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I am trying to install VS 2013 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Running the vs_professional.exe gave me a pop-up saying "The specified program requires a newer version of Windows".

Any help on this please?

Senthil Arasu
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  • "vs_professional.exe"? Is that what the real Visual Studio installer is called? – Andrew Barber Aug 05 '14 at 14:03
  • Yes. The Name of the installer file is vs_professional.exe – Senthil Arasu Aug 05 '14 at 14:04
  • And that came in the Visual Studio ISO? – Andrew Barber Aug 05 '14 at 14:05
  • Hmm... strange; Visual Studio 2013 can definitely be installed on Windows server 2008R2. Is the server up to date service-pack wise? Does it have .NET 4.5 installed? [Check out this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19815713/cant-install-visual-studio-2013-on-windows-7?rq=1) – Andrew Barber Aug 05 '14 at 14:09
  • (For the record; Windows 7 and Server 2008R2 come from the same kernel, so the info there may be relevant.) – Andrew Barber Aug 05 '14 at 14:10
  • You need to have Service Pack 1 installed according to the [system requirements](http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-professional-with-msdn-vs#Fragment_SystemRequirements). – jpw Aug 05 '14 at 14:11
  • Yes. Its up to date. It has .Net 4.5 installed. As suggeseted in the link am now intalling 4.5.1. Will check if that resolves the issue. – Senthil Arasu Aug 05 '14 at 14:37
  • It has Service Pack 2 Installed. – Senthil Arasu Aug 05 '14 at 14:37
  • Also, its a 32-bit server. In the System Requirments they have mentioned as(x64). Is that stopping the installation?. – Senthil Arasu Aug 05 '14 at 14:39
  • @AndrewBarber : No good even after installing .Net 4.5.1. I guess this because of server being a 32 bit Operating System– – Senthil Arasu Aug 05 '14 at 14:48
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    Ahhh, unfortunately, I think that's it. According to the [System Requirements page](http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-professional-with-msdn-vs#Fragment_SystemRequirements), only 64bit 2008R2 works :( – Andrew Barber Aug 05 '14 at 14:51
  • @SenthilArasu there is no `Windows Server 2008 R2 32 bit`, 2008 R2 is only 64 bit. – Castro Roy May 08 '15 at 14:43

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I had the same problem, and it resulted to be i was running the installer from Total Commander Ultima Prime, once i executed from the windows explorer the error disappeared and i was able of installing the Visual Studio.

Castro Roy
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