I'm working on a project that requires Visual Studio 2005 and I've been trying to find a legitimate download site for Visual Studio 2005 Express, but it seems like Microsoft only wants people to download the 2008 version instead.
Anyone knows why it's like this and if there is some link somewhere where Visual Studio 2005 Express is available?
Here are more links:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressvcs/thread/290fb587-1447-466c-9149-a692fa5de34d
They seem to point to the same files.
The direct download link:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=51411&clcid=0x409
For Visual Studios 2005 C++ express the vcsteup.exe is available here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/3/a/83aad8f9-38ba-4503-b3cd-ba28c360c27b/ENU/vcsetup.exe
I found this link here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressvc/thread/aa4a3808-b0da-4afb-ac19-ac45582bb58a
I belive that VS 2008 (all editions) will only work with .NET 2.0 to 3.5 just as VS 2005 (all editions) will only work with .NET 2.0. This is the reason that VS 2005 is no longer available, because its features are duplicated by VS 2008. The only difference is the solution file, so you could make a seperate solution file for VS 2008.
In case anyone else needs the VS 2005 Express Editions for whatever reason (e.g. I needed this particular version a while ago to verify/reproduce a bug), this page: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/03/28/563660.aspx has links to all versions (Visual Basic, C++, C#, J#) which still seem to be working.
why don't you get VS 2008? and they say that your project is a .NET 2.0 project? or you are editing a .NET 1.x project?
With VS 2008 (express or not) you can target the projects to what framework you want!
Incase anybody is looking for the Web Developer Express 2005 version CNET has it here:
http://download.cnet.com/Visual-Web-Developer-2005-Express-Edition/3000-10250_4-10421166.html
Believe this only works for windows 2000 and XP.
I found the ISO Visual Studio VB 2005 Express at
http://apdubey.blogspot.com/2009/04/microsoft-visual-studio-2005-express.html
You can find them at https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads/
It requires login/subscription to search and download and I'm not sure if everyone can just download them freely, as I'm using a company MS account to log in.
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Hi I'm doing some C# codes in my VS 2013 at my own pc but it doesn't work on our school's pc because the version of the Visual Studio there is very outdated , it was only 2008.
And I cant run my code that I've been working in 2008 that was made in 2013.
So How can i run it? Should I download VS 2008 ?
thank you
It is probably the Project and solution files that are causing you problems, as these change from version to version. C# itself though hasn't changed so much.
You could perhaps consider just copying the c-sharp files between the computers.
ie, have a skeleton solution in each version and copy and past the CS files, or the text from the files into the projects.
Bear in mind that Visual Studio 2008 is going to target .Net Framework 3.5, so just avoid using any later framework functionality (which shouldn't be too hard).
I have installed Visual Studio Express version for C#. Now I need to use VB.Net. However I don't see VB.Net files. And I tried searching to install both, but it seems both comes separately...
How can I install Visual Studio Express, so that it can support both C# and VB.Net?
For Visual Studio 2010 you need to download the "Visual Basic 2010 Express" version from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2010-express
Install link - http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9709929
For some reason they decided to split the desktop edition into three one for C#, one for VB.NET and one for C++. You can install all three (or four if you include the Web Application Developer version) along side each other without any problems. They are designed to work like this.
The Visual Studio 2012 version (Visual Studio 2012 for Windows Desktop) includes C#, VB.NET and C++ in one application.
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-express-windows-desktop
You can install this along side your 2010 versions if necessary.
I am trying to use the 'async' and 'await' keywords in VS C# 2010 Express but i can't seem to use this keyword. However, when I use this keyword in VS C# 2012 Professional, it can be used. Is there a special thing that I must download to use it?
The async/await feature was introduced in C# 5, which isn't supported by VS 2010. While the Community Technology Previews extended VS2010, I would strongly advise you to use the release version of VS 2012 instead of pre-releases. The CTPs had a few bugs, and in general it's not a good idea to use pre-release features when the RTM version is available.
Note that this isn't an Express vs Professional issue - if you upgrade from VS C# 2010 Express to VS C# 2012 Express it'll work fine.
Its a new feature in 2012 and you cant use it in vs 2010.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh156513%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
Yes; for "Express", what you need would be one of the products in the "Visual Studio Express 2012" range; of this, "... for Web" and "... for Windows 8" are available for download, but "Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop" is not yet available.
That keyword only exists in the C# 5 compiler.
Have you installed
Visual Studio Async CTP (Version 3)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9983
and for more info
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/127291/C-5-0-vNext-New-Asynchronous-Pattern
I have a project which is build in VS 2012RC, But when i zipped the project and transfer it to my machine,extracted it and try to open solution file(.sln) in my machine which also consist of VS 2012RC, it fires a pop up that
"This edition of Visual Studio only supports Windows Metro style apps".
So, What do i need to do to open the project in my machine, Please let me know if am missing something, Thanks in advance.
Visual Studio 2012 has many editions. To me you are using VS Express edition, which only supports Metro app development. Like #leppie suggested, you might install VS Ultimate edition, which can open all sorts of projects.
I need to setup a c# ide (free) on his laptop, do I need to download the sdk or does windows 7 come with a c# compiler? (it's been a while setting something up from scratch)
You can try Visual C# 2010 Express, it's a free version of Visual Studio for C# development, and IMHO more than enough for someone learning that you don't really need the full VS2010 package.
Download Visual C# 2010 Express edition. It's free, you can find further information here: http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/
Just use Microsoft Visual Studio Express.
http://www.microsoft.com/express/
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer can be used to install Visual Studio Express, and also easily install many of the other MS tools like WebMatrix.
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer
3.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the
Microsoft Web Platform, including
Internet Information Services (IIS),
SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and
Visual Web Developer easy.
Similarly Linqpad is a great tool for playing around and dynamic prototyping. I can't advocate it enough.
... LINQPad is more than just a LINQ
tool: it's an ergonomic C#/VB
scratchpad that instantly executes any
C#/VB expression, statement block or
program with rich output formatting –
the ultimate in dynamic development.
Put an end to those hundreds of Visual
Studio Console projects cluttering
your source folder!
Look for the free version of Visual Studio 2008. Not sure if there is one for 2010. It's at the Microsoft site. http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/#2008-Visual-CS
Framework is sufficient, IIRC.