>>>>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).
>>>>
>>>>TIA.
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>>>I would leave it as is.
>>>
>>>BTW, are you sure you want to install VS 2005 and not VS 2008 (in case you have it)?
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>>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.
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>>Thank you.
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>Actually, if you can use VS 2005 and .NET Framework 3.5 then there is probably not much reason for upgrade.
I actually found no reason to use .NET 3.5 either. But I just remembered that I do have one reason to update to VS 2008 but I will look into how much it is. Do you know if VS 2005 can be used independently with VS 2008 on the same PC?
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