This seems like a weird problem. I've just upgraded to a brand new PC and I can't for the life of me work out where I can get visual studios 2010 from. I have my product key ready to go.
Has MS discontinued this product? If so is there a work around? Is my only option to (dare I say it) upgrade.
According to Microsoft there's no more Visual Studio 2010 for download from their (official) site.
Personally I really recommend you go straight to 2017 Community Edition - it has everything the 2010 Professional has and more.
The "more" includes built-in support for GitHub, "almost" full support for C++11 and some support for C++14, Windows 10 SDK, parallel builds, built-in support for Linux remote build/debugging... The list goes on and on.
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I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional installed. But for a client I do need Visual Studio 2008 (to avoid some upgrades that are note compatible with vs2010)
It is my job's notebook, so everything must be original and legal. And both, the client and my boss want to avoid licences costs. ANYWAY... it seems that my notebook already has some version of vs2008, I need to know if it is too muche reduced or if it will work to develop.
I can open a vs2008 that seems pretty much the same, also the about screen. But at "Add or Remove Programs" I just only have "Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0"
Finnaly when I run the app, it works, but the code is not recognize, it is shown as it is notepad.
Here are some screenshots that may help... THANKS ALL!!
VSTA is sort of a replacement for VBA, i.e. you can use VS to write .NET code to extend and automate thrid-party applications that are designed to support it. It appears that that is the only VS 2008 component that you have installed so you cannot open VB or C# projects or any of that stuff. If you want a legal copy of VS 2008 that you don't have to pay for then you'll need to look at an Express edition, although that may lack some features that you need. 2008 Express editions are hard to come by now too, as they are not offered for download any more by Microsoft.
What are these non-upgradeable parts of your project?
For past express editions, I've been able to find a "compare editions" page that shows what features are available in express, professional, ultimate, etc. Something like this.
However, every comparison table I've seen so far omits the express editions. Surely Microsoft must have a list of things you get by upgrading to Visual Studio Professional from an Express Edition--after all, it's a free product, and they would like you to upgrade to a paid product! So, where have they hidden this feature comparison table, or "reasons to upgrade to Professional" list?
As far as I know there is no single table with a summary.
It depends on which version of express your talking about. Express is split up into a lot of different SKUs based on the type of product you're building; Web, Phone etc. Which is probably why there isn't an entry on this table for Express. 2013 was a point release to 2012 and there is a comparison of Express Web 2012 to Pro on MSDN.
The biggest single difference is that you cannot run plugins in Express. This means no Resharper, Test Driven .NET etc. This also applies to some plugins that you might consider to be written my Microsoft because they were not part of the official Microsoft release, for example plugins written my various other groups. This is a long-standing gripe for users of Express and looks like it is still the case for 2013, How to install Nunit plugin in Visual Studio 2013 Express?.
I was very surprised when I downloaded Visual Studio 2013 Express Edition for web development on my new Windows 8.1 machine, and it was starkly different from what I believe is the identical product that I have been using for a while on a Windows 7 machine.
For example, when creating a very small demo app using Web API (from the asp.net website), the "New ASP.Net Project" wizard did not offer Web API. And the new project did not include the App_Start folder, which would include code for things like routing.
I tried to use NuGet to add the essential features, but no luck. That tutorial only took a few minutes on Windows 7, but was a miserable failure and an hour I will never get back on Windows 8. I don't really understand Microsoft's strategy here.
From what I observed Visual Studio Express 2013 doesn't come with a 64-bit compiler.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC>vcvarsall.bat x64
The specified configuration type is missing. The tools for the
configuration might not be installed.
And since the Win 8 SDK doesn't provide compilers anymore either, it appears like you must pay for Visual Studio 2013 Pro or you won't be compiling 64-bit binaries.
"The Windows SDK no longer ships with a complete command-line build
environment"
https://dev.windows.com/en-us/downloads/windows-8-sdk
I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional however it seems as though I cannot open/create Office Projects.
I assumed there must have been something wrong with my install and a feature wasn't added. However whenever I go into my Maintenance Mode for my VS2010 nothing about Office appears. And it does say Professional, which I believe comes with office tools.
I do have Office 2010 also installed.
I've looked around and everywhere says that I can just add that feature, but I only get a number of features in my install; VB, C++. C# (plus X64 Compilers and Tools), Visual Web Developer and Graphics Library, all of which are tickets.
Any tips?
p.s. I do also have SP1
For anyone else that may encounter this problem, you may need to reinstall SP1 as well as Visual Studio. This is what did it for me.
VSTO is what you're looking for.
Try one of the walkthrough articles to get started.
Ok, I have looked around on SO and haven't been able to find an answer to this question, but forgive me if I missed one out there. It's difficult to refine the search terms for this one.
But anyways, I have VS 2010 C# Express. I'm planning on doing some collaboration in my code (that was made entirely in Express) with someone who owns VS 2010 Ultimate. I have been putting off upgrading to the paid version of VS 2010 because of the price - if at all possible I would rather not upgrade. We are going to collaborate using Tortoise SVN as our version control software.
Will it be an issue for me to continue to work with the Express version while my collaborator works on VS 2010 Ultimate? To what degree will it be an issue, etc?
Follow-up question: If I have to upgrade to a paid version, would I have to upgrade to Ultimate, or would Professional be sufficient?
I have no experience with VS 2010 yet, but can offer observations based on VS 2008, using svn for source control.
I have only had one minor issue with using both the VB Express edition and VS2008 Standard and Professional versions on the same project. The express version does not support solution folders. I use a solution folder to allow quick access to some configuration files from the ide. The express version does not display the solution folder, but the remainser of the solution loads sucessfully, including all the included projects.
Well, my collaborator and I have started work, and no issues so far. Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and Visual Studio Express are pretty much compatible, except for the Solutions folders, as described by B Pete.
I'm planning to develop an application targetting the Honeywell Dolphin 6100 running Win CE 5.0. The documentation for the platform SDK and device SDK say that VS2005 is required to use them.
I don't have a copy of VS2005 and since it's not sold or supported by MS any more, I'd much rather buy VS2010. Does anyone know if the Honeywell D6X00 SDKs are compatible with VS2010?
Thanks for your help!
Matt
You can get access to VS2005 or VS2008 by purchasing VS2010 Pro with a MSDN subscription. You can then download old versions of VS and other stuff from the MSDN site. This is the path I have taken as there is lots of info on the web about how VS2010 does not support Win CE 5.0. If you plan to only write straight C++, you can use embedded visual c++ 4.0 which you can download for free from MS. If you have a lot of UI code, you may want to get VS2005.
Good luck.
Visual Studio 2010 removed support for developing Windows Mobile devices (instead replacing that with support for Windows Phone) - you would need to get hold of Visual Studio 2008 (or 2005, as you mention), which should still be available.