Cannot find expression blend in menu after installing windows phone sdk 7.1

Question

I typed expression in windows menu, I have nothing.

I have visual studio 2010 but not express edition, does it requires expression edition ?

Update: seems some people don't know expression blend is free with windows phone sdk 7.1:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27570

The Windows Phone SDK includes the following Microsoft Expression

Blend SDK for Windows Phone 7 Microsoft Expression Blend SDK for Windows Phone OS 7.1

Happy gift :)

Except I can't find it yet :(

Answer 1

Right click your project in Visual Studio and see if you have "Open in Expression Blend". If you do go ahead and click it. IF not, uninstall your SDK and install it again using express settings.

If it gives you an error when launching and you have installed Visual Studio 11 Dev Preview follow this link for a fix: Known Issues with Dev Preview

Answer 2

Check that you download correct setup of Windows Phone SDK. Visual Studio Express is not needed when you have another version of Visual Studio 2010 (and it don't installed automatically in that situation)

You can try to Repair installed SDK with the same setup file (just select Repair/Reinstall option)