Installation order with VS

[gib]

Hi,

I installed VS 2015 Community then IVF on a student's computer.  That all went smoothly.  Now I have discovered that VS 2015 is incompatible with some software, and I intend to remove it and install VS 2012 instead.  Will I need to uninstall IVF and reinstall it after VS 2012, or is there a way to tell VS about already installed IVF?

Thanks

Gib

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You can do a "Change" on Parallel Studio XE and select integration with VS2012. It should not be necessary to do a complete reinstall.

[gib]

I now have VS2012 installed - how do I do this "Change"?

Thanks

Gib

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Just run the installer again and select Modify and not Repair or Remove.

[gib]

I did figure that out, Steve.  When I did the Modify on Intel Composer XE 2013 SP1 Update 6 it allowed me to select integration with VS2012.  (I first tried it on Intel Parallel Studio XE 2016, but discovered that VS2012 is not an option).  But when I start VS2012 Intel Fortran is not available.  Looking in the VS2012 directory, I see that the Intel Fortran directory is not there.  Should this be present when VS2012 is installed, or does it get added later?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

That directory gets added by the Fortran install.  And yes, VS2012 is supported by Parallel Studio XE 2016. I suggest an uninstall and reinstall of Parallel Studio XE.

[gib]

I did manage to get VS2015 working with XE 2016, without reinstalling XE 2016 ( I had to reinstall VS2015 because it was uninstalled to install VS2012).  They seem to be working together - except for the difficult crashing problem I have since posted about.  It looks as if a change in one of these (probably VS) has broken my program.