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Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate compatibilty issues with Windows 8


Whenever I try to run Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate on Windows 8 Professional x64 bit I receive the following dialog:

This program has compatibility issues:

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Any idea why should there be any compatibility issues for the product which was released for Windows 8?


Solution

  • It is a problem already signaled by other users, seems that installing the Update2/Update3 will resolve the problem.

    You could trigger the install of the Update going to the menu Tools, selecting Extensions and Updates and then checking for Updates. Beware, before to start be sure to have plenty of time. It is a long process and is not very fast