We're looking at upgrading from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008. I discovered the following disturbing comment:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6sehtctf.aspx
"Beginning with Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ does not support targeting Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT."
Does this mean that if we rebuild our products with visual C++ 2008, they will stop working on Windows 98 machines? It sounds like it, but I have trouble believing they'd make that big a change.
Thanks for your help.
Best Answer
It's not just about .NET 3.5. It's about the Windows SDK header file macros and definitions pulled in by the mandatory version bump in WINVER. So yes, Colen, Visual C++ 2008 binaries will target the Windows NT APIs only and while occasionally they may work on 98 you should assume that you cannot use Visual Studio 2008 to target Win9x. You will have to use VS2005 or older.