diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
index 9f2e27229..68bad26c0 100644
--- a/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -134,6 +134,6 @@ SOURCES += aboutdialog.cpp \
 win32 {
     DEFINES += _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
     RC_FILE = cppcheck-gui.rc
-    HEADERS += ../cli/resource.h
+    HEADERS += ../lib/version.h
     LIBS += -lshlwapi
 }
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 8d5f18629..5fcb2e894 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -965,10 +965,10 @@ void MainWindow::NewProjectFile()
     delete mProject;
     mProject = new Project(filepath, this);
     mProject->Create();
-    mProject->Edit();
-
-    AddProjectMRU(filepath);
-    CheckProject(mProject);
+    if (mProject->Edit()) {
+        AddProjectMRU(filepath);
+        CheckProject(mProject);
+    }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::CloseProjectFile()
diff --git a/gui/project.cpp b/gui/project.cpp
index 2ab23e90f..c420f3f5c 100644
--- a/gui/project.cpp
+++ b/gui/project.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bool Project::Open()
     return false;
 }
 
-void Project::Edit()
+bool Project::Edit()
 {
     ProjectFileDialog dlg(mFilename, mParentWidget);
     QString root = mPFile->GetRootPath();
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ void Project::Edit()
                             mParentWidget);
             msg.exec();
         }
+        return writeSuccess;
     }
+    return false;
 }
 
 void Project::Create()
diff --git a/gui/project.h b/gui/project.h
index 18f088829..f4fe80ba3 100644
--- a/gui/project.h
+++ b/gui/project.h
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ public:
 
     /**
     * @brief Edit the project file.
+    * @return true if editing was successful.
     */
-    void Edit();
+    bool Edit();
 
     /**
     * @brief Create new project file.