diff --git a/.paket/Paket.Restore.targets b/.paket/Paket.Restore.targets
index fb84d00c3..98c71f921 100644
--- a/.paket/Paket.Restore.targets
+++ b/.paket/Paket.Restore.targets
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <DisableImplicitSystemValueTupleReference>true</DisableImplicitSystemValueTupleReference>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="PaketRestore" BeforeTargets="_GenerateDotnetCliToolReferenceSpecs;_GenerateProjectRestoreGraphPerFramework;_GenerateRestoreGraphWalkPerFramework;CollectPackageReferences" >
+  <Target Name="PaketRestore" Condition="'$(PaketRestoreDisabled)' != 'True'" BeforeTargets="_GenerateDotnetCliToolReferenceSpecs;_GenerateProjectRestoreGraphPerFramework;_GenerateRestoreGraphWalkPerFramework;CollectPackageReferences" >
 
     <!-- Step 1 Check if lockfile is properly restored -->
     <PropertyGroup>
@@ -38,9 +38,24 @@
       <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1603</NoWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
+    <!-- Because ReadAllText is slow on osx/linux, try to find shasum and awk -->
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <PaketRestoreCachedHasher Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' And '$(PaketRestoreCachedHasher)' == '' And Exists('/usr/bin/shasum') And Exists('/usr/bin/awk')">/usr/bin/shasum $(PaketRestoreCacheFile) | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1 }'</PaketRestoreCachedHasher>
+        <PaketRestoreLockFileHasher Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' And '$(PaketRestoreLockFileHash)' == '' And Exists('/usr/bin/shasum') And Exists('/usr/bin/awk')">/usr/bin/shasum $(PaketLockFilePath) | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1 }'</PaketRestoreLockFileHasher>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <!-- If shasum and awk exist get the hashes -->
+    <Exec Condition=" '$(PaketRestoreCachedHasher)' != '' " Command="$(PaketRestoreCachedHasher)" ConsoleToMSBuild='true'>
+        <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="PaketRestoreCachedHash" />
+    </Exec>
+    <Exec Condition=" '$(PaketRestoreLockFileHasher)' != '' " Command="$(PaketRestoreLockFileHasher)" ConsoleToMSBuild='true'>
+        <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="PaketRestoreLockFileHash" />
+    </Exec>
+
     <PropertyGroup Condition="Exists('$(PaketRestoreCacheFile)') ">
-      <PaketRestoreCachedHash>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(PaketRestoreCacheFile)'))</PaketRestoreCachedHash>
-      <PaketRestoreLockFileHash>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(PaketLockFilePath)'))</PaketRestoreLockFileHash>
+      <!-- if no hash has been done yet fall back to just reading in the files and comparing them -->
+      <PaketRestoreCachedHash Condition=" '$(PaketRestoreCachedHash)' == '' ">$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(PaketRestoreCacheFile)'))</PaketRestoreCachedHash>
+      <PaketRestoreLockFileHash Condition=" '$(PaketRestoreLockFileHash)' == '' ">$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(PaketLockFilePath)'))</PaketRestoreLockFileHash>
       <PaketRestoreRequired>true</PaketRestoreRequired>
       <PaketRestoreRequired Condition=" '$(PaketRestoreLockFileHash)' == '$(PaketRestoreCachedHash)' ">false</PaketRestoreRequired>
       <PaketRestoreRequired Condition=" '$(PaketRestoreLockFileHash)' == '' ">true</PaketRestoreRequired>
@@ -88,7 +103,7 @@
     <Exec Command='$(PaketCommand) restore --project "$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"' Condition=" '$(PaketRestoreRequired)' == 'true' " ContinueOnError="false" />
 
     <!-- This shouldn't actually happen, but just to be sure. -->
-    <Error Condition=" !Exists('$(PaketResolvedFilePath)') AND '$(TargetFramework)' != '' " Text="A paket file for the framework '$(TargetFramework)' is missing. Please delete 'paket-files/paket.restore.cached' and call 'paket restore'." />
+    <Error Condition=" !Exists('$(PaketResolvedFilePath)') AND '$(TargetFramework)' != '' AND '$(ResolveNuGetPackages)' != 'False' " Text="Paket file '$(PaketResolvedFilePath)' is missing while restoring $(MSBuildProjectFile). Please delete 'paket-files/paket.restore.cached' and call 'paket restore'." />
 
     <!-- Step 4 forward all msbuild properties (PackageReference, DotNetCliToolReference) to msbuild -->
     <ReadLinesFromFile Condition="Exists('$(PaketResolvedFilePath)')" File="$(PaketResolvedFilePath)" >
@@ -136,22 +151,29 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="PaketOverrideNuspec" AfterTargets="GenerateNuspec" Condition="('$(IsPackable)' == '' Or '$(IsPackable)' == 'true') And Exists('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/obj/$(MSBuildProjectFile).references')" >
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <_NuspecFilesNewLocation Include="$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\*.nuspec"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
     <PropertyGroup>
       <PaketProjectFile>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/$(MSBuildProjectFile)</PaketProjectFile>
       <ContinuePackingAfterGeneratingNuspec>true</ContinuePackingAfterGeneratingNuspec>
       <UseNewPack>false</UseNewPack>
       <UseNewPack Condition=" '$(NuGetToolVersion)' != '4.0.0' ">true</UseNewPack>
+      <AdjustedNuspecOutputPath>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)</AdjustedNuspecOutputPath>
+      <AdjustedNuspecOutputPath Condition="@(_NuspecFilesNewLocation) == ''">$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)</AdjustedNuspecOutputPath>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <_NuspecFiles Include="$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)*.nuspec"/>
+      <_NuspecFiles Include="$(AdjustedNuspecOutputPath)\*.nuspec"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <Exec Command='$(PaketCommand) fix-nuspecs files "@(_NuspecFiles)" project-file "$(PaketProjectFile)" ' Condition="@(_NuspecFiles) != ''" />
 
     <ConvertToAbsolutePath Condition="@(_NuspecFiles) != ''" Paths="@(_NuspecFiles)">
       <Output TaskParameter="AbsolutePaths" PropertyName="NuspecFileAbsolutePath" />
-    </ConvertToAbsolutePath>
+    </ConvertToAbsolutePath>      
+        
 
     <!-- Call Pack -->
     <PackTask Condition="$(UseNewPack)"
@@ -188,7 +210,7 @@
               Serviceable="$(Serviceable)"
               FrameworkAssemblyReferences="@(_FrameworkAssemblyReferences)"
               ContinuePackingAfterGeneratingNuspec="$(ContinuePackingAfterGeneratingNuspec)"
-              NuspecOutputPath="$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)"
+              NuspecOutputPath="$(AdjustedNuspecOutputPath)"
               IncludeBuildOutput="$(IncludeBuildOutput)"
               BuildOutputFolder="$(BuildOutputTargetFolder)"
               ContentTargetFolders="$(ContentTargetFolders)"
@@ -230,7 +252,7 @@
               Serviceable="$(Serviceable)"
               AssemblyReferences="@(_References)"
               ContinuePackingAfterGeneratingNuspec="$(ContinuePackingAfterGeneratingNuspec)"
-              NuspecOutputPath="$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)"
+              NuspecOutputPath="$(AdjustedNuspecOutputPath)"
               IncludeBuildOutput="$(IncludeBuildOutput)"
               BuildOutputFolder="$(BuildOutputTargetFolder)"
               ContentTargetFolders="$(ContentTargetFolders)"
diff --git a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Paket.VisualStudio.csproj b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Paket.VisualStudio.csproj
index 491b50d4d..8ef70b7cb 100644
--- a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Paket.VisualStudio.csproj
+++ b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Paket.VisualStudio.csproj
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       <IncludeInVSIX>true</IncludeInVSIX>
     </Content>
+    <None Include="Resources\paket.bootstrapper.exe" />
     <Resource Include="Commands\PackageGui\Resources\logo.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -198,23 +199,11 @@
   <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\VSSDK\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.paket\paket.targets" />
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="..\..\docs\files\img\logo.png">
-      <Link>logo.png</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-      <IncludeInVSIX>true</IncludeInVSIX>
-    </Content>
-    <Content Include="..\..\LICENSE.txt">
-      <Link>LICENSE.txt</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-      <IncludeInVSIX>true</IncludeInVSIX>
-    </Content>
     <VSCTCompile Include="Commands\CommandTable.vsct">
       <ResourceName>Menus.ctmenu</ResourceName>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </VSCTCompile>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\NuGet.ico" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="..\..\docs\files\img\logo.png">
       <Link>logo.png</Link>
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
diff --git a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.Designer.cs
index 71ab76712..a4f69e01a 100644
--- a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.35312
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
 //
 //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
 //     the code is regenerated.
 // </auto-generated>
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-using System;
-
-namespace PaketVS {
+namespace Paket.VisualStudio {
+    using System;
+    
+    
     /// <summary>
     ///   A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
     /// </summary>
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ namespace PaketVS {
     // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
     // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
     // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "15.0.0.0")]
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
     internal class Resources {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ internal Resources() {
         internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
             get {
                 if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
-                    global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("PacketVS.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
+                    global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("Paket.VisualStudio.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
                     resourceMan = temp;
                 }
                 return resourceMan;
@@ -58,5 +59,15 @@ internal Resources() {
                 resourceCulture = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized resource of type System.Byte[].
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static byte[] paket_bootstrapper {
+            get {
+                object obj = ResourceManager.GetObject("paket_bootstrapper", resourceCulture);
+                return ((byte[])(obj));
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.resx b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.resx
index 891c592b4..00db4cebc 100644
--- a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources.resx
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-    VS SDK Notes: This resx file contains the resources that will be consumed directly by your package.
-    For example, if you chose to create a tool window, there is a resource with ID 'CanNotCreateWindow'. This
-    is used in VsPkg.cs to determine the string to show the user if there is an error when attempting to create
-    the tool window.
-
-    Resources that are accessed directly from your package *by Visual Studio* are stored in the VSPackage.resx 
-    file.
--->
 <root>
   <!-- 
     Microsoft ResX Schema 
@@ -126,4 +117,8 @@
   <resheader name="writer">
     <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
+  <assembly alias="System.Windows.Forms" name="System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
+  <data name="paket_bootstrapper" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
+    <value>Resources\paket.bootstrapper.exe;System.Byte[], mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources/paket.bootstrapper.exe b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources/paket.bootstrapper.exe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54bdc2d36
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Resources/paket.bootstrapper.exe differ
diff --git a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Utils/PaketLauncher.cs b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Utils/PaketLauncher.cs
index 59e8b38e6..b30a7eb1d 100644
--- a/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Utils/PaketLauncher.cs
+++ b/src/Paket.VisualStudio/Utils/PaketLauncher.cs
@@ -42,18 +42,17 @@ private static void LaunchProcess(string WorkingDirectory, string ProcessStart,
         public static void LaunchPaket(string SolutionDirectory, string PaketSubCommand, DataReceivedEventHandler PaketDataReceivedHandler)
         {
             //No error handling, let errors from LaunchProcess bubble!
-            var PaketLocation = Path.Combine(SolutionDirectory, ".paket", "paket.exe");
-            var PaketBootstrapLocation = Path.Combine(SolutionDirectory, ".paket", "paket.bootstrapper.exe");
+            var PaketFolder = Path.Combine(SolutionDirectory, ".paket");
+            var PaketLocation = Path.Combine(PaketFolder, "paket.exe");
+            var PaketBootstrapLocation = Path.Combine(PaketFolder, "paket.bootstrapper.exe");
 
             if (!File.Exists(PaketLocation))
             {
                 if (!File.Exists(PaketBootstrapLocation))
                 {
-                    //Don't have .paket\paket.exe or paket.bootstrapper.exe
-                    throw new FileNotFoundException(
-                        $@"Could not locate .paket\paket.exe and .paket\paket.bootstrapper.exe under the folder '{SolutionDirectory}'"
-                        + $"\nTo download the binaries, visit https://github.com/fsprojects/Paket/releases"
-                        + $"\nTo know more about Paket, visit https://fsprojects.github.io/Paket/getting-started.html\n");
+                    //Don't have .paket\paket.exe or paket.bootstrapper.exe, so copy it form resource
+                    Directory.CreateDirectory(PaketFolder);
+                    File.WriteAllBytes(PaketBootstrapLocation, Resources.paket_bootstrapper);
                 }
 
                 //Try and get the .paket\paket.exe using paket.bootstrapper.exe