I have an improvement on the answer @DewiMorgan gave for VS 2008 express. I have since confirmed it also works on VS 2005 express. It lets you run the software without it EVER requiring registration, and also makes it so you don’t have to manually delete the key every 30 days. It does this by … Read more
David Kean’s comment here gave me the answer I’m using for the moment: or remove the <ProjectTypeGuid> element entirely – this will opt you of “portable” enhancements, such as a UI for changing the target framework, etc I’ve tried that, and it works like a dream. On machines which have everything appropriately installed, you can … Read more
As has been stated, the Express versions do not have any built-in, and do not allow add-ins for, this functionality, but you can use an external tool, e.g. NUnit. You can also set up a command to run from the ‘Tools->External Tools’ menu option from within Visual Studio Express and run your test runner from … Read more
Enable the Tools → Settings → Expert Settings menu option Go to Tools → Options In the dialog box, check Show All Settings option in the bottom left. In the above dialog, now choose Projects and Solutions → General. Check the option Show advanced build configurations. Click OK. You should be able to see the … Read more
Update (9/12/2012): Good news: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is now available (here), and it supports NuGet out of the box. Generally speaking, every edition of VS2012 now supports NuGet, so this limitation should be a thing of the past! Original answer: Microsoft signs NuGet in a way that allows it to work … Read more
Update (thanks user2347528) These assemblies are available as NuGet packages, which is much easier than my original answer. You can install by either right clicking on References in your project and selecting Manage NuGet packages… and searching for one of the packages listed below, or install using the Package Manager Console: PM> Install-Package Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel … Read more
The major areas where Visual Studio Express lacks features compared to Visual Studio Professional: No add-ins/macros Some Win32 tools missing No Team Explorer support Limited refactoring support Debugging is much more limited (particularly problematic for server development is no remote debugging) Lack of support for setup projects No report creation tools No Office development support … Read more
Here are step by step instructions: Download and install the Windows Software Development Kit version 7.1. Visual C++ 2010 Express does not include a 64 bit compiler, but the SDK does. A link to the SDK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb980924.aspx Change your project configuration. Go to Properties of your project. On the top of the dialog box there … Read more
eta: There’s a killer article on this stuff by SO’s own @Nick Craver that you should read While the other responses say this, they don’t make it explicit, so I will…. On VS2013.2, to actually trigger the emission of the cited information, you need to not read the message, which says: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(1697,5): warning … Read more