Windows 7 Visual Studio 2005 compatibility

I'm now working on RC Windows 7 and installed Visual Studio 2008 Professional edition. But I need to work with Java programs, and so I needed to work with Visual Studio 2005. I installed Visual Studio 2005 SP1 (VS80sp1-KB926747), but I have the following problem:

"The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that yo开发者_Python百科u have the correct upgrade patch."

I previously had the same problem when I installed the Visual Studio SDK, February2007.

I had a similar problem when I was installing Visual Studio 2005 Professional on a Windows 7 machine. But here is what I did to fix the problem:

1. Install Visual Studio 2005 Professional During the install, a window popped up saying that VS2005 might not be compatible with Windows 7. Ignore this warning and continue.

2. Install Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Suite Service Pack 1 VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.exe Link: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Suite Service Pack 1

3. Install Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista VS80sp1-KB932232-X86-ENU.exe Link: Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista

Note: If you try and install #3 before #2, you will end up with a message that says : "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch."

Hope it helps.

BBlake is right look at: https://superuser.com/questions/34190/visual-studio-2005-sp1-refuses-to-install-in-windows-7

It looks like you're trying to install SP1 (the patch) without having first installed Visual Studio 2005 (the application). The SP1 install is only for patching an existing installation.