Visual Studio 2012 Install Fails: Program Compatibility Mode is on
I just have to Rename the setup name. I rename the setup file to vs_ultimate
and it worked.
Previous posts are correct in that compatibility mode appears to be based entirely on file names. There is a simple method for determining precisely which name Windows expects:
Right-click the file, select Properties and navigate to the Details tab. There should be an entry labelled "Original filename". Simply rename the file accordingly and it should run happily.
Screenshot:
If you downloaded Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 at the same time and one was renamed with a "(0)
" suffix (just as I did) then change the installer to the original name will probably fix it, because "somehow compatibility checking is based on file naming"