visual studio 2012

Question

do i have to uninstall visual studio 2010 professional before i install visual studio 2012 professional.

i have windows 7 32 bit os on my laptop

Answer 1

I was able to install VS2012 and run both side by side on my existing Win 7 32 bit desktop without any issues.

Does the installer prompt for uninstallating VS 2010 ? If you have enough space on the HDD and RAM, I believe it should be fine to install and run side by side with VS 2010.

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KnightWalk Inc.

Answer 2

Absolutely NOT.

Visual Studio versions are designed to install and work side by side on a single system. Therefore, they install independently and do not upgrade or replace other versions present.

I currently have VS 2008, VS 2010 and VS 2012 installed on the system I'm writing this on (Win 7 x64). All three work fine.

Answer 3

When I install Visual Studio 2012 RTM trial on my windows 7 x64 bit machine with Visual Studio 2010, there is no option for me to choose upgrade. Therefore, side by side install is working fine.

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Ray Lin

Answer 4

Hi pvdg42,

It seems that the .NET Framework 4 will be in place updated to version 4.5, have a look at

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2011/09/26/compatibility-of-net-framework-4-5.aspx?PageIndex=2

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