Have a shiny new Windows 7 64-bit machine and got a bit over zealous and installed Visual Studio 2010 before I installed VS 2008. Still need 2008, can I install 2008 after 2010 or do I need to uninstall 2010, install 2008, then SP1, then reinstall 2010?
Uninstalling and reinstalling VS2010 shouldn't be necessary. Install VS2008 and SP1, then run the VS2010 uninstaller but choose to repair rather than uninstall, this will fix any registry settings broken by installing in the "wrong" order.
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I have been trying to install Visual Studio 2010 Professional on my Windows 8.1 laptop and I am having problems. It seems to install and when I look at the applications list I see everything has installed except the Visual Studio 2010 (devenv.exe) application itself. Has anyone had this problem and found a solution for it? I have checked that .NET 2.0, 3.x and 4.x are all installed on the machine and active. The installer shows that it is installing the application but when it's completed the application is no where to be found.
I had the same thing happen to me, because I had SQL Server Data Tools installed, causing the shortcut to be named "sql server Data Tools". Try looking up the executable in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe and manually creating the shortcut on the start screen:
Be sure to install the updates as well:
Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Visual Studio 2010 GDR for Team Foundation Server
Visual Studio 2010 Compatibility Update for Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012
For an up to date list of patches and service packs see:
https://jessehouwing.net/vsts-tfs-connect-any-visual-studio-version/
A couple of days ago, I installed Visual Studio Express for C#; yesterday I installed Visual Studio Ultimate. Since I will no longer use the former, is it safe to uninstall it?
I uninstalled Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web right after having installed Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate and it still works perfectly. Also tried after a reboot, just to be sure.
I have VS2010 professional that I got from DreamSpark website. Now I'd like to have VS2010 sp1 and I'm a little confuse.
Should I uninstall vs2010 first and install vs2010 sp1? Is the vs2010 sp1 just a component that work on top of vs2010?
Thanks for helping
You can download the SP1 Installer here. It upgrades your current VS 2010 to VS 2010 sp1. You do not need to uninstall VS 2010 - just install the service pack from the above link, and it upgrades you.
I installed the SP1 beta for Visual Studio 2010 but when I open VS2010, it crashes. Is there a convenient method to uninstall sp1 without uninstalling vs 2010?
"Programs and Features" should have the VS2010 SP1 Beta uninstaller and allow you to rollback the install. Otherwise you maybe have to uninstall all of VS and reinstall.
There is no need to do it now because VS2010 SP1 has been released ;)
i'm going to install sql server 2008 on my computer,during preparing the installation there was an error like this:
a previous release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 is installed on this computer. Upgrade Microsoft visual studio 2008 to sp1 before installing SQL Server 2008.
So i should upgrade my visual studio to sp1, but i don't know how to do it.
Please help, and Thanks.
Download the installer for SP1 and run it.
It is on this page.
Easier Method
There is a registry trick to overcome this error
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DevDiv\VS\Servicing\9.0
rename 9.0 to 9.0old
then click “re run” ,it will solve the problem,but better to install
visual studio 2008 SP1
Source: http://computech.in/2010/08/a-previous-release-of-microsoft-visual-studio-2008-is-installed-on-this-computer-upgrade-microsoft-visual-studio-2008-to-the-sp1-before-installing-sql-server-2008sql-server-2008-installation-failed/