I cannot find 100% answer if there is an option to develop Windws Phone 7 app using Visual Studio 2015. I am almost sure it is immposible but still not 100%.
There is nothing about Windows Phone 7 in Visual Studio 2015 specifications as below:
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-2015-compatibility-vs.aspx
No, you can't use VS 2015 for WP7 development. You even can't use VS 2013 for that. Only VS 2010 and 2012 can be used to develop apps for WP7.
See older questions about VS 2013 and WP7 compability for additional info:
Install Windows Phone 7.1 SDK on Windows 8.1 RTM with Visual Studio 2013 RC
How to Target WP7.1 in Visual Studio 2013
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What is the minimum version of Visual Studio required for developing Windows Phone 8.1 application, can Visual Studio 2012 (Update 4) be used to develop the application.
According to Microsoft, Windows Phone 8.1 development requires Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 or newer, you can't use Visual Studio 2012. Note that although that page recommends installing the Express edition of Visual Studio if you don't have a paid one, it is better to install the Community edition (and of course, now you should go for VS 2015 instead of VS 2013).
I've been developing with VB 2010 and Windows 7 for years.
Are there any "issues" I should be aware off when migrating VB2010 over to Windows 8.1
Any advice will be much appreciated.
John
Make sure you install the latest service packs and hotfixes to be fully compatible with Windows 8 and above:
Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Visual Studio 2010 GDR for Team Foundation Service
Visual Studio 2010 Compatibility Update for Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012
You will need to upgrade your Visual Studio version to 2013 in order to build Windows 8 and 8.1 apps, but as long as you're targeting a Desktop application, you should be fine.
I have used visual studio 2010 on windows 8.1 and windows 10 so far I did not have any issues working on both the OS.
I am using visual studio 2010 professional with sp1
Me too have been using the VS 2010 Professional on windows 7 and I migrated to Windows 8.1.
Usually I develop console apps, desktop apps and I mostly use Access Databases as the database for my programs..
And also I use C# and VB..
So far I havent had any issue with VS2010 on windows 8.1.
That is my experience about that and I hope this will be a help for you.. :)
Thanks
i installed windows 2008 on my system i had visual studio 2010 ultimate on my system.
is there any way to install windows phone 8 SDK on visual studio 2010 ultimate.
can i upgrade visual studio 2010 ultimate to visual studio 2012 ultimate.
i can download wp8 sdk but with that i am not able to develop web applications.
is there any way to download vs 2012 ultimate full version for free.
You need to install Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 for Windows Phone 8 development. I got Visual Studio 2012 Professional for free via DreamSpark (www.dreamspark.com) because I'm a student.
You can get the free version:Visual Studio 2012 Express
I need to convert my old Windows Phone 6 application from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 2012. Is it possible or not?
From the forums I came to know that Windows Phone 6 SDK is no longer supported in versions 2010 and above
windows mobile 6 standard sdk not detecting visual studio 2010 beta installed
Visual Studio 2010 Lacks Support for WM 6.x App Development
No, you must used visual studio 2008.
You can see this url (in spanish)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/es-es/library/vstudio/sa69he4t(v=vs.100).aspx
This MSDN article refer to 3 flavors of Visual Studio Express 2012:
"This includes Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8, Visual Studio
Express 2012 for Windows Phone 7, and Visual Studio Express 2012 for
Web."
However I can't find any other reference or download link to **Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone 8**. Does anybody know?
UPDATE:
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone releases have been announced on Oct 30 2012 in the Build conference.
According to http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/products/express they will be available as soon as the product group for Windows Phone will release again a newer version of the SDK (probably a major release).
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone is now available and you can download it from here. Scroll down to the "Visual Studio Express 2012" section and expand the node for "Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone".
UPDATE: you can now find Visual Studio Express 2012 downloads here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/Results.aspx?q=visual%20studio%20express%202012&form=DLC