User288213138 posted
Hi gkrishnat,
Is it possible to open the code that there in VS 2013 directly in VS 2017 or 2019?
Each new version of Visual Studio generally supports most previous types of projects, files, and other assets. Visual Studio tries to preserve backwards compatibility with previous versions like Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio 2013,
and Visual Studio 2012. You can also see the Release Notes for which features are specific to which versions.
Each new version of Visual Studio generally seeks to maintain compatibility with previous versions, such that the same project can be opened, modified, and built across different versions. However, there are inevitable changes over time such that some project
types may no longer be supported. In these cases, a newer version of Visual Studio won't load the project and doesn't offer a migration path; you need to maintain that project in a previous version of Visual Studio that does support it.
You can see Platform Targeting and Compatibility for which project types are supported in Visual Studio 2019: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/compatibility
Best regards,
Sam
