Stephen, Interesting idea. But I did use the exact same install files I normally use on windows 7. I keep them handy on our file server.
My suspicion is the installers are relying on a particular method of checking for installed copies of VS. There is probably some subtle difference between windows 7 and 8 that makes that check fail. David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 25 June 2015 at 17:36, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com> wrote: > Not heard anything either way (sorry that's not much help) but if you are > installing WM SDK, check that you are not installing a newer version than > what you currently have working on your Windows 7 machine. > > From what you have said its more likely an issue with mismatched VS to SDK > versions. As a rule of thumb if it runs on Windows 7, it should run on > Windows 8. If you were to install all the stuff you are installing onto a > Windows 7 machine you'd probably hit the same issue. > If you have a windows 7 vm you might try it to verify that, but depends > how long it takes, if you want to go there > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:55 PM, David Richards < > ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> >> I'm currently on windows 7 but we've recently bought new hardware and >> we're "upgrading" to windows 8 (and presumably 10 soon) but I'm having >> compatibility problems. We need to be able to develop for windows mobile >> (as opposed to windows phone) but I can't seem to get it working on windows >> 8. I managed to get VS 2008 SP1 installed but when I try to install any of >> the WM SDKs, they complain that VS isn't installed and won't let me >> proceed. I'm dreading having to keep my windows 7 machine running just for >> WM development but this is what I'm facing. >> >> Does anyone know if it's possible to develop for WM on windows 8? Or >> conversely, does anyone KNOW that it's not possible? I haven't been able >> to find a definitive answer so far. >> >> David >> >> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes >> will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" >> -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama >> > >
