diff --git a/cetodo/cetodo.coedit b/cetodo/cetodo.coedit
index d82ebf49..369aa340 100644
--- a/cetodo/cetodo.coedit
+++ b/cetodo/cetodo.coedit
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ object CurrentProject: TCEProject
       messagesOptions.additionalWarnings = True
       outputOptions.boundsCheck = onAlways
       outputOptions.unittest = True
-      pathsOptions.outputFilename = '..\lazproj\cetodo.exe'
+      pathsOptions.outputFilename = '..\lazproj\cetodo'
       preBuildProcess.options = []
       preBuildProcess.showWindow = swoNone
       postBuildProcess.options = []
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ object CurrentProject: TCEProject
       outputOptions.boundsCheck = offAlways
       outputOptions.optimizations = True
       outputOptions.release = True
-      pathsOptions.outputFilename = '..\lazproj\cetodo.exe'
+      pathsOptions.outputFilename = '..\lazproj\cetodo'
       preBuildProcess.options = []
       preBuildProcess.showWindow = swoNone
       postBuildProcess.options = []
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ object CurrentProject: TCEProject
   Sources.Strings = (
     'cetodo.d'
   )
-  ConfigurationIndex = 1
+  ConfigurationIndex = 0
   LibraryAliases.Strings = (
     'libdparse'
   )
diff --git a/src/ce_project.pas b/src/ce_project.pas
index 06732490..7b42ba57 100644
--- a/src/ce_project.pas
+++ b/src/ce_project.pas
@@ -457,14 +457,22 @@ procedure TCEProject.updateOutFilename;
 begin
   fOutputFilename := currentConfiguration.pathsOptions.outputFilename;
   // field is specified
-  if fOutputFilename <> '' then begin
+  if fOutputFilename <> '' then
+  begin
     fOutputFilename := symbolExpander.get(fOutputFilename);
     fOutputFilename := getAbsoluteFilename(fOutputFilename);
+    {$IFDEF WINDOWS}
+    // field is specified without ext or with a dot in the name.
+    // DMD will add the ext. (e.g: "-ofresourced")
+    if fileexists(fOutputFilename + exeExt) then
+      if currentConfiguration.outputOptions.binaryKind = executable then
+        fOutputFilename := fOutputFilename + exeExt;
+    {$ENDIF}
   end
   // try to guess
   else if Sources.Count > 0 then
   begin
-    // ideally, main() should be searched for, when project type is executable
+    // ideally, main() should be searched for, when project binaryKind is executable
     fOutputFilename := extractFilename(Sources.Strings[0]);
     fOutputFilename := stripFileExt(fOutputFilename);
     if FileExists(fileName) then