Hi,
I have downloded VS Professional Edition 2005 - 90 days trail version two months before and started developing on that. now only i came to know that VS Express editions are free forever. so that I would like to move to express.
my question is, the only way to do this is uninstall previous version and install the express edition
if I do this, shall I continue working on my previous projects developed with Professional
any help would be greately appreciated. Thanks in advance.
upgrade from trial VS Professional Edition to Express Edition?
Alex974
Thank you very much for your quick reply.
i am using vb.net to develop both windows and web projects.
that means, i need to install Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition and VB.net Express edition, then I can continue my web and windows projects on correspoding environments
Thanks.
I am Josha
you can install them both side by side, it should not and would not conflict with each other. The only issue you will have is that if a solution from the 90 day trial contains multiple .NET Framework languages then the express edition will not support this.
The express editions are editions where each edition is for a specific language, such as 1 for ASP.NET (VWD), 1 for C#, 1 for VB.NET and 1 for VC++ Express. So open the project you want to use in the express edition of the project which the language "matches" the express edition you are using.
the express edition limitation is really the IDE features and a few add ins/plugins/extras like crystal reports. Other than this, you should be fine installing both side by side and working away.
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