Visual studio 2015 xp compatability

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I have a windows forms project on vs2015 when i create a setup project and build it , it doesn't work on xp , i googled the problem and found that i should change the toolset of the project from the properties window but it opens in design view which don't have the toolset option, so how i set the platform toolset for the project?

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so how i set the platform toolset for the project?

Posted 21-Feb-17 23:09pm

zigzagooo

Updated 21-Feb-17 23:24pm

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Graeme_Grant · Answer 1 · 2017-02-21T23:12:00

Solution 1

Check the Framework version that you are using for your solution in the Project Settings. Here is a table from Microsoft: .NET Framework System Requirements[^]

Posted 21-Feb-17 23:12pm

Graeme_Grant

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zigzagooo 23-Feb-17 1:22am

The target is already .NET framework 4.0 and Set the project type to x86 (not Any CPU).

Graeme_Grant 23-Feb-17 2:10am

Then the problem is something else. What is the error message (verbatim). Please update your question with the message by using the Improve question.

Jochen Arndt · Answer 2 · 2017-02-21T23:24:00

Solution 2

See How to: Modify the Target Framework and Platform Toolset[^].

To run .NET applications with XP you must at least

Set the project type to x86 (not Any CPU).
Target .NET framework 4.0 or lower (higher versions does not work with XP but are selected by default with recent VS versions).
Ensure that the XP system on which the application is installed has the corresponding .NET framework installed

The first two settings are VisualStudio project settings (see also above link).
For the third it might be necssary to include the framework redistributable with your installer.

Posted 21-Feb-17 23:24pm

Jochen Arndt

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zigzagooo 23-Feb-17 1:22am

The target is already .NET framework 4.0 and Set the project type to x86 (not Any CPU).

Jochen Arndt 23-Feb-17 2:30am

Your question:

"so how i set the platform toolset for the project"

is explained in detail by the link of my solution. I just added some more information hoping it is useful.

zigzagooo 25-Feb-17 6:44am

yes sir i know but i can't set the toolset as the link from vs2015 not same steps