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bdhar
bdhar

Reputation: 22973

Visual Studio 2008 express on VS 2003

Can I install Visual Studio 2008 express edition on top of visual studio 2003 ? Will it cause any problem for existing development environment (VS2003) ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 139

Answers (2)

Traveling Tech Guy
Traveling Tech Guy

Reputation: 27811

I once had a machine with 2003, 2005 and 2008. There are only 2 side effects:

  1. Each version installs its own .Net FW - but those can exist side by side.
  2. The last version to be installed registers file types to itself. Therefore, if you double-click a 2003 .sln file, it will open in 2008 and VS will try to update the project. To avoid that, open VS first, and open the solution.

Upvotes: 1

Mitch Wheat
Mitch Wheat

Reputation: 300529

Visual Studio 2008 express edition supports side-by-side install. It shouldn't cause any problems (no warrenty implied!).

Upvotes: 3

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