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I recently downloaded a trial version of VS 2010, the newer version is easier to use. I have VS 2008 installed, if I use VS 2010 in the future, will I still have to keep VS 2008? Is there a compatibility issue with it?

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If you open a VS 2008 solution or project in VS 2010 it will convert to VS 2010 and you won't be able to open it in VS 2008.
If that's not a problem, you don't need to save VS 2008 unless you use an addon or whatever another third party application with VS 2008 that is incompatible with VS 2010.



Edit:
Look at Ben Voigt's answer for information on which version supports different platforms.

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You will need to install VS2008 if you target Windows CE (via Compact Framework, native smart device projects, etc.).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sa69he4t.aspx



Also, if you want to write native applications that run on Windows versions prior to XP SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, this is no longer possible with VC ++ 2010. The same applies to managed code written for .NET Framework 4.0, but you can still use Framework 3.5 with VS2010 for managed code projects only.

And there is no Intellisense code for C ++ / CLI (MS promises to fix this in the future, be it a service pack or next version, which I can't tell).

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VS2010 allows you to specify the target framework you want to develop. There should be no reason to install VS2008 if you're not used to some handy plugins :)

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