Installing VB 2005 Express Edition with Visual Studio.Net

Hello,

I currently have visual studio.net 2003 installed. I would like to install visual basic 2005 express edition on the same laptop and I'm wondering if this will cause a problem

I need the express edition to get a jump start on a class that I need to create.

Does the latest beta version expire

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.


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Installing VB 2005 Express Edition with Visual Studio.Net

  • Chris Powell

    We do actually test VB 2005 side by side with VS 2003.  You should read the readme for known issues, but in general this does work. 

    If you encounter any problems in this scenario with setup or at run time, we would appreciate a bug report or a post.


    Thanks for helping make the RTM product great by using the beta!


    Bret Grinslade
    .NET Framework / VS Setup Program Manager


  • Guino

    Although the express editions can be installed side-by-side with Visual Studio 2003, you may not want to risk it as it is still pre-release software.  It is recommended that you use something like Virtual PC so that there is not risk to your data.  However, I just suggest that you back up anything that you want to keep should your PC go belly up and install the Express edition.


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