It looks like Visual Studio 2012 won't create executables that run on XP
unless you also have Visual Studio 2010 or the Windows 7 SDK installed:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/690617 .
Hopefully they will reverse that particular decision as well.
On 6/8/12 11:17 AM, Tyson Key wrote:
> For what it's worth, MS have decided to renege on their "Metro
> development only" plans for the next version of Visual Studio Express,
> if
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/06/08/visual-studio-express-2012-for-windows-desktop.aspx is
> to be believed.
>
> I haven't had chance to investigate the new tools, though.
>
> Tyson.
>
> 2012/6/1 Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
>
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> > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf
> Of Gerald Combs
> > Sent: 31 May 2012 19:59
> > To: Developer support list for Wireshark
> > Subject: [Wireshark-dev] 1.8 branch + release schedule
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to branch off 1.8 next Monday (June 4) so that we can
> start making
> > release candidates followed by the official 1.8.0 release:
> >
> > 1.8.0rc1: June 4
> > 1.8.0rc2: June 11 (if needed)
> > 1.8.0: June 18
> >
> > The schedule is a little aggressive. I don't mind postponing the
> official release
> > until after Sharkfest if needed.
> >
> > I'd also like to make Visual Studio 2010 the default for Windows
> builds before
> > the branch. According to some news sources it will be the last
> version of VS
> > to ship with a C/C++ compiler in the Express edition so we may
> as well
> > standardize on it now.
> >
>
> Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 can still compile C/C++,
> but the limited in some way to producing Metro apps. I guess that
> it won't ship with the ordinary Windows (non-Metro) headers and
> libraries. Apparently these (along with the compilers) have also
> been removed from the Windows 8 SDK so that can't be used as an
> alternative method. I'll download some stuff this weekend and
> see what happens when trying to build Wireshark.
>
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