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Hi Ward, yes. We can install both of the VS 2022 release and preview versions on the same computer, they can work side by side with each other, please have a look at my installed VS 2022 versions:
Two versions of Visual Studio 2022 installed - release and Prreview?
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Ward Horsfall
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Hi,
Can I have two versions of visual studio 2022 installed at same time and use either one without issue.
If I want test the 2022 preview one will tha be an issue?
Thanks
Ward
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
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Sara Liu-MSFT 346 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2022-08-04T07:00:12.94+00:00 @Ward Horsfall hi Ward, have you successfully installed them? If you meet any installation issue, please feel free to let us know, we will try our best to help you.
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Sara Liu-MSFT 346 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2022-07-25T02:07:58.403+00:00 -
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(112.00000000000001, 87%, 20%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EW%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
WardH 61 Reputation points2022-08-04T07:04:44.463+00:00 Hi SaraLiu-MSFT,
Excellent thanks for your answer :)
Ward
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Sara Liu-MSFT 346 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2022-08-04T07:14:48.343+00:00 Hi Ward, thanks for your confirmation, it seems our suggestion is helpful and so glad to hear that. If you have any other issues in the future, please kindly let us know :)
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satya karki 996 Reputation points MVP2022-07-27T09:20:47.85+00:00 Hi, you can install both versions on the same machine and can run side by side.
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WardH 61 Reputation points
2022-08-04T07:05:25.833+00:00 Hi satyakarki-5933,
Thanks for your help great answer :)
Ward.
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satya karki 996 Reputation points MVP
2022-08-04T09:28:24.16+00:00 Hi @WardH ,
You are welcome. I hope you are able to run both versions and able to explore the Visual Studio preview as well. I am also using both versions.
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