I have an x64 machine and an MSDN subscription. I want to download VS2010 Ultimate. However, I'm not seeing an x64 version on the subscriber downloads page. Why might this be? Am I missing something?
It's because there isn't one. Here is a discussion: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ricom/archive/2009/06/10/visual-studio-why-is-there-no-64-bit-version.aspx
There is no 64-bit version of VS2010. Can't find a good prooflink, only this one:
http://www.ditii.com/2009/06/12/visual-studio-2010-will-be-32-bit-exclusive-no-64-bit/
EDIT: but it does include everything you need to create 64bit apps -- just like 2005 did. Except on 2010, I believe, the cross-compile stuff is installed by default.
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I'm using Visual Studio 2012, Vb. I try to use edit-and-continue (edit the code while debugging), and get this exception:
"Changes to 64-bit applications are not allowed"
And targeting the x86 platform, doesn't work.
What can I do? Any suggestion?
Edit + Continue in VS2012 is only supported for 32-bit code, as it has been since VS2005.
This will be changing soon, E+C for 64-bit managed code will be supported in VS2013. Currently in preview.
Edit and Continue is now officially available in Visual Studio 2013 for both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Is there a way to open a project that was saved in one edition of VS2010 in another edition of VS2010?
For example. I am working on a C# XNA application that was originally created with VS 2010 Premium. At home I have VS 2010 Ultimate. It gives me the error
The project type is not supported by this installation.
Is there any way around this, or do I have to install Premium?
If you are trying to go from a reduced version (Premium) to an expanded version (Ultimate) it will work. Everything in Premium is in Ultimate, it's just a matter if you've installed that portion of the expanded version or not. In this case, you probably did not install the C# component of Ultimate. Try "re-installing" Ultimate. (That is, start the installer and select C#)
I think that only problematic thing is some project type that you don't have installed at your Ultimate installation, which btw supports more than premium. So, maybe I guess it can be VB project type and you don't have VB component installed on Ultimate or something ?
Do you have XNA installed correctly, that could also be a problem ?
Try to find a workaround here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2009/08/30/9889189.aspx
Is Windows Phone 7 Development SDK available for other versions of Visual Studio 2010 than Express?
If I already have the Ultimate version do I still need to download VS2010 Express to use WP7 SDK?
When you install the Windows Phone 7 SDK it installs everything including "Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone" even if you have another non-express version of Visual Studio 2010 already installed.
If you have another version of VS2010 installed. the installer will NOT create any shortcuts for the express version. Nor will it set any file associations for it.
This has two effects:
The installer is simpler (It just gets everything and only needs logic around setting shortcuts) and so should be less buggy. - Most people have no issues with it. The few who do have problems have mostly fixed them with a repair of the install.
You can use both the Express and other version of VS2010 on the same machine. I find this particularly useful when looking at open source or demo projects which were created with the express version.
The WP7 environment will install into your existing instance of Visual Studio if you have one (and will install an Express edition if you don't)
Yes, you would need to download the full SDK. But nothing to worry since installing the SDK would automatically take care of installing the templates, and you should be able to work with your Ultimate edition with all the goodness :)
Microsoft could verify that the Visual Studio (not Express) is already installed on the machine BEFORE you download the Express version!
Still, the Express version does not interfere with your other version of Visual Studio.
Generally wondering if there are multiple versions of Visual Studio 2010 to download i.e. I can only find x86 and unsure if this is the version I want for Win7 x64 [which I am running]
Are there multiple versions available or is the only release version x86 which just install x64 components?
There won't be x64 version of VS2010. For some explanations take a look at Rico Mariani's blog post.
As far as I know there is no 64 bit version of Visual Studio 2010.
See http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-039-t-Hold-Your-Breath-for-64-bit-Visual-Studio-113943.shtml.
According to the article "customers are better off running the development platform in 32-bit emulation mode on top of 64-bit Windows. And while saying nothing about 64-bit support beyond Visual Studio 2010, the lesson for developers is don't hold your breath for x64 VS."
Not that answer you wanted.
There is no x64 version of Visual Studio...
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-039-t-Hold-Your-Breath-for-64-bit-Visual-Studio-113943.shtml
In summary, there's no lift from a 64-bit compiler or IDE.
I am having trouble getting x64 compilation to work on Windows 7 RTM (64-bit) with Visual Studio 2008 Professional (both with and without SP1). I have not installed the Windows 7 SDK, as Microsoft suggests might be the issue. The problem is that there are no x64/64-bit choices in the Configuration Manager of Visual Studio.
I do not have the "Microsoft Visual C++ Compilers 2008 Standard Edition" suggested in the link above installed on my computer. Any ideas what might fix this?
I have checked that I have the x64 compiler and tools installed with Visual Studio.
Solution found: Uninstall VS completely and reinstall. Issue resolved after SP1 installed (again). Very strange.
Are you using VS 2008 Express Edition?
You can add the x64 targets to the build configuration manually by downloading the Windows SDK (which include all the x64 compilers/linkers/libs/headers/... ) and following the instructions in this link:
http://jenshuebel.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/visual-c-2008-express-edition-and-64-bit-targets/
EDIT
Did you make sure to include the 64 bit toolset as part of the Visual Studio install? This toolset is an optional component that can be disabled during the initial install process. I believe you can add it back in by going through a Visual Studio repair process.
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Are you using a clean windows 7 RTM install or did you upgrade from a previous version? There is at least one issue being reported by Visual Studio customers who upgraded an earlier build of Windows 7 to RTM.
Other, seemingly unrelated issue
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VistaUsersUninstallVisualStudio2010Beta1BeforeUpgradingToWindows7.aspx