This is similar to Install Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7
But there are a few key differences:
- I'd like to install the community edition of Visual Studio 2013, not the express edition.
- This is a specific question for Update 5. A while back I was able to download Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 for Windows Desktop and it worked fine. But despite a lot of searching, I was only able to find a Windows [8 or 10] installer for Update 5.
LATE EDIT: the computer I'm referring to in point #2 that worked with visual studio 2013 update 3 is not the computer I'm working on now, it turns out that the computer I'm on now didn't have SP1 installed on it.
At first I thought they merged the installers for windows and windows desktop like they did for VS 2015, but when the download finally finished (much to my disappointment) it presented me with a message saying that it was not compatible with windows 7. I wasn't able to find any official news from microsoft saying they were dropping desktop support for update 5, either.
I think this was a problem with update 4, too.
Has anybody successfully installed Visual Studio 2013 Community Update 5 on Windows 7, using a fresh install?
If not, does anybody know where I can still get an iso for VS 2013 Community Update 3?
It seems like everything that used to be a requirements page for VS2013 redirects to a download page for VS2015 now. I'm not having much luck with archive.org, either.
I found this page about VS 2013 compatibility but it does not say anything about the community edition. https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-2013-compatibility-vs.aspx