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How can I tell what version of Visual Studio was last used to work on a project?

I'm working with some older code, and I think the person who last built it was using Visual Studio 6. There's no .vcproj file, but the .dsp and .dsw files have the following headers: (.dsp)

# Microsoft Developer Studio Project File - Name="[redacted]" - Package Owner=<4> # Microsoft Developer Studio Generated Build File, Format Version 6.00 

(.dsw)

Microsoft Developer Studio Workspace File, Format Version 6.00 

Does the "Format Version 6.00" correspond to Visual Studio 6?

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Ben Hocking Avatar asked Jun 24 '10 20:06

Ben Hocking


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1 Answers

The the solution/VS version matrix is:

  • VS 6.0 -> 6.0
  • VS 2002 -> 7.0
  • VS 2003 -> 8.0
  • VS 2005 -> 9.0
  • VS 2008 -> 10.0
  • VS 2010 -> 11.0
  • VS 2012 -> 12.0
  • VS 2013 -> 10.0 to 12.0
  • VS 2015 -> 10.0 to 14.0
  • VS 2017 -> 10.0 to 15.0
  • VS 2019 -> 10.0 to 16.0

Compatibility between solutions does not guarantee compatibility between projects. Check the Visual Studio 2013 Compatibility document for more detail.

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Drew Noakes Avatar answered Oct 27 '22 04:10

Drew Noakes