Install Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7

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I would like to install Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7 64-bit   For some reason  the installer says  Setup Blocked  with an error  This version of Visual Studio requires a computer with a newer version of Windows      This error is not exactly descriptive of what s wrong  The least I could do was verify that I have the following installed     Windows 7 Professional  64-bit  with Service Pack 1 Internet Explorer 10   Version  10 0 9200 16750 Update Versions  10 0 12  KB2898785   All Windows Updates that were available for installing on 11th of Dec  2013    Executed the installer with the  log winexp log argument and got the following   winexp log   Any ideas of what else could be the problem    Thanks   Edit   by looking at this question there was a crack that allowed installing Windows Phone s SDK on Windows 7 - does anyone know a similar solution for VS 2013

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The minimum requirements are based on the Express edition you're attempting to install:

Express for Web (Web sites and HTML5 applications) - Windows 7 SP1 (With IE 10)
Express for Windows (Windows 8 Apps) - Windows 8.1
Express for Windows Desktop (Windows Programs) - Windows 7 SP1 (With IE 10)
Express for Windows Phone (Windows Phone Apps) - Windows 8

It sounds like you're trying to install the "Express 2013 for Windows" edition, which is for developing Windows 8 "Modern UI" apps, or the Windows Phone edition.

The similarly named version that is compatible with Windows 7 SP1 is "Express 2013 for Windows Desktop"

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Visual Studio Express for Windows needs Windows 8 1  Having a look at the requirements page you might want to try the Web or Windows Desktop version which are able to run under Windows 7

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Fake IE10 to install Visual Studio 2013     Visual Studio 2013 requires Internet Explorer 10  If you try to install it on Windows 7 with IE8 you get the following error This version of Visual Studio requires Internet Explorer 10       The value that the VS 2013 installer checks is svcVersion in the    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Internet Explorerkey on 32-bit Windows and   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node Microsoft Internet Explorer on 64-bit Windows  Any value    10 0 0 0 makes the installer happy     HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Internet Explorer   svcVersion   10 0 0 0    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node Microsoft Internet Explorer   svcVersion   10 0 0 0

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your log files shows it is stopping on error  0x8004C000   From MS Website  http   social technet microsoft com wiki contents articles 15716 visual-studio-2012-and-the-error-code-2147205120 aspx    Setup Status Block  Restart not required 0x80044000  -2147205120   Restart required 0x8004C000  -2147172352   Description If the only block to be reported is    Reboot Pending     the returned value is the Incomplete-Reboot Required value  0x80048bc7

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Visual Studio 2013 System Requirements     Supported Operating Systems          Windows 8 1  x86 and x64    Windows 8  x86 and x64    Windows 7 SP1  x86 and x64    Windows Server 2012 R2  x64    Windows Server 2012  x64    Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1  x64          Hardware requirements          1 6 GHz or faster processor   1 GB of RAM  1 5 GB if running on a virtual machine    20 GB of available hard disk space   5400 RPM hard disk drive   DirectX 9-capable video card that runs at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution         Additional Requirements for the laptop          Internet Explorer 10   KB2883200  available through Windows Update  is required      And don t forget to reboot after updating your windows

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