Can Visual Studio 6 and 2010 coexist on the same computer?

Question

I need Visual Studio 6 to be installed on a computer that already has Visual Studio 2010 Professional installed.

Is it possible to do this without overwriting libraries, registry settings, etc., or do I need to go a longer route and configure a virtual machine with Visual Studio 6 installed?

Can Visual Studio 2010 coexist with Visual Studio 6?

Answer 1

Here's a question asked by someone using a similar setting explaining a known issue and workaround. , that is, it seems to have no problems of its own, but not impossible.

Answer 2

I know from experience that you can do the opposite - install VS6.0, and then 2003, 2008 and 2010, and turn them all on. In this case, if 2010 is already set, the likely worst-case scenario requires a reinstall of 2010. Most likely, this will work out of the box. If you already have a virtual machine installed, it will almost certainly be easier to simply install VS 6.0.

Of course, if it is a matter of making changes to a specific legacy application, then you may need to configure the virtual machine in any case for the convenience of transferring the project to the next developer who needs to work on this application.

Answer 3

There is no problem installing different versions of Visual Studio side by side.