VS2005 C++ Express Installation Questions

I am exploring VS2005 C++ Express.

During the install, I selected the 3 Installation Options

[X] Graphical IDE
[X] MSDN Express
[X] SQL Server Express

and in the Destination Folder, it defaults to my OS E: drive:

E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\

Also showing:

Disk space requirements: E: 1.6GB

I only have about 1 Gig left on OS drive. So I change the path to my G: drive where I have 60 gigs available. Now it shows:

Disk space requirements: E: 1.4GB G: 145MB

The bulk remains on my OS drive.

Is that it   1.4GB is required on the OS drive Even if I disable MSDN and SQL, it requires 1.2GB on the E:.

Is there any way to change the storage locations I hate to go thru the efforts of moving my OS drive to an existing large drive just to explore this.

I don't understand why it is bent on using the OS drive for the main package. I can understand new system dlls, etc, but the entire package

Whats odd is that it does not tell me I don't have the space

Anyway, I'm sure its a moot issue, but if I missing something or could maybe use a different drive (backdoor command line switch maybe), that would be great.   When we finally decide to get the real package, we will do it on a new machine. We are not ready for that right now.

Thanks

Hector

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VS2005 C++ Express Installation Questions

rrkessler
Yea I have to agree. My OS drive is already pretty tight and I would love to
have the install go somewhere else other than my OS drive

GG
Travis Feirtag
This does seem incorrect - I have asked the setup team to look into this and get back to you.

Thanks,
April Reagan
Visual C++ Program Management
Maes
This is a known issue with the installer.

The installer chains in the framework and MSDN Express during installation and those products need to go into the system drive. MSDN Express doesn't have a flag to change its installation location and the framework needs to be installed on the system drive.
blumonde
Hi

I have the same problem as well. I have only less than 400MB in my C drive and would like to insatll the whole package to another drive with enough space. Even though I didn't select SQL Express/MSDN express and change the insall directory to my D drive, the installer still default to my C drive.

This kind of issue shouldn't take much time to reproduce and it's repeatable. Could MS fix it
Creative
The big problem in fact is that if I sepparately install the .NET SDK to any other location than the default on the target drive, the setup for Visual Studio does not allow me to change the installation location. So any way I do it I end uyp with 1+GiB eaten up from my system drive :(
Do you have any knowledge of a solution for changing the installation location (c.l. switch, .ini file section, etc.)
VS2005 C++ Express Installation Questions

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