Hi,
Like the title says is there any issues I should be aware of please?
Malcolm
A:
I've got it installed on 2 machines, and I haven't encountered any issues.
Tal Pressman
2009-07-02 05:59:25
+2
A:
I've done this without problems before. Just make sure you install them in chronological order - installing 2008 then 2005 can cause problems.
Just for reference, VS2010 installs side-by-side as well. I think MS realises that this is a pretty common thing to want to do :)
Jon Skeet
2009-07-02 05:59:55
Can I open a application developed in .net framework 2.0 with visual studio 2008, in Visual Studio 2005?
rahul
2009-07-02 06:03:34
Thanks, what about upadating to SP1. Just run the upgrade no prerequisites?
Malcolm
2009-07-02 06:05:38
@Phoenix: No, although if you haven't used any C# 3 features (most of which can still be used against .NET 2.0) you may be able to just tweak the version numbers of the project files by hand. @Malcolm: Yes, just run the service pack.
Jon Skeet
2009-07-02 06:18:30
+1
A:
No, that's completely all right and safe.
You may be interested in "Mixing Visual Studio versions OK" : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/187511/mixing-visual-studio-versions-ok
Moayad Mardini
2009-07-02 06:00:15
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I have 2005 and 2008 operating side by side. There are no issues from a usability standpoint of Visual Studio itself. The issues tend to be more subtle. For instance, I recently had a problem related the the ASP.NET AJAX extensions 1.0 and compatability after .NET 3.5 was installed as reported here.
Steve Wranovsky
2009-07-02 06:08:02