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Asked: 2026-06-17T12:43:27+00:00

I am trying to upgrade a VM that has Windows 7 on it and

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I am trying to upgrade a VM that has Windows 7 on it and upgrade to WIndows 8. At the start of the upgrade process it highlights that Visual Studio 2010 is not compatible. Is this true? I was really shocked that VS 2010 is not upgradable onto Windows 8. I guess I will stay with Windows 7 for now but I wanted to find out if there is some patch or something that will allow me to use VS 2010 on my Windows 8 upgrade.

I see this other related question but its a slightly different question and doesn’t really answer the question around why?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you look at the Microsoft Connect Website it states there is an incompatibility with VS2010 primarily with the Test Tools.

    From above Link:

    Hi there – VS 2010 does indeed have an incompatibility with Win8 – The scenario for the incompatibility was around the test tools so in general VS 2010 will run after install on Win8 – This issue was addressed in this GDR (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2736182).

    They suggest running the Update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2736182 the article also gives a little more insight to what the issues are.

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