I am trying to install my program to specific folder in Program Files. How do I do this from VS 2010?
The Express Editions do not include Windows Installer technology read here
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I have generated visual studio installer from Microsoft visual studio community version. i want to ask is there any difference of installer generated from visual studio community version and visual studio enterprise version OR visual studio ultimate version ?
The installer project extension is the same, assuming that's what you're referring to. There are no extra (or missing) features that depend on your version of Visual Studio.
I had installed installshield in my system but when i go to visual studio-> file->new project , there is no installshield in new project...why its like that can any one give me a solution for that.I am using visual studio Express 2013.
Thank you
Visual Studio Express doesn't support extensions / addins / project templates and so on. Switch to Visual Studio Community Edition or better.
I need to create a setup for installing my project. I meant to try both WIX both native visual studio installer, but i don't know how, when i go to new project there isn't such option. I figured out that WIX don't add templates on 2010, but why there isn't one for visual studio installer?
I would also like to know if there are any other simple installers worth trouble?
Visual Studio 2010 was the last version to support Visual Studio Installer (.vdproj) projects. Many teams use WiX Toolset instead. [UPDATE: There is now a VS extension that provides Visual Studio Installer support to later versions.]
WiX Toolset is a Visual Studio extension. Express versions don't allow extensions so that might be a reason you don't see templates. Another reason is that for the WiX installer to register templates, Visual Studio 2010 must be installed first. You can try repairing the WiX installation.
Another IDE for WiX is SharpDevelop. (It's free.)
Both Visual Studio Installer and WiX Toolset create Windows Installer packages. It's important to understand what Windows Installer does. If you are trying them to compare them, you might be interested in this related question.
NSIS is another technology entirely. It gives complete control over what's put the target system, including whether to have an uninstaller at all. Many projects use it as a bundler for Windows Installer packages. (But, note that WiX now has a bundler [called burn].)
In my system when I click on Add->new project->And go to Other project types I cant see any project types. I actually wanted to convert my c# project to executable.
Is any component missing during installation? I am using Visual studio 2008 professional edition
Please help me..
I had the same issue until I looked into what software I was ACTUALLY using - check to see if you're really using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 - I thought I was until I realized I was using Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode) which is different.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode) is part of the SQL Server 2008 Management Studio, so the project types available to it are different than MSVS 2008... Microsoft developed the Shell to have the same look and feel of Visual Studio so users were comfortable and familiar with the layout.
Go to Tools>>Import and Export Settings>>Reset all settings>>Choose yes or no to save current settings>>
Then choose Visual C# Development Settings or General Development Settings.
So that you can have templates you need.
You can reopen your VisualStudio ISO and try to repair or you can install VisualStudio Express to make sure you can install all templates.
My guess is you didn't make a full installation and forgot to install some components.
can i install and use, visual studio 2008 and visual studio 2010 on the same windows xp/vista
have visual studio 2008 installed and working
wnat to install visual studio 2010 and use with 2008,
some solutions on 08 and some on 10..
any problems possible?
Yes, you can!
Can't add anything else, honestly! :)
Well, I personally have 2005, 2008 and 2010 installed on the same workstation, for various needs and projects. Works without any problem!
No problems at all running both Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 side-by-side. My development box is currently set up this way.
Solutions will automatically open in the version of Visual Studio that they were created in. You can manually choose to open them in a newer version, but you will need to update them. A wizard will automatically appear that guides you through the process.
Opening a solution saved with a newer version of VS in an older version is not a supported scenario.
But there is a workaround: simply open the *.sln file in a text editor (like Notepad) and decrement the version number by 1. You'll have to do the same thing for each of the project files.
I had the same problem with converting a Visual Studio 2008 project to 2010, which made the program could not compile at all with every measure i took.. then I installed Visual Studio 2008 again and it turns out they can be installed in the same computer and work, but you need to open visual basic 2008 manually if you want to develop a project there..
You shouldn't have any problems unless you try to develop for Windows Phone 7, which you can't currently, and may never be able to, do in Windows XP.