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Beta 2 common install issues and work around can be located at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/vsbeta2installissues/default.aspx For All Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Products 1. What must I do before installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2? 2. What Read More...

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 Read More...

If you have installed previous versions of Visual Studio 2005, such as Beta 1 or Community Technical Preview (CTP) builds of Visual Studio Team Suite, Visual Studio Standard or Visual Studio Professional, then you must un install the pre-Beta2 components Read More...

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. Read More...

You MUST visit the official uninstall instructions found at the Express download site before following the following hack. Issue: When Visual Studio Express 2005 Beta products are uninstalled in the order different than the post at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/uninstall/ Read More...