I recently had to do a clean install of Windows 8.1 Pro and everything else, and I installed VS versions in the following sequence:
- Visual Studio 2010 Pro
- Visual Studio 2012 Pro
- Visual Studio 2013 Pro
- Visual Studio 2015 Community (with VS SDK)
I applied all the updates to each, and then attempted to install VS SDK 2010. I got the following error message, indicating that VS 2010 is not present (but it is present):
I proceeded to install the VS SDK 2012 and VS SDK 2013 without any problems. But trying to install VS SDK 2010 always generates the same error and won't install.
I have confirmed that VS 2010 Pro is installed and working, so that's not the real problem. I suspect it doesn't like something in the registry.
Are there any workarounds to allow VS SDK 2010 to install in this situation?
Thanks.