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I installed Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows Desktop in order to develop and run C# and C projects. I chose 2015 because the book I have for learning Visual C# is for VS 2015. My computer is running Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit. I downloaded the 32-bit (x86) version of VS Express 2015 from here:
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual studio 2015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads
This was the .exe file:
en_visual_studio_express_2015_for_windows_desktop_x86_x64_web_installer_6846484.exe
According to the installation window, it completed successfully. I was able to create and run simple C# WPF and console applications. However, I was unable to create a C project. Following the many online posts of how to do this, I created a new C++ Win32 console empty project. In Solution Explorer, I right-clicked on the project and selected Add New Item to add a .c source file. A menu was supposed to pop up allowing me to select a source code file or a header file but that did not happen. Instead, a totally different menu appeared and I was unable to create any kind of file or even add an existing .c file.
I thought this might be an issue/limitation with the VS Express 2015 version so I uninstalled it, rebooted my computer, and installed Visual Studio Community 2015 instead because some of the online posts about how to create a C project were specifically for this VS version. I downloaded the 32-bit (x86) version of VS Community 2015 with Update 3 from here:
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual studio 2015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads
This was the .exe file:
en_visual_studio_community_2015_with_update_3_x86_x64_web_installer_8922963.exe
I chose a Custom Install so that I could select C++ to also be installed because I knew that I first had to create an empty C++ console app to create a C app. Again, the installation window said it completed successfully. I was able to compile and run a small C# app. However when I tried to create a C++ Win32 console empty project, I got an error message saying there was a problem with the installation. As suggested in the error message, I checked the ActivityLog.xml file and found lots of errors so I uninstalled VS Community 2015.
How should I download and configure Visual Studio 2015 Community or Express for Windows Desktop so that I can develop C# and C projects?
Thanks!
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https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual studio 2015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads
This was the .exe file:
en_visual_studio_express_2015_for_windows_desktop_x86_x64_web_installer_6846484.exe
According to the installation window, it completed successfully. I was able to create and run simple C# WPF and console applications. However, I was unable to create a C project. Following the many online posts of how to do this, I created a new C++ Win32 console empty project. In Solution Explorer, I right-clicked on the project and selected Add New Item to add a .c source file. A menu was supposed to pop up allowing me to select a source code file or a header file but that did not happen. Instead, a totally different menu appeared and I was unable to create any kind of file or even add an existing .c file.
I thought this might be an issue/limitation with the VS Express 2015 version so I uninstalled it, rebooted my computer, and installed Visual Studio Community 2015 instead because some of the online posts about how to create a C project were specifically for this VS version. I downloaded the 32-bit (x86) version of VS Community 2015 with Update 3 from here:
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual studio 2015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads
This was the .exe file:
en_visual_studio_community_2015_with_update_3_x86_x64_web_installer_8922963.exe
I chose a Custom Install so that I could select C++ to also be installed because I knew that I first had to create an empty C++ console app to create a C app. Again, the installation window said it completed successfully. I was able to compile and run a small C# app. However when I tried to create a C++ Win32 console empty project, I got an error message saying there was a problem with the installation. As suggested in the error message, I checked the ActivityLog.xml file and found lots of errors so I uninstalled VS Community 2015.
How should I download and configure Visual Studio 2015 Community or Express for Windows Desktop so that I can develop C# and C projects?
Thanks!
Continue reading...