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2007-11-23VC++ Novice: Obtaining VC++ 2005 Express EditionTechnorati Tags: VC++ Novice, Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, downloads, programming idioms, software development, CP4E, SE4E, toolcraft Although Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is now available, it's also possible to download and install Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. With care, you can use these two editions side-by-side. If you are starting with the 2008 edition, it is probably unnecessary to have the 2005 Edition though. If you've been using VC++ 2005 Express Edition, you may want to make a collection of the complete software for archival purposes and in case you ever need to use it to work with a VC++ 2005 project in the future. This post recommends how to do that.
Obtaining All of the ComponentsThe Visual Studio 2008 Express Developers Center is a major redesign of the site for Express Editions. From the home page, select the Previous Version option. This will take you to the source of Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions: This is the key page for access to all of the materials that you will need to preserve the complete Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition software:
Finding the VC++ 2005 Express CD-ROM DownloadYou will want all four of the components that make up the complete working VC++ 2005 Express Edition setup. Later you can download other SDKs and software that works with these essential components for development Windows applications with VC++ 2005 Express. The ISO image of the CD-ROM is more difficult to locate than the VS 2008 Express DVD. I will start with that, because the CD-ROM is the easiest and most-reliable way to install VC++ 2005 EE now and at any time in the future, on the same machine or on another one. On the VS 2005 Express overview page, select the FAQ: The Installation question provides the advice we are interested in: The Manual Installation Instructions provide links to the ISO images for downloading:
There are additional instructions on that page for different ways to use the ISO image. Obtaining the Additional MaterialAfter a successful download of the ISO image, download the additional material. Return to the Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition Overview Page. Select the Download item on the menu. Go to Step 2 on the Download page. Review the SP1 Release Notes. Download the Visual C++ 2005 Express SP1 file. Save that for use after any fresh installation of the Express Edition. Also download the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista. This is a supplement to SP1 that is to be installed after SP1 on Windows Vista systems. Even if you don't have Windows Vista now, save this update in case you will want to install VC++ 2005 Express on Vista in the future. Obtaining the Platform SDK for Developing Windows GUI ApplicationsThe Platform SDK and other SDKs available for Windows are not needed to have a functioning Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. It is useful to download the ISO CD-ROM image of the Platform SDK now, creating the CD-ROM, and then using it later whenever it is needed. You can do this for other SDKs that interest you as well. After downloading the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and its Vista update, select the link for the Platform SDK Instructions. Remember where you found these. These instructions must be followed very carefully after you have a confirmed installation of VC++ 2005 Express Edition without the SDK. We'll go into that in a separate post. For now, we just want the correct Platform SDK for download and burning to a CD-ROM. On the Instructions page, follow Platform SDK link in Step 2. This takes you to the web-install page, "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK Web Install." Do not do the Web install. As always, we want to obtain a CD-ROM image that we can burn and preserve. Scroll to the bottom of the web-install page to the Related Resources section. Click the Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK ISO Download link. This is the file that you want. It is a 410MB download of an .ISO image file. This is what you need for a PSDK that goes with the VC++ 2005 Express Edition. Don't Worry About the PSDK Name. If you look at the System Requirements section of the download page, you'll see that this PSDK is suitable for developing Windows applications for all versions of Windows back to Windows XP. (It works for earlier versions of Windows also, although those are no longer considered "supported."). Important: Don't download anything else that seems to be a Platform SDK. And don't attempt to install the PSDK files anywhere but where the CD-ROM installs them. Any other actions will create a mess that is almost impossible to clean up without having to delete everything and start over. There will be more guidance on avoiding that and other pitfalls. For now, just know that this is the appropriate PSDK and we'll identify any additional versions only when it is appropriate. There's far more toolcraft and experience to be gained with these packages and additional SDKs, utilities, examples, and libraries from Microsoft and from other sources. For now, download all of it, make a CD-ROM for VC++ 2005 Express and for the Platform SDK. Then you're ready to attempt installation in gradual steps. [update 2005-11-26: I added a link to a tutorial on making CD/DVD discs from the downloaded .iso image files.]
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