Visual Studio 2015: building with the Windows XP toolset selected still results in "not a valid win32 application" error on XP

Asked Jan 27 '16 at 21:04

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Visual Studio 2015 supports building C++ programs for Windows XP. According to the article Configuring C++11 Programs for Windows XP, enabling this support is simply a matter of selecting the appropriate platform toolset in the project properties.

This does not work in my case. A simple "hello world" program written in C++ and compiled in Visual Studio Community 2015 (version 14.0.24720.00 Update 1) with the platform toolset set to Visual Studio 2015 - Windows XP (v140_xp) and the platform set to x86/Win32 generates the generic "[name of executable] is not a valid Win32 application" error when run on a Windows XP computer.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I've found a number of questions about similar issues (like these three), but nothing helpful yet.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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asked Jan 27 '16 at 21:04

Reign of Error

Did you want a Win32 app or a console app? – NathanOliver Jan 27 '16 at 21:05
Just console for now (my current test program simply sends the string "Testing" to cout). – Reign of Error Jan 27 '16 at 21:06
When you created the project did you select Win32 Console Application? – NathanOliver Jan 27 '16 at 21:08
I selected "Empty Project" (although the resulting executable runs as a console application on Windows 7). – Reign of Error Jan 27 '16 at 21:10
I'm having the same issue... Any advice? – LPVOID Jun 14 '20 at 20:29

Visual Studio 2015: building with the Windows XP toolset selected still results in "not a valid win32 application" error on XP

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