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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?
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If you're using a version of Visual Studio later than Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7, the redistributable files won't work on Windows XP. To get a copy of the redistributable files that support Windows XP, you'll need a Visual Studio account. Use the account you use to sign in to Visual Studio.
Hardware requirements. Visual studio 2012 may not work on Windows XP Or Windows Vista. You need windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 Or Windows Server 2012.
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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.
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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.
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