VB Newbie- Which version to learn????

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Hi All,

I have been frustrated trying to find a specific cheap application and decided to build it myself. I am an old timer programmer... QBasic, etc., but recently have being coding in perl, PHP, Javascript, CGI ... (Web Stuff).

I decide it to start again coding for windows but I can't see what's the difference between all the different versions of Visual Basic.

I downloaded Microsoft Visual Studio Express hoping I can learn a bit without spending any $$$, but now my question is:

What's the difference between:

- Regular VB
- VB.NET
- Visual Studio

????

Can anyone point me to the right path so I do not get frustrated learning something I have no use for????

Any help is really appreciated.

Thanks in advance.