Friday, Mar 26, 2004, 9:03 AM
Do Not Install VS2005 on Longhorn!
While it's true that a new preview version of Visual Studio 2005 is available for MSDN Subscribers, DO NOT INSTALL THIS BUILD OF VS2005 ON LONGHORN. It won't work.
8 comments on this post
Greg Hurlman:
Not too much to fear, since it seems that VS2k5 won't let you install anyway.
Friday, Mar 26, 2004, 9:05 AM
Ryan Farley:
Chris, so what is the recommended version of Visual Studio to install on Longhorn? Is there one?
Friday, Mar 26, 2004, 9:11 AM
Chris Sells:
The recommended version of VS to install on Longhorn is the one that came with Longhorn on the PDC CDs or via mail from MSDN customer service.
Friday, Mar 26, 2004, 10:08 AM
Adam Kinney:
Thank you for stating this fact with red letters. I'm glad I did not attempt it.
Friday, Mar 26, 2004, 10:46 AM
milbertus:
Thanks for posting this, Chris, as that is exactly what I planned on doing this weekend. heh.
Sounds like it's time for a Virtual PC instead.
Sounds like it's time for a Virtual PC instead.
Friday, Mar 26, 2004, 2:43 PM
Paul Arena:
Unfortunately, I already attempted to install it. At first all it said was to uninstall my existing version. So I did that, and then when I went to install it, it said it didn't work in Longhorn. Perhaps the OS test should happen PRIOR to the "please uninstall Visual Studio" message, would have saved me about 6 hours of uninstall/failed install/reinstall time!
Sunday, Mar 28, 2004, 4:48 PM
Deepak Kapoor:
I was so happy a moment ago. VS2005 for all (I mean MSDN subscribers) Hurray !!!
Can't run on Longhorn. DOH!
When can we expect a version that will run on Longhorn?
Can't run on Longhorn. DOH!
When can we expect a version that will run on Longhorn?
Tuesday, Mar 30, 2004, 12:28 AM
DrPizza:
It doesn't work on Longhorn? That's hardly surprising.
It barely seems to work on any other OS I've tried it on, either. Sure, I know it's not even an alpha yet, but the amount of broken stuff amazes me. The quality of code being checked in seems to be negligible.
It barely seems to work on any other OS I've tried it on, either. Sure, I know it's not even an alpha yet, but the amount of broken stuff amazes me. The quality of code being checked in seems to be negligible.
Tuesday, Mar 30, 2004, 1:47 AM
