Not heard anything either way (sorry that's not much help) but if you are
installing WM SDK, check that you are not installing a newer version than
what you currently have working on your Windows 7 machine.

>From what you have said its more likely an issue with mismatched VS to SDK
versions. As a rule of thumb if it runs on Windows 7, it should run on
Windows 8. If you were to install all the stuff you are installing onto a
Windows 7 machine you'd probably hit the same issue.
If you have a windows 7 vm you might try it to verify that, but depends how
long it takes, if you want to go there


On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:55 PM, David Richards <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I'm currently on windows 7 but we've recently bought new hardware and
> we're "upgrading" to windows 8 (and presumably 10 soon) but I'm having
> compatibility problems.  We need to be able to develop for windows mobile
> (as opposed to windows phone) but I can't seem to get it working on windows
> 8.  I managed to get VS 2008 SP1 installed but when I try to install any of
> the WM SDKs, they complain that VS isn't installed and won't let me
> proceed.  I'm dreading having to keep my windows 7 machine running just for
> WM development but this is what I'm facing.
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to develop for WM on windows 8?  Or
> conversely, does anyone KNOW that it's not possible?  I haven't been able
> to find a definitive answer so far.
>
> David
>
> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes
>  will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!"
>  -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama
>

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