Hmmm, wonder if I have the first VS 2010 RTM question? Anyway..
Installing the Windows Phone 7 SDK I get the following error
Incompatible Products
VC 10.0 Runtime
.NET Framework 4 Multi-Targeting Pack
Microsoft.NET Framework 4 Client Profile
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended
This was reported as an issue with Beta 2 and the fix was to install the RC. Anyone know why it's incompatible with the RTM? Will we have to wait for an update to the SDK?
Regards,
Alex..
It's because Windows Phone 7 dev is incompatible with the VS 2010 RTM. I just made the same upsetting discovery.
You can register to be emailed when they release a compatible one here
Official story here.
I am the Director of Developer Experience on Windows Phone 7. This error is in fact an issue with customers who have installed VS2010 RTM. If you haven't installed VS2010 RTM, you are unaffected. Once you install VS2010 RTM, you cannot install the Express SKU of the Phone tools.
We should have a refresh of the Windows Phone Developer Tools shortly which will fix this issue, as well as add a few updates. I will update this answer when we post the updated tools, but should anyone have questions, I am on twitter #brandonwatson.
UPDATE: the tools are live - if you have final build of VS2010, go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cabcd5ed-7dfc-4731-9d7e-3220603cad14
It depends on which Visual Studio 2010 version you have:
Visual Studio 2010 RTM:
install Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW followed by the Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update and develop for Windows Phone 7
Visual Studio 2010 SP1:
install Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta and develop for Windows Phone 7.0 or 7.1
Until Microsoft kills the above links too ;-)
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I have an old app that was developed in Visual Studio 2008 targeting Windows Mobile 6 devices (Intermec Handhelds). I needed to make few enhancements to the app and tried to open it in Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition but it is not supported. I thought of installing either VS2008 or VS2008 SP1, but I was unable to find the installers on Microsoft.com. Unfortunately, we are unable to upgrade our devices and so we are stuck with the Windows Mobile 6.
Any suggestions? Does anyone know if it is possible to develop Windows Mobile 6 apps using VS2015?
Thanks.
Good day, I'am trying to install express 2013 with update 2 for Windows in order to run Xamarin.Forms ... The error I'm currently receiving are "This version of Visual Studio requires a computer with a newer version of Windows". My operating system are currently running Windows 7 professional.. Is it required to have Windows 8 to install Express 2013 with Update 2?
EDIT: I've was able to install microsoft visual express 2013 for desktop at http://www.microsoft.com/en-my/download/details.aspx?id=40787
As illustrated in the download link,
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42670
Windows 8 is required if you want to install this update. This is expected, as this update primarily targets Windows Store and Windows Phone apps.
To play with Xamarin.Forms, you can solely use Xamarin Studio. Note that to use Xamarin.Forms in Visual Studio, you usually need Visual Studio Professional editions. Express editions do not allow any third party add-ons to be installed, so you won't get Xamarin bits there.
no not required to upgrade to windows 8....check the recruitment for visual studio and installation details at Microsoft.com
Does anyone know how to develop for Windows Phone 7, with Visual Studio 2013 (thus without installing Visual Studio 2010) on Windows 8.1 RTM?
I've checked the WP8.0 box when I was installing Visual Studio 2013, but it does not provide me the 7.1 SDK which is needed for my solution.
It would be great if I could do it without installing Visual Studio 2010. :D
Thank you in advance :-)
The Windows Phone 8.0 SDK include the ability to create apps for 7.1 and 8.0 so there should be no need to install the 7.1 SDK.
HOWEVER
Developing apps for 7.x is not supported in Visual Studio 2013.
If you must target 7.x devices you'll need to use VS2010 or VS2012.
If you want o build for Windows Phone 7.x you should use Visual Studio 2012. You can install this AND Visual Studio 2013 on the same machine. The only thing you may not end up being able to do is having a single solution with all projects in that you can use in both versions of VS.
I am new to the windows phone development, and I am struggling to get everything installed related to the windows phone development tools. I had already MS Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate - ENU with SP1 installed on my machine (with Windows 7 Enterprise + Windows 7 SP1). I installed the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27570), and then Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW successfully. But when I tried to open Visual Studio, it said that only a few Visual Studio components had Visual Studio SP1, and in order to open the Visual Studio I had to install the complete Visual Studio SP1. So then I reinstalled the Visual Studio SP1 and the Visual Studio started working fine.
Now I have MS Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate - ENU with SP1, Windows Phone SDK 7.1, and Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW installed on my machine, but when I try to install Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update, following error message is displayed:
"The update patch cannot be installed by the windows installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch."
I have verified everything. Does anyone know what am I doing wrong?
Try uninstalling the developer tools completely then install dev tools rtw followed by patch and then sdk
I guess something goes wrong with your Visual Studio SP1 installation, so to uninstall all the developer tools and then doing the fresh installation would be the good Idea.
You can do the installation in this sequence..
Win 7 SP1
Visual Studio
Visual Studio SP1
WP7 developer tools
WP developer tools update
Hope it helps.
That update that is throwing an error is not required. The order of installation is detailed on this page: http://create.msdn.com/en-us/resources/downloads
You want to be installing the SDK 7.1 and then the SDK 7.1.1 update.
There's no need for you to uninstall Visual Studio here.
Regards,
Paul
Today Microsoft released Windows 8 Release Preview and visual studio 2012 rc. I'm a Windows phone developer. What dev tool I have to use for create my apps in Windows 8 rp?
In Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 express download page, it is mentioned like
"A Visual Studio 2012 Express product for Windows Phone will be available in conjunction with the next Windows Phone release. Until then, you can continue to use Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone to create Windows Phone apps."
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/products/express
The Windows Phone 8 SDK is out now, for those that are still reading this. It includes the 7.1 and 7.1.1 as well, and all runs within Visual Studio 2012. You can get it here:
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk
For Windows 8, install VS2010, the Windows Phone SDK, and don't forget the 7.1.1 SDK update that fixes problems with Windows 8.