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GeneralVisual Studio 2015 Community Edition PinPopular
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I have been trying to find out whether the free Community Edition of Visual Studio 2015 will accept the Windows Installer XML (WiX) plugin. In the end I decided that the only way to find out, is to try. So I downloaded and ran the VS 2015 Community Ed installer.

I did not bother to uninstall VS2012 Pro that I have on my machine. Uninstallation of previous VS versions, is apparently not required. (Except possibly for some of the 2013 versions?)

The installation was painless and took about 15 minutes. I now have both 2012 and 2015 on my desktop. The new version even imported my personalized settings from the 2012 version. I then ran the WiX installer. (You need at least version 10 for VS 2015.) To my delight the WiX installer reported that it is updating both 2012 Pro and 2015 Community Edition.

In case you wondered, as I did, whether WiX can be installed on the Community Edition: The answer is: Yes. However, make sure you install WiX version 10 or later. Earlier versions are not compatible with VS 2015.
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when their violent passions are spent?
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