Visual Studio 2005 installation

[Tom Nowak]

I have a full version of Visual Basic 6 and upgrade versions of Visual Studio
2002, 2003, and 2005. What is the easiest way to do the install? I know in
the past, I have done Visual Basic 6, then the 2002 upgrade, then the 2003
upgrade, then the 2005 upgrade. Do I have to perform all of these steps ?

 

[Peter Ritchie [C# MVP]]

does the upgrade version of 2005 come with a product key?

 

[Tom Nowak]

Yes. All upgrades that I have come with a product key.

 

[Peter Ritchie [C# MVP]]

You should be able to just install 2005 and enter the product key without
having to install the over versions.

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[Tom Nowak]

So, VB6 then VS 2005?

You should be able to just install 2005 and enter the product key without
having to install the over versions.

 

[Peter Ritchie [C# MVP]]

You could do it in either order, if you need VB6. If you don't need VB6, you
don't have to install it.
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[Tom Nowak]

Dont forget, my VS 2005 is the upgrade edition, so I thought I would have to
have a product there to upgrade.

 

[Peter Ritchie [C# MVP]]

Some products don't need that. If you have a product key, I doubt it
requires anything to be previously installed.

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[Sanders, Robert Lon]

I have VS 6 with Service Pack 6 installed. I installed Visutal Studio 2005
upgrade version (both are full versions).

I can start both programs; however, when i double click on a olderVisual
basic project and it opens VS 6, correctly, it requirese me to insert the
visual studio 2005 disks (both 1 & 2) several times before starting VS 6.
This occurs everytime i start the visual basic project.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob Sanders

 

[Peter Ritchie [C# MVP]]

I've never seen anything like that. I'm currently using VS 6, VS 2003,
VS2005 and VS 2008 together and don't get that problem.

I would recommend trying to repair the VS 2005 install. If that doesn't
work, try uninstalling and reinstalling.

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