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Tom
Tom

Reputation: 21

Visual Studio 2010 choose version to Download? (x86/x64)

Generally wondering if there are multiple versions of Visual Studio 2010 to download i.e. I can only find x86 and unsure if this is the version I want for Win7 x64 [which I am running]

Are there multiple versions available or is the only release version x86 which just install x64 components?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1475

Answers (3)

Dave Swersky
Dave Swersky

Reputation: 34820

There is no x64 version of Visual Studio...

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-039-t-Hold-Your-Breath-for-64-bit-Visual-Studio-113943.shtml

In summary, there's no lift from a 64-bit compiler or IDE.

Upvotes: 1

Frank Bollack
Frank Bollack

Reputation: 25196

There won't be x64 version of VS2010. For some explanations take a look at Rico Mariani's blog post.

Upvotes: 9

mattruma
mattruma

Reputation: 16687

As far as I know there is no 64 bit version of Visual Studio 2010.

See http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-039-t-Hold-Your-Breath-for-64-bit-Visual-Studio-113943.shtml.

According to the article "customers are better off running the development platform in 32-bit emulation mode on top of 64-bit Windows. And while saying nothing about 64-bit support beyond Visual Studio 2010, the lesson for developers is don't hold your breath for x64 VS."

Not that answer you wanted.

Upvotes: 2

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