Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 4.0

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If I have Visual Studio 2008 and .NET framework 4.0, can I run a project or application built using Visual Studio 2010?

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Related: Can I develop for .NET Framework 4 in Visual Studio 2008? – Peter Mortensen

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It's not possible, because the Visual Studio 2008 does not understand the target framework version for version 4.0. Additionally the format of the project files are slightly different between the Visual Studio versions. You have to stick either with Visual Studio, or give SharpDevelop or MonoDevelop a try.

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You can run a built exe that was specifically built for 4.0, but to open the project, you need the same or newer version of Visual Studio. I don't know of any tools that will downgrade a project.