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Running Different Versions of the Visual Studio SDK Side by Side

Visual Studio 2008

Side-by-side installations of different versions of Visual Studio are generally supported.

If you install Visual Studio 2008 SDK on a computer that has Visual Studio 2005 SDK installed, we recommend that you update the Visual Studio 2005 SDK version of the following assemblies, after you install Visual Studio 2008 SDK:

  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll

  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.8.0.dll

To update these assemblies, copy them in <VS 2008 SDK Installation Path>\VisualStudioIntegration\Common\Assemblies\ and then paste them in <VS 2005 SDK Installation Path>\VisualStudioIntegration\Common\Assemblies\ (replaces the existing versions).

NoteNote:

If these assemblies are not updated, you may see warnings when you build VSPackages that reference the assemblies. The warnings would resemble this one:

"Reference to type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.IOleMenuCommand' claims it is defined in <VS 2005 SDK Installation Path>\VisualStudioIntegration\Common\Assemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll', but it could not be found."

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