Visual Studio 2010 and WinCE 5.0

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Is it possible to use a platform builder 5.0 SDK in visual studio 2010 for a C++ project. I want to compile code for a specific ARM WinCE 5.0 environment and I have VS2010 at the moment. The Microsoft website recommends visual studio 2005. I'm currently downloading the VS2005 evaluation but I'm also a bit worried about installing this on a machine that already has vs2010 installed. Any advise would be greatly received.

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@koloko: I removed the platform-builder tag since you are talking about application development and not OS development. – Shaihi
Visual Studio 2008 works just fine for Windows CE and Windows Mobile projects, too. I have both 2008 and 2012 installed side by side with no ill effects. – PaulH
Does Visual Studio 2008 Express work for Windows CE? – Pabitra Dash

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Read this question: ETA on Smart Device Projects for Visual Studio 2010

In short, Visual Studio 2010 does not currently support Smart Device projects so you cannot do what you want. You can use either VS2008 or VS2005 for Smart Device application development.

VS2005 and VS2010 on the same machine should not pose a problem as far as I know. You can read this msdn forum and this SO question in that regard.