How to open a project in Visual Studio 2009 created in 2013?

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Gleb2014-11-26 16:44:35

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Gleb, 2014-11-26 16:44:35

Created a project in VS 2013 version. It turned out that the customer needed this project in 2009 or 2008 versions. Is it possible to migrate a project to a later version?

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mamkaololosha, 2014-11-26
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If it doesn't open just like that, then try changing the version by opening the project files in notepad. If not, then you just have to transfer the files and hope that the .NET version does not spoil everything.

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Vitaly Pukhov, 2014-11-27
@Neuroware

If the project is simple, it is better to transfer it manually, if it is complex, you can try to change the version as mamkaololosha wrote, only first reduce the framework to a minimum so that it can catch up in 2008-2009, otherwise everything will fall apart.

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Anton Papin, 2014-12-06
@i_light

It is possible to transfer. *.sln-file, of course, will have to be thrown away, but you can try it project-by-project. If it doesn't work out - file by file.
I don't know how changing the framework version can help, as suggested by previous commentators, since this is basically an instruction to the compiler, not the studio. The code from this procedure does not change, and if another version of the framework does not support some sections of the code, they still have to be edited manually.