>>Hi,
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>>I noticed that when installing VS 2005 on a Win 7 computer, the installer wants to place it in the folder
>>C:\Program Files (x86)\. On XP this VS was installed in C:\Program Files\. Is (x86) to indicate that this version of VS was developed for 32 bit OS? Should I remove the (x86) from the folder name (I kind of don't like to have parenthesis in the folder name).
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>>TIA.
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>I would leave it as is.
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>BTW, are you sure you want to install VS 2005 and not VS 2008 (in case you have it)?
I don't have VS 2008. And I see no reason to purchase the update to VS 2008; I admit though that I have not looked at what is new - and how much of it would of use to me - in VS 2008.
Thank you.
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