I still remember when they restored XP support in VC2012, but officially only us... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		yuhong on Sept 9, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Download Windows 8.1 RTM, Visual Studio 2013 RC To... I still remember when they restored XP support in VC2012, but officially only using the Win7 SDK which don't include the Metro stuff, which of course Metro Firefox needs.

Aldo_MX on Sept 9, 2013 [–]

To be honest, I get mad when a collaborator compiles our project in VS2012 without enabling XP Compatibility...

rbanffy on Sept 10, 2013 | [–]

Can the Makefile (or whatever VS currently uses in its place) make sure it doesn't build (and maybe blows up) when the option isn't set?

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact