diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 82c8f276..c7b12bae 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -7,41 +7,49 @@ environment:
       WCHAR: 'OFF'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 14 2015"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Debug
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Debug
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
       WCHAR: 'OFF'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'OFF'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
       WCHAR: 'OFF'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'OFF'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'ON'
     - GENERATOR: '"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"'
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
       WCHAR: 'ON'
       WCHAR_FILES: 'ON'
       BUILD_SHARED: 'ON'
+      BUILD_EXAMPLE: 'OFF'
 build_script:
   - cmd: >-
       set
@@ -52,7 +60,7 @@ build_script:
 
       set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin
 
-      cmake .. -G %GENERATOR% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%BUILD_TYPE% -DSPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT=%WCHAR% -DSPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES=%WCHAR_FILES% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=%BUILD_SHARED% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=ON -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=ON -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF -DSPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=ON
+      cmake .. -G %GENERATOR% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%BUILD_TYPE% -DSPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT=%WCHAR% -DSPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES=%WCHAR_FILES% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=%BUILD_SHARED% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=%BUILD_EXAMPLE% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=%BUILD_EXAMPLE% -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS_HO=OFF -DSPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS=ON
 
       cmake --build . --config %BUILD_TYPE%
 
diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index 1f4ba002..2f27d4a8 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -109,21 +109,21 @@ void stdout_logger_example()
 void basic_example()
 {
     // Create basic file logger (not rotated).
-    auto my_logger = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("file_logger", SPDLOG_FILENAME_T("logs/basic-log.txt"));
+    auto my_logger = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("file_logger", "logs/basic-log.txt");
 }
 
 #include "spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h"
 void rotating_example()
 {
     // Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files.
-    auto rotating_logger = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("some_logger_name", SPDLOG_FILENAME_T("logs/rotating.txt"), 1048576 * 5, 3);
+    auto rotating_logger = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("some_logger_name", "logs/rotating.txt", 1048576 * 5, 3);
 }
 
 #include "spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h"
 void daily_example()
 {
     // Create a daily logger - a new file is created every day on 2:30am.
-    auto daily_logger = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_logger", SPDLOG_FILENAME_T("logs/daily.txt"), 2, 30);
+    auto daily_logger = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_logger", "logs/daily.txt", 2, 30);
 }
 
 #include "spdlog/cfg/env.h"
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void async_example()
 {
     // Default thread pool settings can be modified *before* creating the async logger:
     // spdlog::init_thread_pool(32768, 1); // queue with max 32k items 1 backing thread.
-    auto async_file = spdlog::basic_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>("async_file_logger", SPDLOG_FILENAME_T("logs/async_log.txt"));
+    auto async_file = spdlog::basic_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");
     // alternatively:
     // auto async_file = spdlog::create_async<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void multi_sink_example()
     console_sink->set_level(spdlog::level::warn);
     console_sink->set_pattern("[multi_sink_example] [%^%l%$] %v");
 
-    auto file_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>(SPDLOG_FILENAME_T("logs/multisink.txt"), true);
+    auto file_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>("logs/multisink.txt", true);
     file_sink->set_level(spdlog::level::trace);
 
     spdlog::logger logger("multi_sink", {console_sink, file_sink});