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  • realJSOPR realJSOP

    I would create a virtual machine and reinstall old versions in it, and that would leave just one version on your main desktop, thus enforcing your hatred of the legacy apps that you have to maintain.

    .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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    Rage
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    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

    reinstall old versions

    Someone is going to need extra time.

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      anyone experienced a problem doing such?

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      Richard Jones
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      You might have an issue with the debugger of the last one installed always popping up when ANY version crashes. It's probably set somewhere in the registry (good idea for an article)

      I need an app that will automatically deliver a new BBBBBBBBaBB (beautiful blonde bimbo brandishing bountiful bobbing bare breasts and bodacious butt) every day. John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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      • realJSOPR realJSOP

        Yeah. Most hard drives can't handle having that much crappy software installed on the same partition, and their nature is to deficate all over your computer the minute you try to access any version.

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        "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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        Lost User
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        You need a good manager.

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        • S swjam

          anyone experienced a problem doing such?

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          John M Drescher
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          No but I have VS2008, VS2005 and VS2003 + vc6 installed at work on one machine.

          John

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          • realJSOPR realJSOP

            Yeah. Most hard drives can't handle having that much crappy software installed on the same partition, and their nature is to deficate all over your computer the minute you try to access any version.

            .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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            "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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            Henry Minute
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            John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

            Most hard drives can't handle having that much crappy software installed on the same partition

            They would certainly be in the corridor of uncertainty.

            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'

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            • N Nish Nishant

              Not really. Sometimes you leave the old versions installed for older projects that were never converted (for whatever reason). Still 4 versions is unusual. But 2 versions is quite common, and even 3 wouldn't be that unheard of.

              Regards, Nish


              Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application

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              John M Drescher
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              I have VS2008, VS2005 and VS2003 + vc6 installed on the work machine. The reason is I have C++ projects (100K + lines each) in each version and porting old code to newer compilers takes time.

              John

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              • J John M Drescher

                I have VS2008, VS2005 and VS2003 + vc6 installed on the work machine. The reason is I have C++ projects (100K + lines each) in each version and porting old code to newer compilers takes time.

                John

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                Nish Nishant
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                Yeah, but 4 versions would put you in a very small minority. Now you'd probably have VS 2010 too - making that 5 versions. :)

                Regards, Nish


                Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application

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                • A Anthony Mushrow

                  Well, I've got 2010 and 2008 installed without any problems but why would you want all of them installed?

                  My current favourite quote is: Punch them in the face, see what happens!

                  -SK Genius

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                  John M Drescher
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                  For me its old C++ code and the cost of porting to the new compilers.

                  John

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                  • S swjam

                    anyone experienced a problem doing such?

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    <bitter experience> No problem installing multiple versions, but just try uninstalling one of them. The uninstall goes fine, but your .NET frameworks **** up royally, and seemingly random programs cease to work (I have a machine that has been unable to start PSP X2 for several months, because I dared to remove VS2008!). No amount of jiggery-pokery with the .NET frameworks seem to help -- partly because you can't even roll back some of them, because VS overwrote the original installation files, then deleted them on its way out. </bitter experience>

                    At least it's not Eclipse

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      Yeah. Most hard drives can't handle having that much crappy software installed on the same partition, and their nature is to deficate all over your computer the minute you try to access any version.

                      .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
                      -----
                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                      -----
                      "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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                      merridus
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                      Yeah, I tried it once, but my hard drive really started to kick off about it.

                      - Rob

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                      • N Nish Nishant

                        Yeah, but 4 versions would put you in a very small minority. Now you'd probably have VS 2010 too - making that 5 versions. :)

                        Regards, Nish


                        Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application

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                        John M Drescher
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                        I will have that in Q4 when we renew our academic licences. I am not sure I will use it for any project though. I am just trying to find time for one of my programmers to port a major project from VS2005 to VS2008 because VS2005 does not play well (crashes about every 3 compiles) with my Windows7 64 bit i7 box.

                        John

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                        • N NormDroid

                          Only an insane person would do this.

                          Two heads are better than one.

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                          kinar
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                          Not really. I am in a position where our customer base are developers and I frequently have them emailing me code that doesn't quite work right with our product's API. In order to troubleshoot potential issues, I have to be able to compile it in whatever compiler they use. As a result, I have VS2k10, 2008, 2005, 2003, VS6 (including VB6), eclipse, and netbeans. I also have support for runnign various scripting languages.

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                          • realJSOPR realJSOP

                            I would create a virtual machine and reinstall old versions in it, and that would leave just one version on your main desktop, thus enforcing your hatred of the legacy apps that you have to maintain.

                            .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
                            -----
                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                            -----
                            "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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                            John M Drescher
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                            I have yet to see a VM perform in any way near native performance meaning compiles take 2 to 10 times as long in a VM and this is annoying for tools that take 1 hour to build on a native i7 system.

                            John

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                            • realJSOPR realJSOP

                              I would create a virtual machine and reinstall old versions in it, and that would leave just one version on your main desktop, thus enforcing your hatred of the legacy apps that you have to maintain.

                              .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
                              -----
                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                              -----
                              "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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                              Dan Neely
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                              Are there any VM players that behave nicely with multiple monitors? I have an MSVPC for XP stuff but being trapped on a single screen is unacceptable these days.

                              3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                                Are there any VM players that behave nicely with multiple monitors? I have an MSVPC for XP stuff but being trapped on a single screen is unacceptable these days.

                                3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                                dandy72
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                                RDP can handle multiple monitors nowadays. Fire up the VM, but instead of logging in using VPC (or whatever), log into it via RDP.

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                                • S swjam

                                  anyone experienced a problem doing such?

                                  ---------------------------------------------------------- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

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                                  Kythen
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                                  No problems with that setup here. VS2003 doesn't like Vista/Weven and will crash on me if I do a Find In Files search, but other than that everything works as expected.

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