Does Visual Studio 2010 x86 installer work with 64 bits Windows 7?

Question

I got a installer for Visual Studio 2010 x86 from the msdn academic alliance, and I intalled on my computer with Windows 7 Home Premium and M460 i5 processor. It runs great, except it doesn't debug, neither C# nor C++.

If I build the project, and then press the debug button, it works. But why Debug button doesn't build automatically?

How can I make the debug button auto-compile and debug just clicking it, instead of first click build button and then click debug button?

SOLUTION: Oops, problem solved, it was just a silly thing ...

Tools > Options> Projects and Solutions > Build and Run > On Run, When Projects Are Out Of Date > Always build

UPDATE: Since the title is misleading, I think it is important to clarify that Visual Studio 2010 x86 (32 bits) installer works perfectly on amd64 (64 bits) machines. In fact,I think there is only x86 installer.

Please be more specific, "it doesn't debug" doesn't mean much. — Chris S
@Chris The "debug" button doesn't create any file. The message "Cannot start debugging because the debug target ... is missing" pops up, the output directory is "bin\Debug\" and the platform target is "x86". — kiewic

Andrew Barber Andrew Barber · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-13T23:16:32

My VS2010 Pro x86 that I acquired via our WebsiteSpark membership works fine on my Win7 Home Premium 64bit on an HP Pavilion w/AMD Turion II Ultra M620.

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "debug button doesn't do it automatically"? What exactly are you expecting to happen, and what exactly is happening?

Also, from what you say, debugging does work... just not when you try to do it via a certain process.

Does Visual Studio 2010 x86 installer work with 64 bits Windows 7?

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