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visual-studio-2010visual-studio-2005conflictwindows-xp-sp3

what will effected if vs2010 install on already contain vs2005 in a system?


I have an issue that I am using Visual Studio 2005 on my system with Windows XP SP1 as an operating system. Now I want to install Visual Studio 2010 with SP3 without uninstalling VS2005.

My question is, will my project in VS2005 still work properly? Can I work in both versions without any conflicting issues?


Solution

  • This should be possible. According to the MSDN Documentation(Installing Visual Studio Versions Side-by-Side) you can install them side by side.

    You can't however open a VS2010 project in VS2005. So you need to keep your work strictly separated between those versions if you want to be able to open your project in VS2005.