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I have compilled program in Visual Studio 2011 on Windows consumer preview with v110 toolkit (c runtime 2011) and it refuse to run on Windows XP even with needed runtime dlls for 2011 libs (from VC/redist/) folder. It says that file is not valid Win32 app. How I can get that app to run on XP?
The VS 11 Beta does not support Windows XP as a target platform (or as a development platform, just to be complete).
There have been some statements from Microsoft personnel that this might change for RTM.
But I wouldn’t hold my breath.
If you’re adventurous, here’s an article that describes in detail how you can create your own library that will smooth over the things that prevent the runtime library from allowing an application to load on WinXP:
Update (15 June 2012):
Microsoft has reconsidered not allowing VC++ 2012 to target Window XP. Unfortunately the decision came too late to allow targeting WinXP to be supported in RTM, so you’ll have to wait for a subsequent update: