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VS 2005 Express Breaks VS 2003?


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I've installed the new Express version of VS 2005 (whidbey) and I think it breaks VS 2003. Or maybe it's the 2.0 framework :unsure: Can someone confirm this? And are there any known workarounds?

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I'm using both side-by-side. No problems yet. Something to note, installing C# Express changes your IIS settings to utilize 2.0 in ASP.NET apps. That's definitely a bug since you can't even do web apps in C# Ex.

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I've installed the new Express version of VS 2005 (whidbey) and I think it breaks VS 2003. Or maybe it's the 2.0 framework :unsure: Can someone confirm this? And are there any known workarounds?

What sorts of problem(s) are you running into with it?

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I think that one of the "selling points" in .NET is that you can run multiple versions of the Framework side-by-side. I have VS .NET 2003 and VC# 2005 X, and have had no conflict there. It installs it "side-by-side" with VS .NET 2003.

This doesn't rule out the possibility of this being a problem though. :no:

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I run Visual C++.net 2003 and Visual C# 2005 Express and have not had any problems.

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I open VS 2003 and it opens like normal, but then I get this message. Upon clicking OK, VS 2003 exits :huh:

Maybe you should run setup again so it can repair whatever has been broken.

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Installing the .NET 2.0 framework automatically converts all your IIS virtual directories over to the 2.0 framework. You can either change each of them over in IIS (right click on virtual directory, properties, ASP.net tab), or use the ASP.net Version Switcher to do it.

The only problem I've heard of is debugging with VS.net 2003, although I had the May CTP build on a computer with VS.net 2003 and didn't have any problems.

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I don't think this has anything to do with VS specific, in setup you can select to install the product for current user only or for everyone login on that pc.. pobably you installed it using another username. try to login with that username and password en try again.

Otherwise try installing the product again but now with option "install for everyone" option selected.

Good luck :)

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No, I installed it with this user account and it has been working fine ever since. The only thing that's new is VS 2005. I'll repair the installation soon, that should do it. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem.

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OK, the repair install didn't fix it. I'm starting to wonder if it's because I have installed both C# 2005 and VB 2005. Has anyone else installed multiple Express products? :huh:

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OK, the repair install didn't fix it. I'm starting to wonder if it's because I have installed both C# 2005 and VB 2005. Has anyone else installed multiple Express products? :huh:

Yeah. I've got C#, C++ and WD installed, and VS.NET 2003. No problems.

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I figured it out. VS 2003 comes with a tool called Dotfuscator Community Edition. There's currently an update to a new version of this "community edition", which I had installed after VS 2003. Then, I uninstalled this tool, and since then VS 2003 thought it was missing one of its components, hence the "not installed" error message. VS 2005 (whidbey) had nothing to do with the whole thing, and I am now able to run both versions at once if I want :happy:

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