Cant find Visual Web Developer 2010 Express

eurico · May 29th, 2010, 08:28 PM

hi i've been following the BOOK: Beginning ASP.NET 4 : in C# and VB on page 3 it says to download Visual WEB Developer 2010 as a web Install

now i've been to microsoft

HTML Code:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2010-Visual-Basic

i can only find visual basic i selected

Download Visual Web Developer 2010 Express

MicrosoftÂ® Web Platform Installer (WebPI) simplifies the installation and configuration experience for Web application development. Visual Web Developer (VWD) 2010 Express
is included as part of this simplified experience. and i think that install the platform and sql now wher do i get the exact Download Visual Web Developer 2010 Express

MicrosoftÂ® Web Platform Installer (WebPI) simplifies the installation and configuration experience for Web application development. Visual Web Developer (VWD) 2010 Express
is included as part of this simplified experience.

but i cant find visual web developer on my computer what i'm i doing wrong

Imar · May 29th, 2010, 08:59 PM

Hi there,

On the page you linked to, click "Visual Web Developer 2010 Express" and then proceed to install the Web Platform Installer. Once you downloaded the WPI, run it and follow the on-screen instructions to install VWD 2010. You find it under the Tools category of the Web Platform category.

Hope this helps,

Imar

eurico · May 29th, 2010, 09:20 PM

do u mean on the screen Web Platform Installer

Select the web Platform products bellow or choose " customize" to select individuals packages

do u mean there then on tools
thers 3 option

WCF RIA Services Toolkit May 2010
Silver 4 Toolkit April 2010 Release
silverlight4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010

do i tick one of those boxes or i'm i on the wrong menu sorry if i'm been a pain in the ass i'm better programer than installer help please

Imar · May 30th, 2010, 03:54 AM

That's odd. Mine looks like the one shown in the attached image.

Maybe it's already installed and then doesn't show it anymore?

Have you tried downloading the full ISO from the same page (with all Express products) and install from there?

Imar

Imar · May 30th, 2010, 04:01 AM

One more thing: which version of Windows are you using?

Imar

eurico · May 30th, 2010, 08:52 AM

on my image the visual is missing i only got 3 options thers no visual did microsoft took off visual now or something

i'm using windows Vista

this is the link i used to download
http://www.microsoft.com/express/dow...-Web-Developer

i clicked free download
what should i do now??? can i unistall and try again if so whats the best way to or is pointless

Imar · May 30th, 2010, 04:45 PM

Hi there,

Do you have Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista installed? That's a requirement for VWD 2010 (see the Requirements document for more details).

If that doesn't help you can try to:

1. Download the full ISO and install from there, as hinted in a previous post

2. Contact Microsoft Support and ask for help. AFAIK, the WPI is a fully supported product.

Cheers,

Imar

eurico · May 30th, 2010, 04:52 PM

just doing windows uptdate and noticed the windows suite service pack2 just getting installed what should i do now that i have already installed the web platform do i unistall it or just try download again

Imar · May 30th, 2010, 04:59 PM

It should be on your start menu so you can run it again. Otherwise, just download it and run it again. No need to uninstall.

Hopefully this resolves the issue. Those requirements documents do have a purpose sometimes... ;-)

Imar

eurico · May 30th, 2010, 07:08 PM

didnt quite work but i just downloaded the on a disk then installed hope evrything goes smooth from now on thanks for your help hopefully nxt time i say sunfin here will b to say how great i enjoy the book thank u