your Native Client app by integrating the Native Client SDK development tools
into the Visual Studio environment.</p>
<aside class="note">
-The Native Client add-in requires Visual Studio 2010 with Service Pack 1. No
-other versions of Visual Studio are currently supported. Visual Studio
-Express is also not supported.
+The Native Client add-in requires Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio 2010
+with Service Pack 1. No other versions of Visual Studio are currently
+supported. Visual Studio Express is also not supported.
</aside>
<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2>
<p>The Native Client add-in for Visual Studio helps you develop your application
environment should include:</p>
<ul class="small-gap">
<li>A 64-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7.</li>
-<li>Visual Studio 2010 with Service Pack 1.</li>
+<li>Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Service 2010 with Service Pack 1.</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/">Chrome</a> version 23 or
greater. You can choose to develop using the latest <a class="reference external" href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/canary.html">canary</a> build of
Chrome, running the canary version side-by-side with (and separately from)
<li>The MSBuild folder is assumed to be at <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild</code>.
You can specify an alternate path with the flag <code>--ms-build-path=<path></code>.
The installer assumes Visual Studio has created a user folder at</li>
-<li><code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010</code>. You can specify an
-alternate path with the flag <code>--vsuser-path=path</code>.</li>
+<li>The addin itself is normally installed in <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Visual
+Studio 2012</code> (or 2010 for Visual Studio 2010). You can specify alternate
+paths with the <code>--vsuser-path=<path></code> flag.</li>
</ul>
<p>From time to time an update to the Visual Studio add-in may become available.
Updates are performed just like an installation. Download the new add-in using