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Have a shiny new Windows 7 64-bit machine and got a bit over zealous and installed Visual Studio 2010 before I installed VS 2008. Still need 2008, can I install 2008 after 2010 or do I need to uninstall 2010, install 2008, then SP1, then reinstall 2010?
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Yes, you can install and use VS 2008 on Windows 10.
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net framework 2.0 visual studio 2008 came out to support 3.0 and 3.5 while visual studio 2010 supports the upcoming . net framework 4.0. Also since the release of visual studio 2008 all newer versions are now backwards compatable to older frameworks. Meaning in visual studio 2008 you are able to work with .
Uninstalling and reinstalling VS2010 shouldn't be necessary. Install VS2008 and SP1, then run the VS2010 uninstaller but choose to repair rather than uninstall, this will fix any registry settings broken by installing in the "wrong" order.
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