Reproduce my visual studio 2013 enviroment in my new PC

Question

User1991482975 posted

Hi,

i have build my current web site in C# visual studio 2013 express in my OLD PC... if i pass in visual studio 2019 express with my new PC i guess it will not build correctly anymore...

So i would love to install visual studio express 2013 in my new PC e have excatly the same enviroment in roder to build and deploy my website like before without having to install all the things i have installed before..

It is possible?

Could you help me to sort it out? any advice?

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

User753101303 posted

Hi,

Not sure which kind of response you expect. Obviously you may not have to reinstall all but you'll need to install what is required by your app (and we have no idea what it uses).

VS 2019 should work well but it depends as well on what your app is using (such as the .NET Framework version, the MVC version and so on). Generally speaking it's likely best to avoid lagging too much as now you have to skip 3 versions to catch up.

For each new version you have things such as https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/porting/port-migrate-and-upgrade-visual-studio-projects?view=vs-2019

They usually have the doc for the current and previous version. So it's likely best to avoid using an older version than the one before the current one unless you'll comfortable enough to be on your own (at work I have VS 2015, 2017, 2019)

Edit: in short if you want to play safe and think you'll need help for the upgrade keep VS 2013 for now. But IMO you should consider soon after to have a look at a VS upgrade and possibly an app upgrade depending on what you are using now...

Answer 2

User-719153870 posted

Hi grafic.web,

if i pass in visual studio 2019 express with my new PC i guess it will not build correctly anymore...

I don't think so, usually, older version project will fit well in the newer version VS.

You will feel it really convenient in the new version VS and the only cost is that you might need to add a few dependencies for your project or you even might not.

It is possible?

Not clear about this question, you only need to open your project in your new pc with the "new" VS2013 if you insist VS2013 instead of 2019 version.

Could you help me to sort it out? any advice?

My suggestion is that you should try the VS2019, take a little time to add few extension for your current project and it will help a lot for your future projects.

Best Regard,

Yang Shen