Installing SQL Server 2012 - Error: Prior Visual Studio 2010 instances requiring update

Question

I\'m trying to install SQL Server 2012 Developer Edition and I can get to the point where it\'s doing the Installation Rule Checks but one of the rules keep failing:

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Answer 1

I wanted to install SQL server 2014 and same story happened. I had installed both VS2010 and VS2015 before. I tried all solutions where provided nothing worked.At last If you have new versions of VS like VS2015 or VS2017, uninstall VS2010 (if you really don't need it ).

If you want to have VS2010 on your system, install SQL server first and then install VS2010.When SQL server is installing it uses an instance of VS2010, if you have installed VS2010 before and that is an old version this error happens.