Around 2006 Microsoft used to give away ISO images of the MSDN libraries. Unfortunately they don't do this anymore. Now if you want to have local help, you have to download it from the Visual Studio environment. The problem is that I just installed Visual Studio 2012 on a home PC with no internet access.
Anyone knows how to download a copy of the documentation that I can manually install on my PC?
You can get the ISO for the Visual Studio 2012 documentation here
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34794
It's 2.7GB large.
UPDATE:
Microsoft has added the ISO for Visual Studio 2013 documentation to the same link as above.
That ISO is 4GB large.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/9/2/8928585D-136D-4528-AECC-2F211902A8D7/VS2012Documentation.iso
The help documentation for vs 2012 ultimate is very much available at the link provided above.
I remember looking for this as well a while ago, and (although I may be incorrect) there is no reasonable way to do this. There is still the documentation available on CD but as far as I'm aware you must be an MSDN subscriber, but as you found out there are no longer the ISOs available for download - shame really as they were useful.
The only way to get it is to beg, steal or borrow (but really not the second option...) the CDs from somebody who has an MSDN subscription and is willing to let you use them. However, just for the record, I imagine this is against the terms of sale.
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I copied all visual studio community 2022 files from one computer to another, it is working good in the first computer, in the second computer, when I launch it, everything work good but it required prerelease software license!.
I signed to new account and trying to check for updates but the error message ("we could not download updated license , check your network connection or proxy").
How can I solve this?
Can I copy the license code or file or whatever from the other computer which works good?
From visual studio 2019, the installation method has some changes. You can't copy visual studio from one pc to another directly. This way becomes more difficult than before. But still there are some ways to doing that. The best way which recommended in Microsoft documentation named offline installation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/create-an-offline-installation-of-visual-studio?view=vs-2022 this will help you find some workaround solutions for your issues.
I spend a lot of time offline, and while normally I'm in the middle of some book or magazine for work, I've recently been reading through the MSDN Library documentation of Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management (aka TFS 2010).
Unfortunately, this documentation doesn't seem to be included on either the Vs2010 nor the VsAlm2010 installation media anymore, and I can't find any downloads for it...does it simply not exist except in online form?
I'd find it hard to believe that the only way to get at this documentation would be to hit a website for every request. What am I missing?
Wow - I'm a little surprised. Even on the MSDN Subscriber download site, the MSDN library downloads only go up to 2007.
But, you can tell the VS 2010 installation to install the content locally.
Go to "Help|Manage Help Settings" and under "Choose online or local help" select "I want to use local help".
You can also use the Help Manager to install online help updates locally. This might get the specific docs you're looking for (TFS ALM) pulled down - I'm not sure, but might be worth a try.
Related: Download Windows API reference (MSDN) for offline use
Install Zeal and add MSDN docset feed - this will give you rather a huge (it contains 41'181 method, for example) flat list of methods, constants, classes etc, not something as nicely laid out as MSDN site, but the search is lightning fast. Download size is ~3'400Mb;
or
Use VSHD to download offline help files for Visual Studio Help Viewer (applicable for VS 2012+) - this offers you the pleasure of leaving VS itself firewalled as it honestly should be. Download size varies.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34794
This download includes an ISO image file of the Visual Studio and .NET Framework documentation—overviews, how-to articles, API reference pages, sample code, and more—to help you in your development efforts.
Version:
See file name.
File Name:
VS2012Documentation.iso
VS2013Documentation.iso
Date Published:
6/10/2014
File Size:
2.7 GB
4.0 GB
If you have installed Visual Studio completely, you will find it locally. Goto Help > View Help or Press 'Ctrl + F1'
I would like to install VSS 2005 so I can work on a project that is stored under it. Does anyone have any idea where the VSS 2005 client can be obtained? It does not appear to be on my VS2005 install disc (although that is for Team Suite). I cannot get any help from Google. I have an MSDN license (AA edition) but it doesn't seem to be there. This is a real product right?
Just to clarify preemptively based on some of the discussions I see on Google when I search for things like "VSS 2005," I am aware of the flaws in VSS and I still need to get it working; I am not interested in converting the project to Subversion; I am not able to transfer it to TFS; I am not able to upgrade the project to VS2008.
Thanks.
Two places, both from Microsoft:
Microsoft Store ($549.00)
MSDN Subscriber Downloads (Developer Tools > SourceSafe)
So, this is an old thread but occasionally still relevant. I'm adding an answer in case anyone comes across it in a google search.
If you have a copy of VSS 2005 installed on another machine but can't find the installation media, you can just copy C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Source Safe to your local machine. It will run just fine. Launch ssexp.exe and have at it.
You can get it from MSDN, I just looked it is there...see screenshot below
I can download SP6 but the bean counters say it has to be SP5. Does anyone have a link to a download for VS 6.0 SP5?
filewatcher.com has about 10 ftp servers listed with links to vs6sp5.exe.
As a comment below notes filewatcher.com is no longer. If anyone shows up actually looking for Service Pack 5 the link in Tony Day's answer is still active. Visual Basic 6 Service Pack 6 can be still be downloaded from Microsoft.
Try this:
External Source
I don't know if the Merge Modules will help you:
Visual Studio 6.0 Merge Modules
Otherwise, I would contact MSDN support, they should get back to you quickly, there may be a fault in why it is not available, or they may link you to the resource.
Having a look around at WebsiteSpark from Microsoft - the deal is good (especially if you were looking to go down this path already). But I'm one of those people that likes to 'wait for the next version' if I'm in no rush to sign up. One question that's been bugging me is whether or not the program includes upgrades to Visual Studio and/or they will change the starting pack at some point?
Currently, If you sign up now, you get 3 copies of Visual Studio 2008.
If you're umming and ahhing about the scheme, is it worth waiting and hoping that they adapt their program so that it comes with VS2010? Or maybe that they'll offer free updates to those already in the scheme?
(This question may be a little subjective I guess and it probably applies to the BizSpark side of things as well. Have there been any hints set in other Microsoft programs that might indicate the outcome? ).
See Scott's answer here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/09/24/announcing-the-websitespark-program.aspx
This is great. Will is cover software upgrades i.e. VS 2010 when
available?
Yes - while you are in the program you
can always download the latest version
of any of the software. So once VS
2010 is released you can download that
as well.
Hope this helps,
Scott
Scott gu confirmed on his blog that the liceses will cover 2010 when it's released.