Visual Studio 2002 and 2003 have failed to install on Windows Server 2019 and the latest versions of Windows 10.

[WinFX]

I used to have Windows Server 2016 and Visual Studio 2002 and Visual Studio 2003 perfectly and solve all the problems to be able to install it. But when installing Visual Studio 2003 there were many errors, so cancel the installation. Then, try VS2002, I have the .NET FX 1.0 but the prerequisite installer tells me that it is not installed. Have any of you tried to successfully install these versions of Visual Studio in Windows Server 2019 or Windows 10 April 2018 update?

[WinFX]

Please do not come with "Upgrade to Visual Studio 2017" or "Return to Windows Server 2016"

[Tarun]

On 10/21/2018 at 3:56 PM, GianLuca18092004 said:

I used to have Windows Server 2016 and Visual Studio 2002 and Visual Studio 2003 perfectly and solve all the problems to be able to install it. But when installing Visual Studio 2003 there were many errors, so cancel the installation. Then, try VS2002, I have the .NET FX 1.0 but the prerequisite installer tells me that it is not installed. Have any of you tried to successfully install these versions of Visual Studio in Windows Server 2019 or Windows 10 April 2018 update?

 

On 10/21/2018 at 4:05 PM, GianLuca18092004 said:

Please do not come with "Upgrade to Visual Studio 2017" or "Return to Windows Server 2016"

That's your only solution, or using Visual Studio Community.

Per Microsoft Answers,

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Refer to your description, I suppose the VS 2003 is incompatible with the Windows 10 1703 build. Since the VS 2003 is very old and we are not support it for a long time, please check its product life cycle.

Usually, we recommend customers to use the latest VS 2017 RTM version, it works best with the Windows 10 and have lots of improvements and new features.

 

Visual Studio 2003 is only compatible with:

• Windows 2000
• Windows NT
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP

And support ended back in 2013.

I would definitely upgrade to Visual Studio Community at the very least and be sure to keep your OS fully up-to-date.