I just opened someone else\'s Visual Studio project and in their build properties they have a few custom path macro\'s they are using for their include and lib directories.
Try the other way without the hassle adding to each Property Sheet
Go to Windows OS System Properties > Environment Variables, just New and input the Variable e.g.: MY_PATH and value e.g.: D:\Dev_Path\
after that you have to restart your Visual Studio, you should be able to have ${MY_PATH} in macro list
p/s: just notice Jason Williams answered above is the OS Environment Variables method