Installing Visual Studio Community 2015 on Windows 7 SP1

Question

I am trying to install Visual Studio Community 2015 Update 1 on a system running Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. However, before the setup begins I get an error message saying "The specified program requires a newer version of Windows."

My understanding is that Visual Studio Community 2015 is compatible with Windows 7 with SP1 installed so I am not sure why I would be getting this error.

Answer 1

Try these steps:

1. Open "Properties" of the installer file.

   Usually pressing <Alt> + <Enter> keys when installer is selected, should open it or you can right click the installer and select "Properties", which is usually last menu item of the context menu.

2. Go to "Compatibility" tab.

3. Uncheck "Run this program in compatibility mode for", if it is checked.

   If it's grayed out, press button labelled "Change setting for all users" and uncheck it there.