Visual Studio 2005 Express editions

I found myself in need for J# of all things for something with work.  J# is the MS answer to migrating Java code to .net.

Anyways it turns out I was able to find the web installer, but the link for generating a license code no longer exists.  However, the ISO’s never needed the code.  Except they aren’t available for download.

Or so I thought.

Turns out they are still there, but MS pulled the pages.

I figure it’ll help someone out there.

8 thoughts on “Visual Studio 2005 Express editions

  1. The Express editions AFAIK don’t really need activation, they just need a key to be filled in the registry. Here’s the activation for C# Express 2008:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VCSExpress\9.0\Registration]

    “Params”=”1”

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