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Asked: 2026-06-06T20:55:22+00:00

I have small C/C++ project in Visual Studio 2012 RC This applications parses the

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I have small C/C++ project in Visual Studio 2012 RC

This applications parses the argv and then calling another .exe file with ShellExecute

My application works perfect on Windows7 but on Windows XP x86 trhows Is not a valid Win32 application error.

I have compiled it with Mutli-thread(/MT) and Win32 Platform

This is my #includes

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <windowsx.h>
#include <shlobj.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <direct.h>

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  1. Editorial Team

    VS 2012 applications cannot be run under Windows XP.

    See this VC++ blog on why and how to make it work.

    It seems to be supported/possible from Feb 2013. See noelicus answer below on how to.

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