However on occasion where there are backward compatibility issues it mayīe necessary to update your Visual Studio version to the latest available. Visual Studio as used to create the project, and Visual Studio will provide instruction on re-targetingĪ project if there is a version mismatch. Generally you do not need to use the exact same version of FreeRTOS distribution were created at various different times and therefore use various differentįree versions of the Visual Studio for C/C++ tools.