Support for Visual Studio 2012 Update 5Informal community support for Visual Studio 2012 Update 5 is available through the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) forums.If you comply with these license terms, you have the rights below.Ī.

Software requirementsTo apply this update, you must have one of the supported Visual Studio 2012 programs that are listed in the 'Applies to' section installed. Platform compatibility and system requirements for Visual Studio 2012ġ gigabyte (GB) of RAM (1.5 GB if you are running in a virtual machine)ĭirectX 9-capable video card that is running at 1024 × 768 or higher resolution

Supported operating systemsFor more information about supported operating systems, go to the following Microsoft website: Supported languages Visual Studio 2012 Update 5 provides updates for the following versions: Restart requirementYou do not have to restart your computer after you install this package.

Updates for other products in the Visual Studio family can be found on the Microsoft download site for Visual Studio. Git version control is unaffected by this issue. Note This issue applies only to a Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) instance that is hosted on either Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Visual Studio Online. Visual Studio incorrectly treated the new folder as a regular folder instead of a branch until Visual Studio was restarted. In this scenario before Update 5, the branch operation generated an error and was not completed. You perform a new branch operation on another existing branch. You switch Team Projects or servers without closing Visual Studio. You create a new branch from an existing branch. In Source Control Explorer, a branch operation causes an error and is not completed.Ĭonsider the following scenario in Visual Studio 2012 before Update 5: The following issues have been fixed in Visual Studio 2012.5:

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