Visual Studio 2013 Installation block

block, installation, visual-studio-2012, visual-studio-2013

Solution

You can install vs by doing some changes in registry .This article will help you.

http://johndelizo.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/visual-studio-2013-setup-blocked-the-product-version-that-you-are-trying-to-set-up-is-earlier-than-the-version-already-installed-on-this-computer-fixed/

Problem

I have VS 2012 Update 4 installed on my machine (Win7 SP1 x64) and i want to install VS 2013 along side it.The installation blocks and here's the log message: MUX: Stop Block: OlderFLPOnFLPBlocker : The product version that you are trying to set up is earlier than the version already installed on this computer. Can anyone help me with that?

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