Is Visual Studio 2011 Express the only version of Visual Studio that runs on Windows 8?

Question

I have installed both Visual Studio 2011 Premium Beta and the Visual Studio 2011 Express for Windows 8 on my Windows 8 VM, but only the latter runs.  When I attempt to run the premium version I receive a dll entry point error.  Have I done something wrong or is the VS 2011 Express Beta for Windows 8 the only version of the VS 2011 beta that will run on Windows 8?

Answer 1

Hi John,

we should be able to be run Premium Beta on Windows 8 Consumer Preview.  In the error message, does it mention the dll name?

could you run devenv with the /log switch.  After you get the error, could you send me %APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ActivityLog.xml ( Windows Key + R, specify the path %APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0)

Also, could you zip up and send me the file %temp%\log dd_vs_premium_<date><someNumber> e.g. dd_vs_premium_20120210153801?  Send to mikewong at microsoft.com.

much appreciated,

mike

Answer 2

The specific error is "The procedure entry point __ctrlsWin8orLater could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.  I ran it with the log parameter, but it didn't write a log.

Answer 3

Hi John,

sorry for the late reply, what is the version/build number for Windows 8 i.e. type in winver in a command prompt?

much appreciated,

mike