Windows program compatibility mode is on turn it off visual studio

I’m trying to install Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop and every time I run the installer I get this error:

«Windows Program Compatibility mode is on. Turn it off and then try setup again.»

I checked the file properties and compatibility mode was off. Googling found that changing the name to «vs_premium.exe» or «vs_ultimate.exe» or changing the registry keys might help, but the name changes had no effect, and there were no registry keys to delete. I have restarted my machine several times to no avail.

Changing to Visual Studio 2013 is not an option for me, as my work computer has Visual Studio 2012 on it which they will not update to 2013, and I need to work on my project on both computers.

The computer I am using has a Windows 8.1 HP Pavilion g6. I have installed Visual Studio 2013 for Windows Desktop, Web, and Windows, as well as the 30-day trial for Professional (which has recently expired). I have also installed Visual Studio 2012 for Windows Phone but I have not used it yet.

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In a round about way I discovered the problem on my system. Check the properties of the installer. Mine was blocked because it was downloaded from another system. Click unblock. Voila! If you can’t find the location of the installer, run it again. When it fails, leave it running. Open task manager, right click the installer, then open file location. This will take you to the folder containing your installer.

mount the ISO file and run the setup as a from the disk.

I had the same issue, my solution was to run it in administrator mode and it seemed to work just fine.

Run as Administrator worked for me.

Ответы

• This ? 

  https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/103cef36-e6ef-4393-86a2-3bd03fa90f48/windows-81-and-vs2012-sdk-get-error-windows-program-compatibility-mode-is-on-turn-it-off-and-then?forum=vssetup

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    15 ноября 2015 г. 23:47

• Hi,

  This error message might lead you to wrong direction as thread in arnavsharma post, please read all replies in that thread and see if you have similar situation.

  “If you downloaded Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 at the same time and one was renamed with a «(0)» suffix (just as I did) then change the installer to the original name will probably fix it, because «somehow compatibility
  checking is based on file naming»”

  If you would like to disable the compatibility mode, please help to confirm if the compatibility mode was enabled when installing the software or running it? If it was enabled when installing the software, you need to uninstall and then reinstall all related
  software to resolve the issue.

  Otherwise, if the compatibility mode was enabled when running the software, you can simply go to Start, All Programs, find the software icon and then right click on it, click Properties, on the Compatibility tab, uncheck «Run this program in compatibility
  mode for:», and then click OK.

  Regards,

  D. Wu

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  Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help, and unmark the answers if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.

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    15 ноября 2015 г. 23:47

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• There isn’t any application file inside that directory. I’m installing VS 2013 using an ISO file.

• If you are installing from an ISO file then copy everything from the folder to the local disk and install it from there.It worked for me, I had the same problem.

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