diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
index e3636bbe7..80858b4e2 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
                cmLocalGenerator* root,
                std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& generators)
 {
+  std::vector<std::string> configs;
+  root->GetMakefile()->GetConfigurations(configs);
+
   // Write out the header for a SLN file
   this->WriteSLNHeader(fout);
 
@@ -104,11 +107,11 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
   // Write out the configurations information for the solution
   fout << "Global\n";
   // Write out the configurations for the solution
-  this->WriteSolutionConfigurations(fout);
+  this->WriteSolutionConfigurations(fout, configs);
   fout << "\tGlobalSection(" << this->ProjectConfigurationSectionName
        << ") = postSolution\n";
   // Write out the configurations for all the targets in the project
-  this->WriteTargetConfigurations(fout, orderedProjectTargets);
+  this->WriteTargetConfigurations(fout, configs, orderedProjectTargets);
   fout << "\tEndGlobalSection\n";
 
   if (useFolderProperty)
@@ -129,11 +132,12 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
-::WriteSolutionConfigurations(std::ostream& fout)
+::WriteSolutionConfigurations(std::ostream& fout,
+                              std::vector<std::string> const& configs)
 {
   fout << "\tGlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution\n";
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     fout << "\t\t" << *i << " = " << *i << "\n";
     }
@@ -269,14 +273,15 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
 ::WriteProjectConfigurations(
   std::ostream& fout, const std::string& name, cmTarget::TargetType,
+  std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
   const std::set<std::string>& configsPartOfDefaultBuild,
   std::string const& platformMapping)
 {
   const std::string& platformName =
     !platformMapping.empty() ? platformMapping : this->GetPlatformName();
   std::string guid = this->GetGUID(name);
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     fout << "\t\t{" << guid << "}." << *i
          << ".ActiveCfg = " << *i << "|" << platformName << std::endl;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h
index 7223ebcb4..dbae43d53 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.h
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ protected:
   virtual void WriteSLNFile(std::ostream& fout,
                             cmLocalGenerator* root,
                             std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& generators);
-  virtual void WriteSolutionConfigurations(std::ostream& fout);
+  virtual void WriteSolutionConfigurations(
+    std::ostream& fout, std::vector<std::string> const& configs);
   virtual void WriteProject(std::ostream& fout,
                             const std::string& name, const char* path,
                             cmTarget const& t);
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ protected:
                            cmTarget const& t);
   virtual void WriteProjectConfigurations(
     std::ostream& fout, const std::string& name, cmTarget::TargetType type,
+    std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
     const std::set<std::string>& configsPartOfDefaultBuild,
     const std::string& platformMapping = "");
   virtual void WriteExternalProject(std::ostream& fout,
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index ca8698719..08ed6ac07 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 
   // Create list of configurations requested by user's cache, if any.
   this->cmGlobalGenerator::EnableLanguage(lang, mf, optional);
-  this->GenerateConfigurations(mf);
 
   // if this environment variable is set, then copy it to
   // a static cache entry.  It will be used by
@@ -321,50 +320,6 @@ bool cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::SetGeneratorPlatform(std::string const& p,
   return this->cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::SetGeneratorPlatform(p, mf);
 }
 
-void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::GenerateConfigurations(cmMakefile* mf)
-{
-  // process the configurations
-  const char* ct
-    = this->CMakeInstance->GetCacheDefinition("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES");
-  if ( ct )
-    {
-    std::vector<std::string> argsOut;
-    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(ct, argsOut);
-    for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = argsOut.begin();
-        i != argsOut.end(); ++i)
-      {
-      if(std::find(this->Configurations.begin(),
-                   this->Configurations.end(),
-                   *i) == this->Configurations.end())
-        {
-        this->Configurations.push_back(*i);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  // default to at least Debug and Release
-  if(this->Configurations.size() == 0)
-    {
-    this->Configurations.push_back("Debug");
-    this->Configurations.push_back("Release");
-    }
-
-  // Reset the entry to have a semi-colon separated list.
-  std::string configs = this->Configurations[0];
-  for(unsigned int i=1; i < this->Configurations.size(); ++i)
-    {
-    configs += ";";
-    configs += this->Configurations[i];
-    }
-
-  mf->AddCacheDefinition(
-    "CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES",
-    configs.c_str(),
-    "Semicolon separated list of supported configuration types, "
-    "only supports Debug, Release, MinSizeRel, and RelWithDebInfo, "
-    "anything else will be ignored.",
-    cmState::STRING);
-}
-
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::Generate()
 {
   // first do the superclass method
@@ -436,6 +391,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputSLNFile()
 
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteTargetConfigurations(
   std::ostream& fout,
+  std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
   OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets)
 {
   // loop over again and write out configurations for each target
@@ -451,23 +407,22 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteTargetConfigurations(
     const char* expath = target->GetProperty("EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT");
     if(expath)
       {
-      std::set<std::string> allConfigurations(this->Configurations.begin(),
-                                              this->Configurations.end());
+      std::set<std::string> allConfigurations(configs.begin(), configs.end());
       const char* mapping = target->GetProperty("VS_PLATFORM_MAPPING");
       this->WriteProjectConfigurations(
         fout, target->GetName().c_str(), target->GetType(),
-        allConfigurations, mapping ? mapping : "");
+        configs, allConfigurations, mapping ? mapping : "");
       }
     else
       {
       const std::set<std::string>& configsPartOfDefaultBuild =
-        this->IsPartOfDefaultBuild(projectTargets, target);
+        this->IsPartOfDefaultBuild(configs, projectTargets, target);
       const char *vcprojName =
         target->GetProperty("GENERATOR_FILE_NAME");
       if (vcprojName)
         {
         this->WriteProjectConfigurations(fout, vcprojName, target->GetType(),
-                                         configsPartOfDefaultBuild);
+                                         configs, configsPartOfDefaultBuild);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -602,6 +557,9 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
                cmLocalGenerator* root,
                std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& generators)
 {
+  std::vector<std::string> configs;
+  root->GetMakefile()->GetConfigurations(configs);
+
   // Write out the header for a SLN file
   this->WriteSLNHeader(fout);
 
@@ -625,8 +583,8 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
        << "\tGlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution\n";
 
   int c = 0;
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     fout << "\t\tConfigName." << c << " = " << *i << "\n";
     c++;
@@ -647,7 +605,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 
   // Write out the configurations for all the targets in the project
   fout << "\tGlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution\n";
-  this->WriteTargetConfigurations(fout, orderedProjectTargets);
+  this->WriteTargetConfigurations(fout, configs, orderedProjectTargets);
   fout << "\tEndGlobalSection\n";
 
   // Write out global sections
@@ -803,14 +761,15 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 ::WriteProjectConfigurations(
   std::ostream& fout, const std::string& name, cmTarget::TargetType,
+  std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
   const std::set<std::string>& configsPartOfDefaultBuild,
   const std::string& platformMapping)
 {
   const std::string& platformName =
     !platformMapping.empty() ? platformMapping : this->GetPlatformName();
   std::string guid = this->GetGUID(name);
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     fout << "\t\t{" << guid << "}." << *i
          << ".ActiveCfg = " << *i << "|" << platformName << "\n";
@@ -928,6 +887,8 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteSLNHeader(std::ostream& fout)
 std::string
 cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteUtilityDepend(cmTarget const* target)
 {
+  std::vector<std::string> configs;
+  target->GetMakefile()->GetConfigurations(configs);
   std::string pname = target->GetName();
   pname += "_UTILITY";
   std::string fname = target->GetMakefile()->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
@@ -951,8 +912,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteUtilityDepend(cmTarget const* target)
     "\t<Platforms><Platform Name=\"Win32\"/></Platforms>\n"
     "\t<Configurations>\n"
     ;
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     fout <<
       "\t\t<Configuration\n"
@@ -1017,11 +978,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::CreateGUID(const std::string& name)
                                      cmState::INTERNAL);
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> *cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::GetConfigurations()
-{
-  return &this->Configurations;
-};
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 ::GetDocumentation(cmDocumentationEntry& entry)
@@ -1048,6 +1004,7 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 
 std::set<std::string>
 cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::IsPartOfDefaultBuild(
+  std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
   OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets, cmTarget const* target)
 {
   std::set<std::string> activeConfigs;
@@ -1060,8 +1017,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::IsPartOfDefaultBuild(
     if(target->GetName() == "INSTALL")
       {
       // inspect CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD properties
-      for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-          i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+      for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+          i != configs.end(); ++i)
         {
         const char* propertyValue = target->GetMakefile()
           ->GetDefinition("CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD");
@@ -1081,8 +1038,8 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::IsPartOfDefaultBuild(
     return activeConfigs;
     }
   // inspect EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD[_<CONFIG>] properties
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     const char* propertyValue =
       target->GetFeature("EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD", i->c_str());
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index 204fdc8df..901ecd682 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@ public:
    */
   virtual void OutputSLNFile();
 
-  /**
-   * Get the list of configurations
-   */
-  std::vector<std::string> *GetConfigurations();
-
   ///! Create a GUID or get an existing one.
   void CreateGUID(const std::string& name);
   std::string GetGUID(const std::string& name);
@@ -134,6 +129,7 @@ protected:
                            cmTarget const&t);
   virtual void WriteProjectConfigurations(
     std::ostream& fout, const std::string& name, cmTarget::TargetType type,
+    std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
     const std::set<std::string>& configsPartOfDefaultBuild,
     const std::string& platformMapping = "");
   virtual void WriteSLNGlobalSections(std::ostream& fout,
@@ -151,10 +147,9 @@ protected:
     OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets);
   virtual void WriteTargetConfigurations(
     std::ostream& fout,
+    std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
     OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets);
 
-  void GenerateConfigurations(cmMakefile* mf);
-
   virtual void WriteExternalProject(std::ostream& fout,
                                     const std::string& name,
                                     const char* path,
@@ -165,11 +160,11 @@ protected:
   std::string ConvertToSolutionPath(const char* path);
 
   std::set<std::string>
-    IsPartOfDefaultBuild(OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets,
+    IsPartOfDefaultBuild(std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
+                         OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets,
                          cmTarget const* target);
   bool IsDependedOn(OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets,
                     cmTarget const* target);
-  std::vector<std::string> Configurations;
   std::map<std::string, std::string> GUIDMap;
 
   virtual void WriteFolders(std::ostream& fout);
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
index 4565f3678..9f02596f5 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
@@ -375,11 +375,12 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::Generate()
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator
-::WriteSolutionConfigurations(std::ostream& fout)
+::WriteSolutionConfigurations(std::ostream& fout,
+                              std::vector<std::string> const& configs)
 {
   fout << "\tGlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution\n";
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     fout << "\t\t" << *i << "|" << this->GetPlatformName()
          << " = "  << *i << "|" << this->GetPlatformName() << "\n";
@@ -392,12 +393,13 @@ void
 cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator
 ::WriteProjectConfigurations(
   std::ostream& fout, const std::string& name, cmTarget::TargetType type,
+  std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
   const std::set<std::string>& configsPartOfDefaultBuild,
   std::string const& platformMapping)
 {
   std::string guid = this->GetGUID(name);
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
-      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     fout << "\t\t{" << guid << "}." << *i
          << "|" << this->GetPlatformName() << ".ActiveCfg = " << *i << "|"
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h
index 507986225..6d9d82ee6 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h
@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@ protected:
 
   static cmIDEFlagTable const* GetExtraFlagTableVS8();
   virtual void WriteSLNHeader(std::ostream& fout);
-  virtual void WriteSolutionConfigurations(std::ostream& fout);
+  virtual void WriteSolutionConfigurations(
+    std::ostream& fout, std::vector<std::string> const& configs);
   virtual void WriteProjectConfigurations(
     std::ostream& fout, const std::string& name, cmTarget::TargetType type,
+    std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
     const std::set<std::string>& configsPartOfDefaultBuild,
     const std::string& platformMapping = "");
   virtual bool ComputeTargetDepends();
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 05556d800..d2fb9700b 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -339,17 +339,14 @@ cmSourceFile* cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::CreateVCProjBuildRule()
     }
 }
 
-void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteConfigurations(std::ostream& fout,
-                                                   const std::string& libName,
-                                                   cmTarget &target)
+void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteConfigurations(
+  std::ostream& fout, std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
+  const std::string& libName, cmTarget &target
+  )
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
-
   fout << "\t<Configurations>\n";
-  for( std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs->begin();
-       i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+       i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     this->WriteConfiguration(fout, i->c_str(), libName, target);
     }
@@ -1468,10 +1465,8 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteVCProjFile(std::ostream& fout,
                                                     const std::string& libName,
                                                     cmTarget &target)
 {
-  // get the configurations
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
+  std::vector<std::string> configs;
+  this->Makefile->GetConfigurations(configs);
 
   // We may be modifying the source groups temporarily, so make a copy.
   std::vector<cmSourceGroup> sourceGroups = this->Makefile->GetSourceGroups();
@@ -1504,7 +1499,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteVCProjFile(std::ostream& fout,
   // open the project
   this->WriteProjectStart(fout, libName, target, sourceGroups);
   // write the configuration information
-  this->WriteConfigurations(fout, libName, target);
+  this->WriteConfigurations(fout, configs, libName, target);
 
   fout << "\t<Files>\n";
 
@@ -1561,7 +1556,7 @@ public:
   cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFCInfo(cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator* lg,
                                       cmTarget& target,
                                       cmSourceFile const& sf,
-                                      std::vector<std::string>* configs);
+                                      std::vector<std::string> const& configs);
   std::map<std::string, cmLVS7GFileConfig> FileConfigMap;
 };
 
@@ -1569,7 +1564,7 @@ cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFCInfo
 ::cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFCInfo(cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator* lg,
                                       cmTarget& target,
                                       cmSourceFile const& sf,
-                                      std::vector<std::string>* configs)
+                                      std::vector<std::string> const& configs)
 {
   cmGeneratorTarget* gt =
     lg->GetGlobalGenerator()->GetGeneratorTarget(&target);
@@ -1580,8 +1575,8 @@ cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFCInfo
     }
 
   // Compute per-source, per-config information.
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     std::string configUpper = cmSystemTools::UpperCase(*i);
     cmLVS7GFileConfig fc;
@@ -1691,13 +1686,13 @@ std::string
 cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
 ::ComputeLongestObjectDirectory(cmTarget& target) const
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
+  std::vector<std::string> configs;
+  target.GetMakefile()->GetConfigurations(configs);
+
   // Compute the maximum length configuration name.
   std::string config_max;
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs.begin();
+      i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     if(i->size() > config_max.size())
       {
@@ -1721,7 +1716,7 @@ cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
 bool cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
 ::WriteGroup(const cmSourceGroup *sg, cmTarget& target,
              std::ostream &fout, const std::string& libName,
-             std::vector<std::string> *configs)
+             std::vector<std::string> const& configs)
 {
   cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator* gg =
     static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>(this->GlobalGenerator);
@@ -1771,7 +1766,8 @@ bool cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
       fout << "\t\t\t\tRelativePath=\"" << d << "\">\n";
       if(cmCustomCommand const* command = (*sf)->GetCustomCommand())
         {
-        this->WriteCustomRule(fout, source.c_str(), *command, fcinfo);
+        this->WriteCustomRule(fout, configs, source.c_str(),
+                              *command, fcinfo);
         }
       else if(!fcinfo.FileConfigMap.empty())
         {
@@ -1887,6 +1883,7 @@ bool cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
 
 void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::
 WriteCustomRule(std::ostream& fout,
+                std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
                 const char* source,
                 const cmCustomCommand& command,
                 FCInfo& fcinfo)
@@ -1895,10 +1892,6 @@ WriteCustomRule(std::ostream& fout,
     static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>(this->GlobalGenerator);
 
   // Write the rule for each configuration.
-  std::vector<std::string>::iterator i;
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
   const char* compileTool = "VCCLCompilerTool";
   if(this->FortranProject)
     {
@@ -1909,7 +1902,8 @@ WriteCustomRule(std::ostream& fout,
     {
     customTool = "VFCustomBuildTool";
     }
-  for(i = configs->begin(); i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
+       i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     cmCustomCommandGenerator ccg(command, *i, this->Makefile);
     cmLVS7GFileConfig const& fc = fcinfo.FileConfigMap[*i];
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index 464d7507a..59c214410 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ private:
   void WriteVCProjFile(std::ostream& fout, const std::string& libName,
                        cmTarget &tgt);
   void WriteConfigurations(std::ostream& fout,
+                           std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
                            const std::string& libName, cmTarget &tgt);
   void WriteConfiguration(std::ostream& fout,
                           const std::string& configName,
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ private:
   void WriteVCProjEndGroup(std::ostream& fout);
 
   void WriteCustomRule(std::ostream& fout,
+                       std::vector<std::string> const& configs,
                        const char* source,
                        const cmCustomCommand& command,
                        FCInfo& fcinfo);
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ private:
   bool WriteGroup(const cmSourceGroup *sg,
                   cmTarget& target, std::ostream &fout,
                   const std::string& libName,
-                  std::vector<std::string> *configs);
+                  std::vector<std::string> const& configs);
 
   friend class cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFCInfo;
   friend class cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorInternals;
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 56739821e..5dfdb148a 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator(cmTarget* target,
   this->Target = target;
   this->GeneratorTarget = gg->GetGeneratorTarget(target);
   this->Makefile = target->GetMakefile();
+  this->Makefile->GetConfigurations(this->Configurations);
   this->LocalGenerator =
     (cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator*)
     this->Makefile->GetLocalGenerator();
@@ -525,10 +526,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteEmbeddedResourceGroup()
       std::string hFileName = obj.substr(0, obj.find_last_of(".")) + ".h";
       (*this->BuildFileStream) << hFileName << "</DependentUpon>\n";
 
-      std::vector<std::string> const * configs =
-        this->GlobalGenerator->GetConfigurations();
-      for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs->begin();
-          i != configs->end(); ++i)
+      for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+            i = this->Configurations.begin();
+          i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
         {
         this->WritePlatformConfigTag("LogicalName", i->c_str(), 3);
         if(this->Target->GetProperty("VS_GLOBAL_ROOTNAMESPACE"))
@@ -629,11 +629,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteWinRTReferences()
 void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectConfigurations()
 {
   this->WriteString("<ItemGroup Label=\"ProjectConfigurations\">\n", 1);
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Configurations.begin();
+      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
     {
     this->WriteString("<ProjectConfiguration Include=\"", 2);
     (*this->BuildFileStream ) <<  *i << "|" << this->Platform << "\">\n";
@@ -649,11 +647,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectConfigurations()
 
 void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectConfigurationValues()
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Configurations.begin();
+      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
     {
     this->WritePlatformConfigTag("PropertyGroup",
                                  i->c_str(),
@@ -864,14 +860,12 @@ cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteCustomRule(cmSourceFile const* source,
       }
     }
   cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator* lg = this->LocalGenerator;
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
 
   this->WriteSource("CustomBuild", source, ">\n");
 
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Configurations.begin();
+      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
     {
     cmCustomCommandGenerator ccg(command, *i, this->Makefile);
     std::string comment = lg->ConstructComment(ccg);
@@ -1340,8 +1334,6 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteExtraSource(cmSourceFile const* sf)
 
     if(!deployContent.empty())
       {
-      std::vector<std::string> const* configs =
-        this->GlobalGenerator->GetConfigurations();
       cmGeneratorExpression ge;
       cmsys::auto_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> cge =
         ge.Parse(deployContent);
@@ -1353,13 +1345,14 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteExtraSource(cmSourceFile const* sf)
                                  << "\\%(FileName)%(Extension)";
         this->WriteString("</Link>\n", 0);
         }
-      for(size_t i = 0; i != configs->size(); ++i)
+      for(size_t i = 0; i != this->Configurations.size(); ++i)
         {
-        if(0 == strcmp(cge->Evaluate(this->Makefile, (*configs)[i]), "1"))
+        if(0 == strcmp(cge->Evaluate(this->Makefile,
+                                     this->Configurations[i]), "1"))
           {
           this->WriteString("<DeploymentContent Condition=\""
                             "'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='", 3);
-          (*this->BuildFileStream) << (*configs)[i] << "|"
+          (*this->BuildFileStream) << this->Configurations[i] << "|"
                                    << this->Platform << "'\">true";
           this->WriteString("</DeploymentContent>\n", 0);
           }
@@ -1367,7 +1360,7 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteExtraSource(cmSourceFile const* sf)
           {
           this->WriteString("<ExcludedFromBuild Condition=\""
                             "'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='", 3);
-          (*this->BuildFileStream) << (*configs)[i] << "|"
+          (*this->BuildFileStream) << this->Configurations[i] << "|"
                                    << this->Platform << "'\">true";
           this->WriteString("</ExcludedFromBuild>\n", 0);
           }
@@ -1655,11 +1648,9 @@ bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::OutputSourceSpecificFlags(
     (*this->BuildFileStream )
       << "$(IntDir)/" << objectName << "</ObjectFileName>\n";
     }
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
-  for( std::vector<std::string>::iterator config = configs->begin();
-       config != configs->end(); ++config)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        config = this->Configurations.begin();
+      config != this->Configurations.end(); ++config)
     {
     std::string configUpper = cmSystemTools::UpperCase(*config);
     std::string configDefines = defines;
@@ -1737,11 +1728,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WritePathAndIncrementalLinkOptions()
   this->WriteString("<PropertyGroup>\n", 2);
   this->WriteString("<_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.20506.1"
                     "</_ProjectFileVersion>\n", 3);
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator config = configs->begin();
-      config != configs->end(); ++config)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        config = this->Configurations.begin();
+      config != this->Configurations.end(); ++config)
     {
     if(ttype >= cmTarget::UTILITY)
       {
@@ -1855,10 +1844,9 @@ OutputLinkIncremental(std::string const& configName)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::ComputeClOptions()
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> const* configs =
-    this->GlobalGenerator->GetConfigurations();
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Configurations.begin();
+      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
     {
     if(!this->ComputeClOptions(*i))
       {
@@ -2026,10 +2014,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteClOptions(
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::ComputeRcOptions()
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> const* configs =
-    this->GlobalGenerator->GetConfigurations();
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Configurations.begin();
+      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
     {
     if(!this->ComputeRcOptions(*i))
       {
@@ -2092,10 +2079,9 @@ bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::ComputeMasmOptions()
     {
     return true;
     }
-  std::vector<std::string> const* configs =
-    this->GlobalGenerator->GetConfigurations();
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Configurations.begin();
+      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
     {
     if(!this->ComputeMasmOptions(*i))
       {
@@ -2239,10 +2225,9 @@ bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::ComputeLinkOptions()
      this->Target->GetType() == cmTarget::SHARED_LIBRARY ||
      this->Target->GetType() == cmTarget::MODULE_LIBRARY)
     {
-    std::vector<std::string> const* configs =
-      this->GlobalGenerator->GetConfigurations();
-    for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs->begin();
-        i != configs->end(); ++i)
+    for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+          i = this->Configurations.begin();
+        i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
       {
       if(!this->ComputeLinkOptions(*i))
         {
@@ -2591,11 +2576,9 @@ WriteMidlOptions(std::string const& /*config*/,
 
 void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteItemDefinitionGroups()
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> *configs =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>
-    (this->GlobalGenerator)->GetConfigurations();
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = configs->begin();
-      i != configs->end(); ++i)
+  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Configurations.begin();
+      i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
     {
     std::vector<std::string> includes;
     this->LocalGenerator->GetIncludeDirectories(includes,
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
index a2776de6b..451f8b20b 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ private:
   OptionsMap MasmOptions;
   OptionsMap LinkOptions;
   std::string PathToVcxproj;
+  std::vector<std::string> Configurations;
   cmTarget* Target;
   cmGeneratorTarget* GeneratorTarget;
   cmMakefile* Makefile;