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acidRain
acidRain

Reputation: 414

Differentiating Between Visual Studio Versions

I need to figure out which version of Visual Studio 2008 is installed on particular computers.

Is there a way I can differentiate between Visual Studio Team System 2008 vs Visual Studio 2008 Development Edition?

Are there particular files installed for one that are not installed for the other?

To Clarify my question, I would like to differentiate between:

Upvotes: 1

Views: 251

Answers (1)

ChrisF
ChrisF

Reputation: 137188

I think the registry would be your best bet. I've found the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\InstalledProducts

Under this there's a key for each product installed:

  • Crystal Reports
  • ...
  • Microsoft Silverlight Projects
  • ...
  • Team Explorer
  • Team System - Database Edition
  • ...

I don't know whether there's enough there to go on to uniquely identify each version, but it might get you most of the way there.

Upvotes: 1

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