The project cannot be opened from source control because it was created by a version of Microsoft Visual Studio that is incompatible with this one

Visual Studio 2012 to Visual Studio 2010

Open your Project solution file (.sln file) in notepad.

Change the Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 to Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00

Save the file. Open the Project in VS 2010


Visual Studio 2010 to Visual Studio 2008

Open your Project solution file (.sln file) in notepad.

Change the Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00 to Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00

Save the file. Open the Project in VS 2008