Visual Studio 2013 Not working on Windows10

Question

User2032285350 posted

Hi All,

Good Day!

May laptop has Windows10 and VS2015 is working fine on this.

I have installed Visual Studio 2013 and when I try to create a new project it gives error.

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[Window Title]
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

[Main Instruction]
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 has stopped working

[Content]
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

[Debug] [Close program]

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and when I click on debug, it gives following error

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System.AccessViolationException was unhandled

An unhandled exception of type 'System.AccessViolationException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TemplateWizard.dll

Additional information: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

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Please help, thanks.

Best Regards,

Shabber Abbas Rizvi

Answer 1

User197322208 posted

Un*install VS2013, VS2015

Re*install VS2013.

See it works( on my PC yes)

Re*install VS2015

See it works( on my PC yes)

Answer 2

User753101303 posted

Hi,

The thing to keep in mind is that installing multiple VS versions on a single machine is supported IF you install the older version first (ie you can install VS 2013 and then VS 2015 but installing VS 2015 and then VS 2013 is NOT supported).

By the way, what do you need from VS 2013 that you couldn't do with VS 2015?

Answer 3

User2053451246 posted

You should never install older versions of a program after you have a newer version installed.  It works forward, not backward.

Answer 4

User2032285350 posted

Thanks All.

I fixed it as per your advice.

Best Regards,

Shabber Abbas Rizvi