I'm currently running VB.Net Standard Edition (2002 I believe?), and when I try to open a project/solution, I get the following error -

Unable to read the project file "xxxxx.vbproj". The project
"xxxxx.vbproj" was created with a newer version of Visual Studio
which in incompatible with your version. You can only open this project
with newer versions of Visual Studio.

Could this be because the file I'm trying to open was created by VB.Net 2003? If so, are there any ways to fix this problem without having to purchase the 2003 version?

Thanks in advance.