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Asked: 2026-06-13T12:12:03+00:00

I have both VS2010 and VS2012 installed, but only in VS2012 highlighting and auto-complete

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I have both VS2010 and VS2012 installed, but only in VS2012 highlighting and auto-complete seems to work correctly. At the same time Intellisense seems to work on VS2010, but not for DirectX… Here’s an example:

VS2012 – all well. Also note how all the Windows/DirectX types are highlighted.

VS2012

VS2010 – no highlighting, no auto-completion.

VS2010

VS2010 – but here we can see that IntelliSense actually works, just kind of selectively.

VS2010-2

I have to use VS2010 so I need that problem fixed. I’m kind of new to Visual Studio so it may be something obvious I’m missing. Thanks for any help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can read about the IntelliSense in VS2010 in the documentation. The Complete Word option is also available:

    “To open the completion list, type the first few letters of the name, or press ALT+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+SPACEBAR.”

    You should also be aware of When IntelliSense Is Unavailable. Make sure you specified include directories for DirectX headers in the project’s options correctly. Rebuilding the solution also helps sometimes.

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