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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?

Caroche answered 8/9, 2013 at 9:6 Comment(0)

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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.

Acriflavine answered 8/9, 2013 at 9:10 Comment(6)

i have installed a fresh copy of windows 7 Ultimate but when ever i tried to install vs 2013 on it i failed? so are you sure it runs on windows 7 ? which version ? – Seessel 26/11, 2013 at 10:34

Hi @AmmarAsjad, I have seen it running successfully on Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions. Make sure your copy of Windows and Visual Studio is Genuine ;) – Acriflavine 27/11, 2013 at 8:57

It is possible to run visual studio with .NET 4.0 on Windows XP. – Cloverleaf 14/3, 2014 at 14:51

I have a genuine, fresh install of Win7HP, just updated but still cannot install VS 2013. – Zaccaria 2/7, 2014 at 10:17

@Zaccaria may be you require to install Windows 7 SP1. Not sure of what the issue could be, I found this while Googling - https://mcmap.net/q/258829/-install-visual-studio-2013-on-windows-7/1654121. You may check this out too - visualstudio.com/en-us/products/… – Acriflavine 2/7, 2014 at 15:53

.NET 4.5 supports Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008. – Enterprising 18/2, 2023 at 9:35

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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.

Fradin answered 8/9, 2013 at 10:49 Comment(2)

I did not find a confirmation that VS 2012 requires Windows 7. – Enterprising 18/2, 2023 at 9:39

@PaulK. That might be difficult now to confirm, as VS2012 and Windows 7 are out of support for a while now. I don't think this is still relevant. – Fradin 20/2, 2023 at 8:27

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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.

Fantom answered 9/9, 2013 at 10:5 Comment(0)

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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.

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