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GabrielFernandes-6539 asked Rade-9816 commented

Is it possible to open an VS 2019 project on VS 2010 when using the same .net framework?

I have VS 2019 but at school we use VS 2010 and i want to use the project that i have at home.

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Dear customer, may I know if you have got any chance to check my reply? I am glad to help if you have any other questions.

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Yes You can open VS Project 2019 with VS 2010.

Open *.sln with notepad and change second line Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 with this
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00

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AnnaXiu-MSFT answered GabrielFernandes-6539 commented

Hi @GabrielFernandes-6539,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Visual Studio is backwards compatible. Each version of Visual Studio prior to Visual Studio 2010 is tied to a specific .NET Framework. For Visual Studio 2010, it targets .NET Framework 4 or older.

If your VS2019 project uses the new features of VS2019 or the .NET features available only in .NET 4.5 or newer, I suppose you can’t open it in VS2010. The project may be incompatible with the Visual Studio 2010.

Besides, I suggest you make a backup of the project and try to open it with VS2010. If your project meets the requirement in VS2010, there is a reasonable chance that you can open it without problems.

Sincerely,
Anna


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Hi Anna,

Sorry for not replying to this post earlier.

I tried opening it on VS 2010 but it said that the versions weren't compatible since it VS 2019 is a more updated versions.


Furthermore, I was able to complete the project in time, so it all went nicely in the end.


Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
Gabriel

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