Can I (and how do I) target .net 4 with vs 2008?

Question

VS2010 beta 2 is sloowwww on my machine. I'd like to start playing with .net 4 though. Can my vs 2008 solution's target .net 4 beta 2? How?

Answer 1

No, you can't target .NET 4.0 using VS 2008.

To speed up, you can try to create this key in Registry (worked for me):

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Avalon.Graphics]
"DisableHWAcceleration"=dword:00000001

More info here Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 editor performance fix running on a virtual machine and Graphics Rendering Registry Settings

Answer 2

No you can't you need at least visual studio 2010 to target .net 4.0