How To Remove Update For Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Tfs Build

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Introduction

This commodity describes a General Distribution Release (Gdr) update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack ane (SP1) that adds compatibility support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and for Windows eight.

Additionally, the Gdr update includes cumulative compatibility fixes that are described in the "More Information" section.

More Information

Later you apply the Gdr update, the following Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Test Tools features are improved for Windows 8:

You tin can run an automated examination for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.five-based Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) controls on a figurer that is running Windows 8.
Y'all can run an automated exam for 64-fleck (x64) Internet Explorer x on a computer that is running Windows viii.

This GDR update besides fixes the following issues in Visual Studio 2010.

Issue 1

Yous may encounter one of the following bug in Visual Studio 2010:

You cannot open up a code coverage file (.coverage) that is created by Visual Studio 2012 in Visual Studio 2010.
Yous cannot open a code coverage file (.coverage) that is generated every bit role of TFS 2012 build results in Visual Studio 2010.

Notes

After you install this update, yous can open Visual Studio 2012 code coverage files (.coverage) in Visual Studio 2010.
A code coverage file (.coverage) that is created by Visual Studio 2012 is in a new format that is not dependent on instrumented binaries or plan database (PDB) files. This new format cannot be processed by Visual Studio 2010.

Issue 2

Consider the post-obit scenario:

There is a test artifact that is assigned to an invalid user in TFS 2010. For instance, a user has left the company, but still has a test case that is assigned to him.
You upgrade TFS 2010 to TFS 2012.
You use Microsoft Test Managing director (MTM) 2010 to connect to the upgraded TFS server.

In this scenario, y'all cannot assign the examination artifact to any TFS users by using MTM 2010.

Upshot three

When you run a load test together with a network type other than the local area network (LAN) profile on a computer this is running Windows 8, the network emulator driver causes the operating system to crash.

Notes

The network mix can be specified in the Load Test wizard. You lot can add network profiles to the network mix.
The LAN profile does not utilize the network emulator. However, the other network profiles use the network emulator for simulation purposes.

Update information

A supported hotfix is now bachelor from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply information technology merely to systems that are experiencing this specific trouble.

To resolve this trouble, contact Microsoft Client Back up Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Back up Services telephone numbers and information about back up costs, visit the post-obit Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=back up Note In special cases, charges that are usually incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional person determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and problems that do not authorize for the specific update in question.
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Prerequisites

To employ this hotfix, you must have Visual Studio 2010 SP1 installed.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the reckoner subsequently you install the hotfix if the affected files are not beingness used during the installation. We recommend that you close all Visual Studio 2010-related components before you install the hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does non replace whatever other hotfix.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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