How do I make my VSIX file compatible with both VS11 and VS2010?

visual-studio, visual-studio-sdk, vsix

Solution

You need to build your extension using VS 2010 and the VS 2010 SDK to support both VS10 and VS11. In your VSIXManifest, you should add the following under `<SupportedProducts>`:

<VisualStudio Version="11.0">
  <Edition>Pro</Edition>
</VisualStudio>

Problem

How can I make my VSIX file compatible with both Visual Studio 11 and Visual Studio 2010? I'm handing my VSIX file along with all its dependencies to a friend of mine, and when he opens it, he's getting the error "The extension manifest is invalid". When I open it on my machine (the same machine that built the extension) it works just fine. What do I do here?

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