Running Visual Studio 2010 on Win 7 inside XP Mode
I outlined in an earlier post how XP Mode gives Windows 7 users a very easy way to try out beta software without worrying that the main operating system install might be messed up.
Here is a screenshot of VS 2010 Beta 2 running on my Win7 desktop. Notice that the only way to tell is that it has the blue Windows XP bar at the top instead of the Win 7 Aero bar like Task Manager in front of it.
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Josh said on 12.01.2009 at 6:18 PM
Why run in XP mode? Why not create a new VHD running win 7 and install VS.Net beta there instead? If you have MSDN, you should have the licenses...
Jeffrey Palermo said on 12.02.2009 at 12:10 AM
@Josh,
>>Why run in XP mode?
It is there. It works. No manual management.
Sure, I've always used Virtual PC and VMWare for virtual machines, but using XP Mode means I avoid all the setup steps for the virtual.
Using XP Mode was so quick that I would be throwing away time if I went another route.
Josh said on 12.02.2009 at 12:19 PM
Yeah, I get that. My only thought was that you might miss out if you want to play with some Win7 specific features - new IIS version, multitouch, taskbar, etc. Hansleman's got a great post on streamlining the build of a reusable Win 7 VHD.