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Using VS.NET 2003 and VS.NET 2008 together

I was going to convert VS2003 (.NET 1.1) project to VS2008 (.NET 2.0) and converted everything to C # (simple enough). I got a new machine and did a C # conversion to VS2008. We had a C ++ layer that didn't work in .NET 2.0 due to some memory protection issues.

The C ++ layer was pretty old and was written by some subcontractors many years ago - its not very good code ...

My old machine had a VS 2003 installation with our C / C ++ level (which spoke to Visibroker). I didn't finish converting the C parts when the hard drive on this computer crashed.

I don't have time to fix the .NET C ++ conversion, so still needs to build under VS 2003.

Question: Will I be able to install VS 2003 after VS2008? Will it ruin everything? Installing it in a virtual machine is not an option due to company policy.

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I was in the same situation a while ago and installed VS 2003 on a (virtual) PC that already had VS 2008 installed. Unfortunately I don't remember if I did a "Repair" installation of a VS 2008 installation after installing VS 2003, but i think it just worked.



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I just had to do it last week. Installation 2003 after 2008 works fine. The only thing that seems to have been messed up is that now all VS icons look like old 2003 on Windows.



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I was running vs2003 and vs2008 at the same time. I believe a worst-case 2003 installation after 2008 would require reinstalling 2008.

I would go and try, but I wouldn't start if I didn't have the most day.

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Installing vs .net 2003 after 2008 will be fine, the only problem is that the automatic version check of vs .net might not work. For example, if you install 2008 after 2003 and the correct version of vs .net will open if you double click on the project file or solution file according to its actual version. But if canceled, checking .net 2003 version will override 2008 and it won't be able to open vs .net2008 if you double click the old version project file. Just reinstall 2008, fix the problem.

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