ProjectReference>