Visual Studio Express Team WebLog : Download, Install & Registration

direct download links for Express 2005

VSExpress — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:18:00 GMT

Here are the direct links to download the Express 2005 Beta 2 for your convenience:

Product Name	URL
VB Express Bootstrapper	http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/1/C/E1C75061-A229-49EA-BD0C-D0A7A22E8BA4/vbsetup.exe
VC Express Bootstrapper	http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/C/3/1C3CCC8E-0FCF-400F-BD5C-56C4D65961E9/vcsetup.exe
VC# Express Bootstrapper	http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/0/7/C07E9E42-0D34-45D7-890F-810964216A62/vcssetup.exe
VJ# Express Bootstrapper	http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/8/638C4A4A-8343-4360-9FE8-78AE03037057/vjssetup.exe
VWD Express Bootstrapper	http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/A/0/3A017815-B515-4807-87E5-F2DC57191C97/vwdsetup.exe

Must read before installing Express Beta2

VSExpress — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:44:00 GMT

Hi, My name is Hong Gao, Program Manager for Visual Studio Express Setup team. To ensure a successful Beta2 install, I'd like to bring your attention to the uninstall instructions at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/uninstall/ or below.

If you have installed previous versions of Visual Studio 2005, such as Beta 1 or Community Technical Preview (CTP) builds, the following steps MUST be followed in order to uninstall the pre-Beta 2 components before installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta2.

Go to the Control Panel and launch Add/Remove Programs
Remove "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition"
Remove "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools Express Edition"
Remove "Microsoft SQL Native Client"
Remove "Microsoft MSDN Express Library 2005 Beta"
Remove all Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions (such as Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Beta)
Remove "Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistributable Package 2.0 Beta"
Remove "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta"

Have fun with Express Beta2 and feel free send me your important feedback.

Thanks, Hong Gao, Program Manager

October community tech previews of Visual Studio 2005 express editions now available!

VSExpress — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 05:13:00 GMT

Hey all,

The October 2004 Community Technical Preview (CTP) releases are now available for download. I know some of you have tried out the Beta1 version using the automatic downloader and experinced failures. The VS setup team has done a lot of work to make the downloader more bulletproof and provide better progress indications, etc. I encourage you all to give it a try and send any feedback you have back to Microsoft by logging bugs and suggestions on the MSDN feedback site at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/default.aspx. You can also reply to this post and I'll compile your feedback and share with my team.

IMPORTANT!! - if you have any pervious build of Visual Studio 2005 products installed, you MUST uninstall them before you install this community tech preview. Setup will not block you, but it will fail if you don't uninstall VS 2005 first (including all pieces of VS - the .NET Framework, MSDN, SQL Express, etc). See detailed uninstall instructions at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/readme/cptreadme1004/default.aspx.

Since this is a community tech preview doesn't go through the same rigourous testing like the Beta release, do not install these builds on a machine you depend on. Also please do spend a few minutes review the Readme to understand the known issues that are not fixed in this release.

Here are the direct links to download the October 2004 community tech preview for your convenience:

Visual Basic: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/1/a/21a4b949-758c-4ff2-8381-1acb2a943bf9/vbsetup.exe
Visual C++: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/9/6/996fe06a-08fb-459b-a7c4-35640b4f7bf3/vcsetup.exe
Visual C#: http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/e/a5efa6aa-b73c-4fa7-89b7-4a5fcd60f2a8/vcssetup.exe
Visual J#: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/d/6/dd6aa2e5-20ae-4cd1-85ec-52e5ee78dfd4/vjssetup.exe
Visual Web Developer: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/6/b/96bc21d5-6a5e-4cc8-ac22-272d98f96a64/vwdsetup.exe

* The regular Beta 1 versions are still available on the individual express edition pages.

Annie Wang, Program Manager, Visual Studio Setup

Manual Express Downloads are now live

VSExpress — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:52:00 GMT

Hey everyone,

Thanks so much for patience on the Express download and installation issues. We have now posted prescriptive download guidance and direct download links which will enable you to download and install individual components and install offline. Please visit the following pages and click the “Having trouble downloading” link in the top-right. Once you register, you will get all the information you need. We highly reccommend you try the automatic Web installer first, it is a much easier experience, but as a last resort you shoudl try these. If you continue to have trouble, please let us know.

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vbasic/
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vjsharp/
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vwd/

Thanks!
-Brian

Product Manager
Web Platform and Tools

Please tell us what you think!

VSExpress — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 04:25:00 GMT

Manual setup instructions to download/install the individual packages for Express Products will soon be available. <link>

We would like to understand the reason you need to go through the manual steps to install our products. Please reply to this posting to log your feedback. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for continuing helping us to make our products better.

Annie Wang, Program Manager, Visual Studio Setup

New Web Setup Installer is now online

VSExpress — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 05:07:00 GMT

We have published the new web setup installers for Express SKUs. The new versions of installers should resolve the majority of the download issues we have seen reported. Please give it a try!

Please read the know issues docuement before you start the installation process. We are actively working on getting them fixed for our Beta2 release. We appreciate your feedback and thank you for your patience.

Annie Wang

Program Manager

Visual Studio Setup

We're looking at the setup issues

VSExpress — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:32:00 GMT

Hi--

This is a quick note to let you know that we've heard all your feedback about the Web download & setup and we're looking into what improvements/fixes we can make. Thanks for all your feedback and patience here. We'll keep you informed.

Paul