"I've reached the point where it's difficult to use Visual Studio on a machine that does not have Visual Assist X. Easy access to definitions and quick completion of symbols mean I focus on overall flow and design of code instead of the nitty gritty details."

Greg Stelmack
Software Engineer
Red Storm Entertainment

System Requirements

Visual Assist X works with most Microsoft IDEs and operating systems.

Development Environments

Visual Assist X is compatible with the following Microsoft IDEs. Reinstall Visual Assist X if you change or add an IDE to your system.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
(Visual Studio Express editions are not supported)

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002

Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0

Operating Systems

Generally speaking, Visual Assist X works with any operating system that runs your IDE with the exception of Microsoft Windows 98 and NT 4.0.

Windows 7 (x86 and x64, all versions)
Windows Vista (x86 and x64, all versions)
Windows XP Professional (x86 and x64¹)
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Home
Windows 2000 Professional

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003¹
Windows 2000 Server

¹Using Visual Assist X with Visual Studio 2008 exposes a bug in the 64-bit versions of these operating systems. To work around the bug, make sure you have installed Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

Performance

Visual Assist X requires little more than a system fast enough for software development. Impact on the performance is negligible after a project is opened for the first time. (Extra parsing is done the first time each project is opened.)

Disk Space

Disk space requirements vary depending on the size of your projects. Only 20 MB is required for initial installation of Visual Assist X but symbol databases and file caches increase the requirement quickly. A reasonable minimum is 50 MB. Large projects can consume 100+ MB over time.

Visual Assist X maintains a cache of parsed source files that speed opening of files. The cache is cleared periodically.