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I'm developing an app in Visual Basic .Net Express 2010. But I just got a new computer. So I need to install Visual Basic .Net 2010 on the new computer. I went to this link:
but when I click on the download button for Visual Studio 2010 a screen appears saying: Sorry, we couldn't find any download for you.
How can I get Visual Basic .NET 2010 on my computer?
There is not really a good reason to need VS 2010 Express at this point in time. You should get whatever the most current available Express/Community edition is and use that.
If you are working for, say, a government contractor and VS 2010 is the only software certified for your systems, you should be using your contractor's resources to obtain an MSDN subscription. Via that, you ought to still be able to get VS 2010 pro, but be aware the software is so old there's not a lot of guarantees MS will keep supporting it.
Some people (I would include myself in this category) like using a version of a product they are accustomed to even if it isn't the most recent, so I have sympathy here.
I found this URL:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...10Express1.iso
That was the original download location for the entire Visual Studio 2010 Express ISO file. The problem is, that link doesn't work anymore.
BUT...that file was captured on the Wayback machine at archive.org, so if you go to:
https://archive.org/web/
and copy and paste the above download URL into the search box, you should see several results over time. I was able to download the file from the archive taken on October 16, 2011. It's overkill, since the ISO contains all of VS 2010 Express and not just VB, but that's the best I could find, and I'm pretty sure each language is a separate install, so you can just install VB from the file. You need to know how to mount an iso file, etc. for this file to work, but there is no shortage of information on how to do that.
I searched on Wayback Machine but nothing useful came up.
Well, I can't determine from your post if you copied and pasted the link wrong, if you're not familiar with how the Wayback machine works, or if there is some other unknown stumbling block here, but the steps I outlined will work.Quote:
Originally Posted by projecttoday
That being said, this link below *should* be a direct link to the .iso file from the wayback machine - just click and download.
https://web.archive.org/web/20111016...10Express1.iso
Perfect! It's working now. Thank you so much. You deserve a gold star!
Is there a particular reason that you want to stick with VB Express 2010? Generally speaking, you'd be better off with VS 2017 Community Edition. It's still free, it has pretty much all the functionality of the Pro edition and it also supports all the VB and .NET features that have been added since 2010. Most likely, you will simply be able to open your existing solution and continue working without any extra work. The only stumbling I can think of is that the SLN and VBPROJ files will be upgraded such that they will not be able to be opened in VB 2010 any more. That's obviously an issue for a class or team where others are also using VB 2010 but I'd be concerned about any such class or team anyway.
I downloaded a newer version a couple of years ago and couldn't get my project to work on it. I don't remember which version that was. And right now I'm pressed for time. I will re-attempt to upgrade soon.
People occasionally do have issues with upgraded projects but the fixes are almost always fairly simple in the end. If you do try and have an issue, let us know and hopefully we can sort it out. You may already be aware but upgrading a project will at least prompt you to keep a backup of the original so you shouldn't lose anything even if it completely messes up.
I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.