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littlechris
littlechris

Reputation: 4184

Upgrading to VS 2008 Professional from Web Developer Edition

I currently have VS 2008 Web Developer SP1 installed on my machine and I've purchased the professional edition. I also have 2003 and 2005 Pro installed.

Should I un-install VS 2008 Web Developer before installing the professional edition? If not, will I have two version of VS 2008 or will Professional "Upgrade" Web Developer.

Please note I haven't bought an upgrade license, I have the full license for professional.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 159

Answers (1)

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062512

Web Developer is a separate product to VS2008, and the install shouldn't change it.

As an aside - with the multi-targetting in VS2008, you might want to save some space by uninstalling VS2005? VS2008 can't target 1.1, though (except maybe via MSBEE) - so maybe keep VS2003 if you still maintain 1.1 code. Obviously, if you do this: first make sure that VS2008 supports any legacy requirements you need... (i.e. don't blame me if you can't edit your project!)

I would probably uninstall Web Developer first, but you might find it handy for small test projects? I keep C# Express installed for the same reason (I find it quicker for small scratch tests).

Upvotes: 1

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