I'm trying to download XNA game Studio, but at the moment I try to install it it says this:
Note: The Hyperlink sends me to a microsoft site to download VS2013 Express edition.
I'm on Windows 8.1 x64 with a full-component installation of Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate edition.
XNA Game Studio has not been updated in many years. It requires VS 2010 C# Express or VS 2010 Pro+. There are some hacks on the Internet about how people have gotten it to work with VS 2012 and VS 2013, but it's only officially supported for VS 2010.
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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 have some compatibility problems with vs 2010 file opened in vs 2013, i have read that maybe i can solve it activating the option "upgrade project automaticcaly" but i can't find it. Where i can find this option in Visual Studio 2013 Express?
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I can't launch the project ,i have tried in VS2010 Express , VS2012 Express , VS2013 Express... It seems so strange, it's an official demo of kinect sdk.
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Suddenly it starts work on visual studio 2010
It's not a project upgrade issue but the sounds of that error message - VS2013 Express doesn't support the project type you are trying to open.
The following page describes the s/w requirements for use that project
Kinect or Windows SDK
Specifically the s/w dev requirements are:
Visual Studio 2010, or Visual Studio 2012. The free Express editions can be downloaded from Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express or Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express.
.NET Framework 4 (installed with Visual Studio 2010), or .NET Framework 4.5 (installed with Visual Studio 2012).
There are a lot of other requirements also listed on that page.
I would suggest you download VS2012 Express (its free) and work from there.
I just installed VS 2010 Professional Edition, then the Service Pack 1. So now I wanted to install the 7.1 RC for WP7. The first thing it tries to do is download VS 2010 Express. Is this normal? Do I really have to install 2 versions of VS to develop for WP7?
If you already have a valid and applicable edition of Visual Studio 2010 installed, then the installer installs the SDK, Expression Blend, emulator, etc. and adds the necessary project templates into your existing edition. It will not install Visual Studio 2010 Express if you have already have an existing edition, so there are no issues around multiple installs of Visual Studio.
I have installed XNA Game Studio 3.1, but I can't see the Game Template in Visual Studio 2010 on Windows server 2008.
There is no driver for graphics and XNA 4.0 won't install, could it be related?
How do I solve my problem?
XNA Game Studio 3.1 works with Visual C# Express 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.
XNA Game Studio 4.0 works with Visual C# Express 2010 and Visual Studio 2010.
There is no way around this. I explain this in more detail in this answer.
If you want to use XNA 3.1, you will need to install Visual Studio 2008 (or C# Express 2008). All of these things install side-by-side - you can have both 2008 and 2010 installed at the same time.
did yiu install vs first?
In situation ssuch as thi sits often best to start uninstalling all the xna components restart and try again.
are you sure you restarted vs after installing xna?
I have not had problems with xna (but then i am not running server 2008 and i have graphics drivers).
I dont see why a lack of drivers would stop the template from being visible though.
I have Visual Studio 2010 professional installed.
If I install Visual Studio Express for Phone 7, will Visual Studio 2010 still work?
Yes it will work just fine. Express versions of Visual Studio are designed to work side by side with both other express editions and non-express editions.
Note: I'm not sure what the state of Visual Studio Expressfor the Phone 7 is. Occasionally issues will pop up when installing multiple versions of Visual Studio if one or more is a beta edition. If that's the case I would proceed with caution.