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In response to: Sharing Solutions between VS 2008 and VS 2010

Carl [Visitor] — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:39:29 +0000

If VS2010 is not installed on the same machine, it will not load in VS2008. The issue is the following line in the csproj file:
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />

As you can see, the Visual Studio v10.0 directory is referenced, and breaks when opened in VS2008.

In response to: Sharing Solutions between VS 2008 and VS 2010

Vladislav Borovikov [Visitor] — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:19:09 +0000

I've done the same with VS 2010 Beta 2 but it broke IntelliSense in VS 2008. IntelliSense starts working for a while right after the solution build but then it suddenly stops again. All because of these new tags in .csproj files - after removing them IntelliSense works fine.

Did they fix that for VS 2010 RC?

In response to: Sharing Solutions between VS 2008 and VS 2010

Oliver Sturm [Member] — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:31:35 +0000

Hi Michael,

No, I haven't. Are you saying that makes a difference? I wouldn't expect it to...

In response to: Sharing Solutions between VS 2008 and VS 2010

Michael Cummings [Visitor] — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:05:48 +0000

Have you tried opening the vs2008 solution on a computer that does *not* have vs2010 installed?