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Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate on Windows 8 Consumer Preview

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A word of warning - If, like me, you thought:

“I haven’t got time to upgrade my Windows 8 version but I’ll quickly upgrade Visual Studio 11 Beta to Visual Studio 2012 RC”

Then hold on, don’t uninstall VS 11 Beta just yet!

If you take a look at the system requirements for the Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate they show that the version of Windows 8 required is the Release Preview not the Consumer Preview.

 

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If you attempt to install on Windows 8 Consumer Preview you will get the error message:

Setup blocked. The .Net Framework installed on this machine does not meet the minimum required version: 4.5.50501.

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Richard

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  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2012
    oh, great. i've just uninstalled 2011. is there any workaround for this?

  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2012
    Can you install mu_.net_framework_4.5_rc_x86_x64_web_installer_865839.exe to solve the problem? I haven't tried.

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2012
    nope, it says that .NET 4.5 is part of the OS and doesn't need to be installed

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2012
    Thanks it solved my problem. MSFT as always have ten thousand versions, patches, name changes and web site links so confusing. i wish i saw that i have "consumer preview" before :(

  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2012
    Can i download an install Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate on win 7 os and then make apps for win 8 ?

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2012
    Is it supported on Windows Server 8 beta datacenter?