Is it possible to run Visual Studio 2013 on Windows XP?
I heard that it is not possible to install .NET Framework 4.5 on Windows XP. What if I want to use Visual Studio 2013 for .NET 4.0 on Windows XP?
Is this possible?
It is not possible. Visual Studio 2013 natively supports .Net v4.5, which does not support Windows XP.
For .Net 4.0 on Windows XP, you may try to use Visual Studio 2010 with .Net 4.0. I am not sure if this will work, but I would suggest you to go for Windows 7 for .Net 4.0 and Windows 8 for .Net 4.5.
It is not possible. Even Visual Studio 2012 requires Windows 7.
However you can still develop applications for Windows XP when targeting .NET 4.0 (or older). With Visual Studio 2013 you can develop applications from .NET 2.0 upwards.
.NET 4.5 requires at least Windows Vista to run. As .NET 4.5 replaces .NET 4.0 (it's not a side-by-side installation as previous .NET versions), you might have some incompatibilty problems if you target .NET 4.0. See this question for more information.
As others have said, it's not possible to install Visual Studio 2012 or 2013 on Windows XP. However if you really need .NET 4.5 features on Windows XP install Mono 3 and use MonoDevelop.
You cannot install required runtime, so you cannot install Visual Studio 2013. But you are always free to use a virtual machine. Install it on VM and run VM on XP.
.NET 4.5 requires Windows Vista SP2, Server 2008 or newer.
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I would like to know if I will encounter any problems running ActiveGanttVBN 2.6.0 on Windows 7 using Visual Studio 2010 and VB.NET 4.0.
My current configuration on which I am running ActiveGantt 2.6.0 is Windows XP, .NET 1.1, and Visual Studio 2003. I am upgrading to Windows 7 and .NET 4.0 and I need to know if I also need to upgrade to a newer version of ActiveGantt.
.Net framework 1.1 does not run in Windows 7 64 bit, will you be using the 32 bit or 64 bit version of windows 7? Visual studio 2010 runs without any issue in Windows 7 and Windows 8, but I think it only supports .Net framework 2.0 and higher.
I have an application whose deploy process builds the source code on the server I'm deploying to. My production server is Windows 2k8 (not 2k8 R2). My app is not compiling as the reference assemblies for .NET Framework 4.5 are not present.
I've tried installing the Windows 8 SDK and the option to install the reference assemblies isn't there. I've also tried installing Visual Studio Express 2012, which supposedly has the assemblies, but no luck there. So....
How do I get .NET Framework 4.5 applications to compile on a Windows Server 2k8 R1 machine?
There are manual instructions to install .NET 4.5 Reference assemblies of Windows Server 2008. Refer to following link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852363.aspx#rn
I've installed the reference assemblies from:
The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 Developer Pack for Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2878632/en-us
We have built an app with Visual Studio 2012 and it runs beautifully on any Windows 7 or Vista machine, 32 or 64 bit. However, when I try to run the app on an Win XP machine, I get this:
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Prerequisite check for system component Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
(x86 and x64) failed with the following error message:
"Installation of the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is not supported on
this operating system. Contact your application vendor."
**
And then of course, when I try to install .NET 4.5 on the Win XP machine, I find out it's not supported.
At this point, I'm just wanting to know what can be done to get this app to run on Win XP. It's a calculator application written in visual basic.
Thanks Guys!
.Net framework 4.5 is not supported in Windows XP. If you're not using any .Net 4.5 features you can rebuild your app using .Net Framework 4 (In the Project properties).
I always hate these kind of answers, but a quick google search indicates that you can't get .net 4.5 to run on Windows XP.
IF you really really need your application to run, you can always use earlier versions of the framework
you can do this by
Right click on your project and go to
properties
application
target framework
and change that to something elxe
.NET 4.5 is an in-place-upgrade and therefore replaces .NET 4.0. Consequently when I install .NET 4.5 with Visual Studio 2012 I can no longer develop applications for .NET 4.0.
As .NET 4.5 is not supported under Windows XP, how can I maintain my existing .NET 4.0 applications which still have to run under Windows XP after I installed Visual Studio 2012?
Until now I could always devlop .NET applications for every version, even .NET 1.1, as long as VS2003 was installed. I don't have a problem with Microsoft not supporting .NET 4.5 on XP, I think it's allright to cut off old stuff.
But as we have still customers using Windows XP, we need to be able to create .NET 4.0 programs at the same time as .NET 4.5.
EDIT:
I just had my first incompatibility issue: I installed VS 2012 on a Windows Server 2012. I created a project targeting .NET 4.0. In blend 4.0 I create a copy of a control template of a checkbox. The generated template contains references on colors which are available only under .NET 4.5. The solution cannot be compiled any longer. However the same case works fine on my Windows 7 installation.
I assume that the installation of .NET 4.5 has replaced the control templates for my standard controls. Therefore I cannot create copies any longer.
Ironically, it seems Mono supports much of the .NET 4.5 functionality, and that it can be installed on Windows XP.
If your need C# 5.0's async and your client refuses to upgrade it's OS, this can be an option.
I have run into some serious issues developing .NET programs for 4.0 against computers with 4.5 installed. One issue, for instance, is that if you are doing WPF development and have a private setter on a property - if you're binding to that property with Mode=TwoWay, you will not get an exception if you're developing against .NET 4.5! You should get an exception and you will if you're in an environment with only .NET 4.0 installed (even though you're developing to target 4.0 in Visual Studio). Now obviously you should not have Mode=TwoWay and a private setter, but maybe you had originally intended for the property to be only OneWay. The point is that this is just one of many examples of issues that are simply swept under the rug by 4.5 and has caused me to go back to developing in Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 for anything targeting .NET 4.0.
In the meantime I have found a great blog of Scot Hanselman which answers my concerns: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NETVersioningAndMultiTargetingNET45IsAnInplaceUpgradeToNET40.aspx
.NET 4.5 is an in-place-upgrade and replaces the .NET 4.0 CLR, but it will still be possible to create .NET 4.0 applications with Visual Studio 2012.
EDIT: I now installed the final release of VS2012. My existing .NET 4.0 projects compile and run, no problems so far. The only drawback is, it doesn't support Windows Installer Projects any longer. You can switch forward and backward between VS2010 and VS2012.
BIG EDIT: We should wait until Microsoft announces the final decision, it's not clear yet, only conclusions.
But, I think that Microsoft won't drop support for XP and Vista that easy, it appears that the matter of decreasing support is just for speed-purposes to show it to the developers.
Also, if the it comes true and Microsoft Stopped the support for XP and Vista, then you have the virtual machine as an excellent choice!
Best wishes
I have made a small windows application with visual studio 2008 ,its working properly with win 7,but when i tried it in an another machine which is running in win xp it showed error. I googled and found that,the win xp machine what i have used does not have a .net framework.My question is that is their any way to make an application using vb 2008 which can be run in win xp computers which doesnt have a .net framework (other than virutlalisation) or to incorporate .net framework in the application.
*I am sorry for asking this question,i know its "dumb" question but i am new to vb.net
Advance thanks
No. You must have to install the appropriate version of .net framework.
You can make .netframework 2.0 application using visual studio 2008. Select . net framework 2.0 on opening visual studio 2008. This application will work in windows xp without installing any . net framework.