Ill give this a shot when I get home; I just hope that it doesn't break my compiler like the last time I tried to migrate from 2015 to 2017; I ended up having to install VS2017 on one of my game host servers and do all of my compiling there remotely.... all the players always complain of lag spikes when I compile the latest version of XMR-stak... lol!
Maybe Ill just attempt to install the whole ensemble onto my new daily driver laptop as it was replaced many months ago so i no longer use that machine that had its VS15/17 tainted and I could never get a complete compile/build of xmr-stak... this way I can still fallback onto a setup/config that I know still works for my primary goal.
The wiki they created is really helpful. I do compile on my personal PC but updating everything took a while. PS they just released 2.10.7.
Thanks for the merit! If I can help in anyway just let me know

Thanks for the heads up. Ill get on 2.10.7 a day or two after I get back to the mainland tomorrow; I wanna bask in what remains of my stay here =)
NP on the merit; you definitely earned it.